The Waikele 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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60° on Nov. 15, 1974, the coldest reading for this week of the year since 1940. Next is 60° in 1981.
Waikele’s center stands about 210 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 0 ft to 610 ft, a difference of 610 ft: hilly country. Open water lies within three miles. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Kaʻala, about 3,990 ft, 11 miles northwest.
Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 8×.
Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR.
Waikele has a hot semi-arid climate. Summer afternoons average 89° in August; winter nights fall to about 67° in January. About 16 inches of rain fall in a normal year.
On November 14 Waikele normally reaches 84° and falls to 72°. The record high is 88°, in 1994; the record low 62°, in 1974. The most rain on this date, 4.32 in, fell in 1965.
Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1940 from the Honolulu Area threaded record (Honolulu International Airport, 7 miles southeast, 200 ft lower). NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.
