What is the climate of Hilo Hawaii?

Answer 1

Hilo features a Tropical Rainforest climate, with substantial rainfall throughout the course of the year. Hilo's location on the eastern side of the island of Hawai'i, makes it the third wettest designated city in the United States behind the southeast Alaskan cities of Ketchikan and Yakutat and one of the wettest in the world. An average of 126.72 inches of rain fell at Hilo International Airport annually between 1981-2010, with 275 days of the year receiving some rain, which is the most rainy days for any place in the Northern Hemisphere and exceeded only in parts of Aisen and Magallanes in Chile. At other stations in Hilo the annual rainfall is more than 200 inches. Monthly mean temperatures range from 71.4 in January to 76.4 in August. The highest recorded temperature was 94 on May 20, 1996 and the lowest 53 on February 21, 1962. The wettest year was 1994 with 182.81 inches and the driest year was 1983 with 68.09 inches. The most rainfall in one month was 50.82 inches in December 1954. The most rainfall in 24 hours was 27.24 inches on November 2, 2000. Hilo's location on Hilo Bay also makes it vulnerable to tsunamis.