Lihue Airport

PHLI · Hawaii, United States

Climate Lihue Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lihue Airport (PHLI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 89.5 86 90 90 87 82
February 86.1 92 71 98 84 91
March 82.8 88 82 88 80 76
April 81.2 74 79 91 92 90
May 87.6 85 84 95 86
June 86.3 83 90 90 87
July 85.2 80 87 90 85
August 87.3 88 91 94 88
September 88.8 88 92 90 91
October 87.5 93 85 90 88
November 87.8 76 90 93 94
December 86.9 83 83 85 94
Average 86.2 84.5 83.1 88.9 89.3 87.3

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 98.7 95 100 99 98 100
February 97.4 99 94 100 98 99
March 96.2 98 95 97 96 95
April 97.7 94 96 100 100 100
May 98.7 98 97 100 98
June 99.0 98 99 100 99
July 99.0 98 100 100 99
August 98.2 99 99 100 99
September 98.6 98 99 99 99
October 98.0 99 95 99 98
November 97.6 93 98 100 98
December 97.8 95 95 97 100
Average 97.9 96.4 96.7 98.0 98.7 98.6

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 26.0 27 27 26 26 25
February 25.5 25 26 26 25 26
March 25.4 24 27 26 25 26
April 26.4 26 26 26 26 27
May 27.2 27 27 28 27
June 28.2 28 26 29 29
July 29.4 30 29 30 29
August 29.9 31 28 30 30
September 29.7 29 29 29 30
October 28.6 29 29 28 30
November 27.4 27 27 28 28
December 26.2 26 27 26 28
Average 27.3 25.4 27.7 27.1 27.3 27.7

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 19.1 20 19 19 21 17
February 18.9 20 22 19 20 19
March 19.5 19 21 20 19 20
April 20.5 21 20 21 20 20
May 21.0 21 20 22 21
June 20.4 20 21 23 24
July 23.8 25 24 25 24
August 24.0 25 22 25 21
September 23.1 21 24 23 24
October 19.7 21 22 22 14
November 20.6 20 20 21 19
December 20.2 19 21 21 22
Average 20.8 19.8 21.0 21.0 21.8 20.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.8 12 6 5 7 2
February 8.2 5 26 0 7 8
March 9.6 6 18 7 12 17
April 7.0 8 15 5 5 3
May 4.6 10 6 1 5
June 3.5 3 4 3 3
July 5.2 7 6 7 9
August 3.7 4 3 3 2
September 4.3 6 4 3 3
October 5.6 4 9 4 7
November 6.8 15 5 4 7
December 7.7 14 12 10 5
Average 6.0 7.8 10.3 5.3 5.3 5.9

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.3 10 9 7 12 13
February 11.9 13 14 9 12 13
March 11.7 14 10 10 15 13
April 11.6 13 11 14 11 10
May 11.1 11 12 12 12
June 11.2 11 11 11 11
July 12.5 13 13 13 12
August 11.7 12 11 12 12
September 10.9 12 9 13 10
October 10.0 8 11 13 8
November 11.2 12 13 9 12
December 11.6 12 10 13 10
Average 11.4 12.3 11.2 10.8 12.0 11.3

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 223° 032° 114° 062° 057°
February 063° 063° 054° 074° 045°
March 054° 169° 055° 056° 065°
April 073° 057° 064° 047° 068°
May 063° 075° 065° 051°
June 059° 060° 059° 064°
July 054° 055° 056° 059°
August 056° 058° 052° 059°
September 059° 059° 052° 065°
October 058° 045° 053° 102°
November 065° 047° 045° 062°
December 044° 070° 071° 056°

Prevailing wind direction

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