Hawaii Annual Rainfall see below for individual
cities

Hawaii city precipitation totals
| City | Avg Annual Precip |
Avg Snow Annual |
Avg. days w Precip | Avg # snow days | Avg # thunderstorm days | Avg # hail days |
| Hilo | 126.27 | 0.0 | 278 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Honolulu | 18.29 | 0.0 | 98 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Kahului | 18.80 | 0.0 | 100 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Lihue | 39.57 | 0.0 | 200 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| State Average - 63.70 inches, 1st - wettest in U.S. | ||||||
Hawaii Precipitation Records
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 and 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 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 Honolulu does not receive a high amount of rainfall annually with only 18.29" of precipitation. 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")Precipitation data for other U.S. states
Data source: National Data Climatic Center