Hawai Annual Rainfall, Severe Weather and Climate Data

Driest location ranked by lowest annual average precipitation: Puako, Big Island, 5.7"

Wettest location ranked by highest annual average precipitation: Mount Waialeale, Kauai Island, 460.00"

Snowiest location ranked by highest annual average snowfall: The peaks of Mauna Kea, Big Island / Mount Haleakala, Maui

State precipitation record for 24 hours - Kilauea, Big Island, 1/24-25/1956, 38.00"

State precipitation record for 1 year - Kukui, Maui, 1982, 704.83" (58.7 feet)

It rained a 4-day U.S. record of 62.00" at Kukaiau, Big Island, Hawaii from 2/27 - 3/2/1902

Of the 401 major reporting weather stations in Hawaii, 94 (or 23%) average over 100 inches of precipitation annually. 
The second wettest state in the U.S. - Louisiana - has no weather stations averaging over 80 inches

Although Hawaii is the wettest state in the U.S., the city of Honolulu does not receive a high amount of annual rainfall,
receiving only 18.29" of precipitation. U.S. cities thought of as "Dry cities" actually receive more rainfall than Honolulu - 
Flagstaff, Arizona (22.91"), Amarillo, Texas (19.71") and Fargo, North Dakota (21.19")

City	Avg Annual Precip	Avg Annual Snow	Avg. # days w Precip	Avg # snow days	Avg # thunderstorm days	Avg # hail days	# of tornadoes reported in county, 1960-2010
Hilo	126.27	0.0	278	0	10	0	8
Honolulu	18.29	0.0	98	0	7	0	17
Kahului	18.80	0.0	100	0	4	0	4
Lihue	39.57	0.0	200	8	8	8	6
Hawaii Annual Precipitation Average - 63.70 inches, 1st - wettest State in U.S. Hawaii Tornado Average - 0.6 per year - 48th most in the U.S. Largest reported Tornado in Hawaii from 1950-2011, 12/18/1971 - 100 yards / .05 miles wide Date with highest number of reported Tornadoes in Hawai from 1950-2011, February 11th - 5 tornadoes Average time of occurrence of reported Tornadoes in Hawaii from 1950-2011 - 11:05 am