February Weather in Honoka‘a United States

Daily high temperatures are around 78°F, rarely falling below 73°F or exceeding 82°F.

Daily low temperatures are around 62°F, rarely falling below 58°F or exceeding 65°F.

For reference, on August 7, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Honoka‘a typically range from 68°F to 83°F, while on January 25, the coldest day of the year, they range from 61°F to 78°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on February. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Adjuntas, Puerto Rico (5,722 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Honoka‘a (view comparison).

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The month of February in Honoka‘a experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 26% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is February 11, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 75% of the time.

For reference, on October 29, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 45%, while on August 7, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 77%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Honoka‘a, the chance of a wet day over the course of February is gradually increasing, starting the month at 23% and ending it at 27%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 30% on March 27, and its lowest chance is 19% on May 27.

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during February in Honoka‘a is increasing, starting the month at 3.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 7.3 inches or falls below 0.1 inches, and ending the month at 3.9 inches, when it rarely exceeds 11.2 inches or falls below 0.1 inches.

Over the course of February in Honoka‘a, the length of the day is gradually increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 29 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 2 seconds, and weekly increase of 7 minutes, 14 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is February 1, with 11 hours, 16 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 29, with 11 hours, 45 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Honoka‘a is 6:57 AM on February 1 and the earliest sunrise is 16 minutes earlier at 6:41 AM on February 29.

The earliest sunset is 6:13 PM on February 1 and the latest sunset is 13 minutes later at 6:26 PM on February 29.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Honoka‘a during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:43 AM and sets 13 hours, 21 minutes later, at 7:04 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:52 AM and sets 10 hours, 55 minutes later, at 5:47 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for February 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Honoka‘a is essentially constant during February, remaining within 1% of 14% throughout.

The lowest chance of a muggy day during February is 14% on February 17.

For reference, on August 11, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 78% of the time, while on February 17, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 14% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Honoka‘a is increasing during February, increasing from 10.1 miles per hour to 11.2 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on June 24, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 13.4 miles per hour, while on January 16, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.7 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Honoka‘a throughout February is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 74% on February 29.

Honoka‘a is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature in Honoka‘a is essentially constant during February, remaining around 76°F throughout.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

Temperatures in Honoka‘a are sufficiently warm year round that it is not entirely meaningful to discuss the growing season in these terms. We nevertheless include the chart below as an illustration of the distribution of temperatures experienced throughout the year.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Honoka‘a are rapidly increasing during February, increasing by 512°F, from 574°F to 1,085°F, over the course of the month.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Honoka‘a is gradually increasing during February, rising by 0.7 kWh, from 5.1 kWh to 5.8 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Honoka‘a are 20.079 deg latitude, -155.467 deg longitude, and 1,096 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Honoka‘a contains large variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 2,175 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,031 feet. Within 10 miles contains large variations in elevation (5,653 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (13,819 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Honoka‘a is covered by trees (48%), shrubs (19%), and artificial surfaces (15%), within 10 miles by water (44%) and cropland (21%), and within 50 miles by water (64%) and shrubs (11%).