The Maunaloa 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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7.20 inches of rain fell in two days, the most for this week of the year since records began in 1949. The next wettest, 4.72 inches, fell in 1965.
Maunaloa’s center stands about 1,020 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 90 ft to 1,350 ft, a difference of 1,260 ft: steep hill country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Puʻuʻōlelo, about 2,140 ft, 15 miles east.
Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 14×.
Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR.
Maunaloa has a tropical savanna climate. Summer afternoons average 87° in August; winter nights fall to about 64° in January. About 22 inches of rain fall in a normal year.
On November 14 Maunaloa normally reaches 83° and falls to 70°. The record high is 88°, in 1984; the record low 59°, in 1993. The most rain on this date, 1.90 in, fell in 1996.
Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1949 at Molokai Kaunakakai Molokai Airport, 8 miles east, 580 ft lower. NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.
