Maui County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Maui County: 0.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every storm within 100 miles

1. Tropical storms and hurricanes (34 kt or more, still tropical) at closest approach. Post-tropical remnants with gale-force winds are listed but not counted. Direct: track within 50 miles; near: within 100 miles. Distance is measured to the county boundary for counties and to the city centre for cities, using positions interpolated hourly between HURDAT2 fixes.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, 1851 to 2025.

Every large fire

1. Large fires mapped by the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity program since 1984: 1,000 acres or more in the West, 500 or more in the East. Prescribed burns are excluded. Acres here are the part of each perimeter inside this place.

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), 1984 to 2026.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

River crests

The National Weather Service sets flood stages for 12 gauges here but lists no crests for them.

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 2026.

High tide flooding

1. High tide flooding days are days on which a NOAA tide gauge recorded water at or above NOAA's minor flood threshold, set from the gauge's tide range, counted by meteorological year (May to April). These are the counts in NOAA's annual high tide flooding reports; they are not National Weather Service flood stages. Years with less than 80 percent of data are left out.

NOAA CO-OPS high tide flooding counts, through April 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the county boundary (or inside the county).
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Tsunamis

1. Places where NOAA's Global Historical Tsunami Database records a tsunami's water arriving, with the greatest height it reached above sea level at the time. Only tsunamis NOAA rates probable or definite are counted. Heights from eyewitness accounts and tide gauges are mixed, and older events are less completely recorded.

NOAA NCEI/WDS Global Historical Tsunami Database, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Volcanoes within 100 miles

1. U.S. volcanoes within 100 miles, from the USGS Volcano Hazards Program. The threat category is the USGS 2018 National Volcanic Threat Assessment, which ranks volcanoes by how hazardous their past eruptions were and how many people and how much infrastructure lie near them. It is not a forecast of eruption.

USGS Volcano Hazards Program, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Mapped landslides

Mapped by NASA (25).

1. Landslides mapped in the USGS compilation of landslide inventories across the United States (version 3.0, 2025), rated probable or better. The compilation joins inventories made by federal and state agencies for different purposes and areas, so the number mapped in a county reflects how closely it has been surveyed as much as how often its slopes fail. An area with few records may simply not have been mapped. Deaths are as recorded in the inventories; a slide listed in two inventories is counted once.

USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0, retrieved October 27, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Aug 8, 2023Wildfire, Maui Leeward West$5.5 billion
   National Weather Service narrative

   A wildfire near Lahaina was reported at 6:40 am HST and was contained within 3 hours. Another fire was reported around 3:30pm and prompted evacuation orders by 4:30 pm. However, power lines downed by the damaging winds closed roads and restricted evacuation routes. Wildfire continued to spread rapidly and quickly became out of control. The Coast Guard rescued people entering the Pacific Ocean who were escaping the fire. They rescued seventeen people including two children and assisted forty survivors on shore. At around 11:52 pm the Hawaii National guard was deployed on Maui as wildfires continued to burn out of control. At 1:20 AM on August 9, over 14,000 customers were without…

2. Aug 8, 2023Wildfire, South Maui/Upcountry$54.6 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   A brushfire erupted in Kula, burned 200 acres and prompted evacuations. Nineteen homes were reportedly destroyed by the wildfire. There were no known injuries or fatalities.

3. Mar 13, 2026Flash Flood$20.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   On March 13, heavy rain began to fall and quickly led to extensive damage across Maui. This damage included widespread infrastructure damage, property and home losses, and emergency rescues. At 1030 AM HST, heavy rain washed away Lower Kula Road near Ohala Place, and all of South Kihei Road closed due to severe flooding. On March 14, 40 people were reportedly stranded in Hana due to flooding. Honoapiilani Hwy (Hwy 30) was closed from Kuihelani Hwy to the Olowalu dump due to flooding, swift water, and the integrity of the Ukuhehame bridge. At approximately 3:45 pm on March 14, a section of South Kihei Road collapsed. Many other roads across Maui were also closed. A home in Iao…

4. Mar 8, 2021Flash Flood$14.3 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Hana Highway was closed from Peahi Road near Haiku to Keanae in windward East Maui due to flooding. A dam failure in the same area was a possibility as water topped the Kaupakulua Dam upstream from the Haiku and Pauwela communities. The dam survived the downpours, however.

5. Mar 21, 2026Flash Flood$10.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Heavy rain moved over Molokai and led to numerous impacts. A landslide closed road from mile marker 7 to 12 at Kamehameha V Highway with flood water, mud, and boulders up to 4 feet deep. Kamehameha V Highway was then closed from Kapaakea Loop eastward due to flooding. On March 22 early in the morning, homes and vehicles in the Kalamaula Homesteads became flooded from heavy rain and thunderstorms. Residents also reported leaking roofs and lost goods, appliances, and other property damages.

6. Jan 29, 2002Flash Flood$2.5 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms resulted in nine or ten luxury apartments being flooded near the Manele Golf Course on Lanai. In Maui, flood waters entered the basement of the Lahaina Hongwanji Mission. Some homes on Molokai and West Maui were also damaged. However, there were no reports of serious injuries.

7. May 1, 2022Flash Flood$1.2 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Piilani Highway between mile markers 31 and 39 became impassable after heavy rain, and a culvert was washed out at the Lelekea Culvert crossing.

8. Jan 19, 1997Flash Flood$536,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Drainageways overflowed in Lahaina, flooding an underground parking lot and damaging several cars. Flooding closed a section of Kamehameha V Highway two miles east of Kaunakakai.Overall, residents and businesses reported losing hundreds of thousands of dollars from waters that inundated Lahaina town's low-lying Malu-ulu-o-Lele Park area between Prison and Shaw streets and on Wainee Street.

9. Dec 26, 2020Wildfire, Maui Leeward West$266,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A wind-whipped fire in leeward West Maui near Olowalu charred more than 750 acres of mainly dry brush, although the blaze also destroyed the Olowalu Community Center, several vehicles and storage units, and partially damaged a residence on Luawau Street. No serious injuries were reported.

10. Apr 7, 2026Flash Flood$250,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Heavy rain developed over the eastern slopes of Maui. Emergency management and the local news reported multiple impacts. Hawaii News Now reported Hana High & Elementary School was temporarily closed on Tuesday April 7 due to flooding. The Department of Education said some classrooms had water damage. Water was also reported on Hana Highway.

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

97°F4 times, most recently Sep 16, 2019

All-time low

48°FJan 20, 1969

Warmest night

79°F3 times, most recently Sep 5, 2019

Coldest day

65°FFeb 28, 1990

Wettest day

7.40 inMar 13, 2026

Hottest year

2020mean 78.5°F

Coldest year

1955mean 73.1°F

Wettest year

198940.63 in

Driest year

20125.04 in

Station Kahului Airport (USW00022516), 46 ft elevation, 4.1 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1954 to October 29, 2026; 99.5% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USW00022516.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Tide gauges NOAA CO-OPS high tide flooding counts, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Tsunamis NOAA NCEI/WDS Global Historical Tsunami Database.
• Volcanoes USGS Volcano Hazards Program, U.S. volcanoes and 2018 threat assessment.
• Landslides USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0 (2025).
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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