The Kekaha plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.
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3.05 inches of rain fell in two days, the most for this week of the year since records began in 1949. The next wettest, 2.83 inches, fell in 1985.
Kekaha’s center stands about 15 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 0 ft to 1,210 ft, a difference of 1,210 ft: steep hill country. Open water lies within three miles. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Kapoki, about 4,710 ft, 14 miles east-northeast.
Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 5×.
Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR.
Kekaha has a hot semi-arid climate. Summer afternoons average 88° in August; winter nights fall to about 64° in February. About 18 inches of rain fall in a normal year.
On November 14 Kekaha normally reaches 84° and falls to 69°. The record high is 87°, in 1984; the record low 60°, in 1949. The most rain on this date, 1.35 in, fell in 1985.
Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1949 at Barking Sands, 6 miles northwest. NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.
