Kawaihapai Airfield

PHDH · Hawaii, United States

Climate Kawaihapai Airfield 2021-2025

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Wheeler Army Air Field (PHHI) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 73.8 70 56 56 86 76
February 77.0 76 74 56 86 77
March 71.3 73 59 59 75 66
April 72.7 59 53 64 90
May 76.6 61 72 60 83
June 78.2 59 75 81 85
July 67.8 52 56 61 55
August 80.4 57 85 86 85
September 85.0 82 85 89 81
October 79.4 75 84 78 70
November 74.4 56 59 81 77
December 72.0 78 54 75 66
Average 76.3 72.8 63.0 65.7 76.0 75.9

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 95.8 93 93 91 98 96
February 96.7 94 96 95 100 98
March 97.4 98 98 98 99 96
April 97.9 94 97 99 100
May 96.2 87 96 95 100
June 98.5 99 97 99 99
July 97.2 95 96 95 97
August 98.0 92 100 99 99
September 98.2 98 99 97 100
October 97.8 95 100 99 99
November 97.0 95 91 97 98
December 95.3 96 91 94 91
Average 97.2 95.2 94.7 95.6 97.5 97.6

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 25.0 25.6 24.8 25.5 25.0 25.3
February 24.5 26.1 24.0 24.5 25.6 24.3
March 25.0 26.1 24.5 25.5 26.6 23.6
April 25.5 25.3 25.8 25.8 22.8
May 26.6 26.3 26.1 26.6 26.8
June 27.9 27.3 27.6 27.8 27.8
July 28.1 27.8 27.8 27.3 27.3
August 28.7 28.3 28.6 29.0 28.1
September 28.8 28.8 28.6 29.0 27.6
October 28.0 28.3 28.8 28.1 27.0
November 26.6 26.1 26.6 26.6 27.1
December 25.3 26.8 24.8 25.6 24.6
Average 26.6 25.9 26.5 26.7 27.0 26.0

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 17.1 17.1 18.1 17.1 16.5 17.3
February 17.0 17.3 17.3 18.5 16.1 16.8
March 16.9 18.5 16.8 15.5 17.1 14.1
April 17.5 18.1 18.5 18.0 12.0
May 17.9 19.3 13.6 16.6 18.1
June 18.9 20.8 11.4 19.1 19.0
July 20.8 20.8 20.6 20.8 20.8
August 20.7 20.6 20.0 20.5 19.6
September 20.3 20.0 19.8 18.3 20.1
October 20.2 20.5 19.3 20.5 19.8
November 19.3 19.8 19.1 18.8 18.8
December 18.2 18.6 18.5 18.0 18.1
Average 18.6 17.7 19.2 17.6 18.4 17.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 13.2 15 21 15 9 17
February 15.9 7 19 31 3 14
March 13.8 13 18 21 8 19
April 10.7 21 19 12 2
May 10.8 28 13 9 7
June 6.7 11 12 4 3
July 10.0 15 16 14 8
August 6.5 16 6 7 3
September 6.8 8 11 8 4
October 7.8 15 3 8 10
November 10.6 16 20 13 5
December 11.6 7 26 11 15
Average 10.0 11.8 16.4 16.4 9.0 8.4

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 5.8 6 7 5 4 6
February 6.3 5 7 7 5 7
March 6.0 6 7 5 5 7
April 6.6 8 6 8 7
May 6.3 7 6 7 7
June 6.5 7 6 7 6
July 6.9 6 6 7 7
August 7.1 6 8 6 8
September 6.4 6 7 6 7
October 5.7 6 5 6 7
November 6.0 6 6 7 5
December 6.1 5 6 7 6
Average 6.3 5.6 6.5 6.1 6.3 6.7

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 062° 206° 359° 074° 066°
February 081° 066° 078° 059° 079°
March 081° 065° 167° 059° 070°
April 091° 074° 076° 046°
May 093° 085° 097° 080°
June 073° 074° 073° 080°
July 073° 073° 070° 073°
August 071° 078° 076° 071°
September 082° 076° 076° 071°
October 075° 065° 054° 068°
November 064° 084° 049° 073°
December 078° 032° 089° 082°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.