The Launiupoko 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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92° on Nov. 13, 1968, the hottest reading for this week of the year since 1905. Next is 92° in 2019.
Launiupoko’s center stands about 450 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 10 ft to 4,180 ft, a difference of 4,170 ft: mountain country. Open water lies within three miles. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Puʻukukui, about 5,750 ft, 4 miles 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.
Launiupoko has a hot semi-arid climate. Summer afternoons average 90° in August; winter nights fall to about 64° in January. About 16 inches of rain fall in a normal year.
On November 14 Launiupoko normally reaches 86° and falls to 68°. The record high is 90°, in 2019; the record low 58°, in 1967. The most rain on this date, 1.78 in, fell in 1965.
Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1905 from the Kahului Area threaded record (Kahului Airport, 14 miles east, 400 ft lower). NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.
