Wind and Waikoloa (Hilo, Waimea: new house, live, island)

[sarahdogirl]

I visited Waikoloa FOUR times before we moved here. Since we moved in our new house about two months ago, I can count in about 2 seconds the days without wind. Whipping wind, the kind you can't sit outside or wear a hat or walk your dogs or take the kids to the park.

My question is : Does it ever let up? Is this a bad time of year for wind in Waikoloa? Or is it always like this and by some fluke, every time I visited it was the rare 4 day stretch without wind?

[cynmkolohe]

Hi Sarah,

It seems we are in a somewhat extreme winter weather pattern right now. Waimea is getting more rain than most people remember having gotten in a while. Someone from Hilo just mentioned that it's been raining there for almost 2 months straight. I don't remember that happening in the 7 years I lived there, even in the winter. Here's hoping we get our blue skies and calm winds back soon! (Or, calmer wind in Waikoloa's case!)

[nwcountrygal]

Yes it is windy there allot. Every time been there. However...this season even in east side wind and rain driving me crazy. It has been bad.

[KonaBlake]

It can be windy in Waikoloa (sometimes referred to as WaikoBLOWa)... but no it is not always like that. As everyone else has pointed out island weather has been a little extreme lately. It's a winter thing.

[nullgeo]

Even over here anchored (boat) in Oahu the wind / rain squalls have been a bit much past month -- more than typical ... I recall a winter about five years back on another boat, over in Keehi lagoon at that time, where it was one frog-strangler rain after another for a couple months, with whipping winds often ... it happens. This is a la Nina year, remember.