The Mahinahina 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.
Mahinahina’s center stands about 690 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 10 ft to 2,520 ft, a difference of 2,510 ft: mountain country. Open water lies within three miles. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Puʻukukui, about 5,750 ft, 6 miles southeast.
Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 3×.
Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR.
Mahinahina 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 Mahinahina 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, 15 miles east-southeast, 640 ft lower). NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.
