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When is hurricane season in Hawaiʻi?

June through November, with peak season historically in August and September, the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency says. Storms form off the west coast of Mexico and Central America and head west toward the islands.

Even hurricanes that stay hundreds of miles offshore can have devastating impacts on the islands, the agency says; the hazards include storm surge, flooding from extreme rain, destructive winds, tornadoes, dangerous rip currents and rough surf.

From

Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency: Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency, Hurricane

As of

Nov. 9, 2026, when the Ledger read the agency's page

Applies to

the whole state

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Basis. Every sentence above comes from the page or document named, read on Nov. 9, 2026, in the agency's words as closely as a sentence allows; the agency's page governs if it has changed since. The Ledger adds no advice of its own. Corrections: the corrections log.