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by jcranmer 2019 days ago
> Hawaii gets 70 inches of rain per year, and LA gets 15.

That varies dramatically based on where you are in Hawaii. The prominent mountain ridges produce very sharp rain shadows; Hilo (on the windward side of the Big Island) gets 126" per year, but Kona (on the leeward side) is more like 19". Most people would live in the Honolulu region, which is on the windward (hence drier) side of Oahu.
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jcranmer 2018 days ago
> the windward (hence drier) side

I noticed this too late to edit the comment, but it should actually say "leeward" side, not "windward."

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aerosmile 2018 days ago
Talk about micro climates!
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jcranmer 2018 days ago
It's a bit hard to call it a microclimate when you're talking about places 60 miles apart, and the ring road peaks at ~2800' if you take the north way via Waimea or ~4000' if you take the south way via Kilauea, or ~6600' if you take the Saddle Road between Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea. There is, after all, a 13000' mountain in between the two sides of the Big Island.
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