Among the things to know before going to Hawaii is that, contrary to popular belief, it doesn’t have perfect beach weather all of the time. One of the, ahem, cool facts about Hawaii is that it’s often below freezing on the summit of Mount Haleakala on Maui. Year-round temperatures ...
The fastest tornado wind speed on record was measured at 286 miles per hour in 1958 in Wichita Falls, Texas. The wettest city in the United States is Hilo, Hawaii, averaging 128 inches of rain annually.Appleseeds
Hawaii, constituent state of the United States of America. It became the 50th U.S. state on August 21, 1959. Hawaii is a group of eight major volcanic islands and 124 islets in the central Pacific Ocean. Hawaii’s capital is Honolulu, located on the isla
They must have liked the weather and scenery in Hawai’i, because they still haven’t flown back home. 6) Sadly, the Hawaiian goose is the only endemic goose species left in Hawaii. All eight other species have gone extinct. In fact, at least 32 different species of birds have gone ...
Have you heard about The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP)? It’s the biggest of the five plastic accumulation zones haunting our oceans, floating between Hawaii and California. Each year up to 2.66 million tons (2.41 million metric tons) of plastic end up in the sea, and over half of ...
The place with the most number of rainy days per year is Mount Wai’ale’ale on Kauai, Hawaii – up to 350 days. The longest time that a place remained without rain was Arica, Chile – from October, 1903 to January, 1918 – 14 years!
With so many free ranging feral chickens are you allowed to eat them on the islands in Hawaii? We have already learned that it is never ok to harm or kill these protected chickens, but what about eating the fresh eggs?
Facts You Should Know: Weather Quiz Mount Waialeale,Hawaii, with a 20-year annual average of 11,700 mm (460 inches) from tropical easterlies, is the wettest known point on theEarth. The nearest competitor isCherrapunji,Meghālaya, with an annual average of 11,430 mm from the moist tropical...
In 2013, the Keck II telescope in Hawaii detected water ice precipitating from Saturn's rings and falling into the planet's ionosphere. These water droplets are electrically charged and paint dark stripes in the planet's upper atmosphere. The stripes run parallel to Saturn's equator and are ma...
Hawaii Alaska Oregon Utah Idaho Montana Wyoming Washington Notable Cities: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Honolulu, San Diego, Las Vegas, Denver, Billings, Phoenix, and Salt Lake City Weather/Climate Most of the territory is desert, except the Northwest, which has considerable rain and...