The Lanai City 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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87° on Nov. 17, 2021, the hottest reading for this week of the year since 1949. Next is 86° in 1989.
Lanai City’s center stands about 1,790 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 920 ft to 2,980 ft, a difference of 2,060 ft: mountain country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Lānaʻihale, about 3,360 ft, 3 miles east-southeast.
Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 6×.
Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR.
Lanai City has a hot semi-arid climate. Summer afternoons average 83° in August; winter nights fall to about 60° in January. About 16 inches of rain fall in a normal year.
On November 14 Lanai City normally reaches 79° and falls to 64°. The record high is 84°, in 2019; the record low 56°, in 1949. The most rain on this date, 2.17 in, fell in 1996.
Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1949 at Lanai Airport 656, 3 miles southwest, 490 ft lower. NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.
