Hurricanes that hit Maui County, Hawaii: hurricane history

8 storms have passed within 50 km of Maui County from 1958 to 2018, coloured by intensity on the map.

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Years1842 to 2026
Ocean basin

Choosing a minimum category hides storms with no wind speed in the record. To see which storms have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • Tropical depression Winds below 34 knots (39 mph)
  • Tropical storm 34 to 63 knots (39 to 73 mph)
  • Category 1 64 to 82 knots (74 to 95 mph)
  • Category 2 83 to 95 knots (96 to 110 mph)
  • Category 3 96 to 112 knots (111 to 129 mph), major
  • Category 4 113 to 136 knots (130 to 156 mph), major
  • Category 5 137 knots (157 mph) or more, major
  • Unknown intensity No wind speed in the record
  • Post-tropical Storm has become post-tropical (dashed line)

How to read the lines. Each line is the track of one storm, drawn through its six-hourly positions and coloured by its intensity at each point (the Saffir-Simpson scale), so a line changes colour as the storm strengthens or weakens. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see which storms have passed nearby. Weaker storms appear as you zoom in. Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones are the same kind of storm with different names in different oceans.

Storms near Maui County

The record holds 8 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Maui County, Hawaii between 1958 and 2018. The busiest month is August, with 3 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached tropical storm strength.

  • 8storms within 50 km
  • 0major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 0at category 1 strength or more

A storm counts once, however many times it came close. The category is the storm's strongest point within 50 km, which can be weaker than its peak elsewhere.

How strong were the storms near Maui County?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression563%
Tropical storm338%
Category 100%
Category 200%
Category 300%
Category 400%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity00%

The agency behind most of the intensity figures here is the NOAA National Hurricane Center (HURDAT2, eastern Pacific).

Maui County storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 3 in 1980s.1950s11960s11970s11980s32010s2

The 2010s only run to 2018, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1958, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s1
1970s1
1980s3
2010s2

Earlier decades hold fewer storms partly because they were harder to see. Before weather satellites (about the 1960s) many storms that stayed at sea went unrecorded, so compare decades with care.

Storms by month
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 3 in Aug.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May0Jun0Jul2Aug3Sep2Oct1Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun0
Jul2
Aug3
Sep2
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

Strongest storms near Maui County

  • Olivia (2018)1 September 2018 to 14 September 2018, Tropical storm (40 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 951 hPa
  • Diana (1972)11 August 1972 to 20 August 1972, Tropical storm (35 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (95 kt), 1,005 hPa
  • Flossie (2013)25 July 2013 to 30 July 2013, peak Tropical storm (60 kt), 994 hPa

Most recent storms near Maui County

  • Olivia (2018)1 September 2018 to 14 September 2018, Tropical storm (40 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 951 hPa
  • Flossie (2013)25 July 2013 to 30 July 2013, peak Tropical storm (60 kt), 994 hPa
  • Gilma (1988)28 July 1988 to 3 August 1988, Tropical depression (20 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (45 kt), 1,000 hPa

Many of these storms killed people and destroyed homes. The figures are the official record's, and this page says nothing about their human cost.

A storm that came near several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

Notable storms near Maui County

  • Raymond (1983)8 October 1983 to 20 October 1983, peak Category 4 (125 kt)
  • Olivia (2018)1 September 2018 to 14 September 2018, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 951 hPa
  • Daniel (1982)7 July 1982 to 22 July 1982, peak Category 3 (100 kt)

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