Climate

Climate

Hawaii Island Climate Zones

Sixty miles (97 km) separates Hilo’s 130 inches (3,302 mm) of annual rain from the Kohala coast’s under 10 inches (254 mm). Both are on the same island. The Big Island of Hawaii has 10 of the world’s 14 Köppen climate zones in 4,028 square miles (10,430 km²), from tropical rainforest to periglacial desert at the summit of Mauna Kea.

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