November weather in Kona

I've heard that "winter" hits Hawaii from November to March and that
there are much more frequent rains. I'm curious about the Kona area on
the Big Island - historically, when in November does the rainy weather
start?

Thanks.

Actually Kona is unlike the rest of Hawaii. The winter is our dry
season.
November and December are typically the driest months of the year.

"THO" <tho@tho.tho.23.invalid> wrote in message
news:1191384610-sch@news.lava.net...
>
> I've heard that "winter" hits Hawaii from November to March and that
> there are much more frequent rains. I'm curious about the Kona area on
> the Big Island - historically, when in November does the rainy weather
> start?
>
> Thanks.
>

On Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:10:01 -0000, "Lee Meyerson"
<meyersonb001@hawaii.> wrote:

>
> Actually Kona is unlike the rest of Hawaii. The winter is our dry
> season.
> November and December are typically the driest months of the year.
>
> "THO" <tho@tho.tho.23.invalid> wrote in message
> news:1191384610-sch@news.lava.net...
>>
>> I've heard that "winter" hits Hawaii from November to March and that
>> there are much more frequent rains. I'm curious about the Kona
>> area on
>> the Big Island - historically, when in November does the rainy
>> weather
>> start?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>

We in South Kona have had enormous amounts of rain since about May. We
do have a microclimate that keeps us, in South Kona, dry from about
November to April. We have 2 huge mountains 13,333 feet + and their
positioning on Hawaii island, keeps our weather cool and dry in the
"winter" months. We have wet spring and summer months which is good
for growing- coffee, in our case:), and dry for harvesting.

Tho, I think you are thinking of Oahu's winter time which is rainy.

aloha,
beans

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On Wed, 3 Oct 2007, Lee Meyerson wrote:

> Actually Kona is unlike the rest of Hawaii. The
> winter is our dry season. November and December are
> typically the driest months of the year.

Is that because the hurricane season ends sometime
soon? Most of "Kona" weather comes from hurricanes that
degrade into tropical storms. It seems to have been a
little wetter this summer than usual.

In article <1191384610-sch@news.lava.net>, tho@tho.tho.23.invalid
says...
>
>
> I've heard that "winter" hits Hawaii from November to March and that
> there are much more frequent rains. I'm curious about the Kona area on
> the Big Island - historically, when in November does the rainy weather
> start?
>
> Thanks.

We've done Kona from Sept. until Feb., and it's been mostly dry all
of the
time. Rain is infrequent. Yes, Winter may be officially in place, but
that's
like saying that Summer has ended in Phoenix, when Fall officially
begins -
yeah, tell that to my thermometer.

However, one Nov., we were in Hilo for 10 days, expecting rain all of
the
time. Heck, they were rationing water and it was clear the entire
time. We
went to Kona, and on our first day of golf, it rained! Go figure.

I think you are safe from a "rainy season" in the Kona District all year
round. OK, a tiny shower may catch you between the #7 green and the
#8 tee,
but it'll be brief and really kinda' fun. Now, I cannot promise you
the great
sunshine that we had, should you go to Hilo, at that time of the
year, but who
knows?

Hunt