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Weather in Kilauea, Hawaii

Flowers spill across the islands. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Kilauea, HI
Sunday, May 17 at 2:38 AM
73
°
Drizzle
Feels like
77°
Humidity
88%
Wind
9 mph
Sunrise
5:57 AM
Sunset
7:10 PM
Kilauea, HI
Hour by hour · 24h
74°
83%
4p
73°
86%
5p
73°
88%
6p
71°
90%
7p
70°
90%
8p
69°
89%
9p
69°
86%
10p
69°
82%
11p
69°
72%
12a
67°
61%
1a
68°
57%
2a
67°
68%
3a
67°
86%
4a
67°
100%
5a
67°
100%
6a
68°
100%
7a
68°
100%
8a
68°
100%
9a
68°
100%
10a
69°
100%
11a
72°
87%
12p
75°
69%
1p
69°
59%
2p
71°
67%
3p
L 67°H 75°
Kilauea, HI
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Heavy Drizzle
    77%
    78°67°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Heavy Drizzle
    82%
    77°70°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Light Rain
    69%
    76°70°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Light Rain
    90%
    76°69°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Light Rain
    93%
    76°69°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Drizzle
    90%
    75°69°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Drizzle
    89%
    75°68°
Kilauea, HI
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ESE
106° · backing 116°
Direction
ESE
106°
Sustained
9
mph
Gust
23
mph
Peak 24h
27
avg 6
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 6 · pk 27 @ 3:00p
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 116° from the ese.
Kilauea, HI
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1007.4
-3.3 mb in 3h · falling · 29.75 inHg
Now
1007.4
mb
3h
-3.3
mb
12h
-0.6
mb
24h
+0.9
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10061011
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure giving way — clouds thicken and rain edges closer.
Kilauea, HI
Air quality
42
AQI
Good
PM 2.5
7.7 μg/m³
PM 10
13.6 μg/m³
NO₂
0.1 μg/m³
Ozone
58.0 μg/m³
UV Index
3.3 Moderate
Kilauea, HI
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
3:34 PM
Sunrise
5:57 AM
Daylight
13h 13m
Sunset
7:10 PM
Civil dusk
5:35 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Kilauea, HI
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
4:32 PM
Moonset
5:39 AM
In sign
♊︎ Gemini
Kilauea, HI
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20

Flowers spill across the islands

bird
Jan 137% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Kilauea at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 16°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: December 30 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: 28 of 72, May 16–20
  • Planting window: Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of May 17, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

ZIP codes in Kilauea

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.