Hawaiian Ranchos (houses, buying, income)

[Chaz2014]

Ya I figured that, I guess it's just as bad as the other side of Kona with being dry, but any place is better then Hilo with all the rain. plus I was thinking about desert like Palm which like it dry

[Grassyknoll]

I'm not sure how much rain Ranchos received this winter but upper OV has recieved a ton of rain. Wettest winter I have experienced in my 6 years living here.

[grantw]

It has been rainy...many of our trees seem to have grown a few feet in height. The catchment has overflowed several times this season.

[Arktikos]

As of early March the rainfall totals for Ka'u weren't out of the ordinary. January was wet, February was relatively dry for most of East Hawaii.

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2020...o-east-hawaii/


No pigs, no coquis, an ocean view-not so bad!

[Grassyknoll]

Originally Posted by Arktikos

As of early March the rainfall totals for Ka'u weren't out of the ordinary. January was wet, February was relatively dry for most of East Hawaii.

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2020...o-east-hawaii/


No pigs, no coquis, an ocean view-not so bad!

Part of the issue with using any of the data from the rain gauges located throughout the island is that they aren't necessarily placed in a meaningful manner. I run reports from these gauges every month for work and they tell a really incomplete story. Using them to glean information for Oceanview is a prime example. The closest gauge is over near Kahuku Ranch which generally recieves significantly more rain than OV. With Hawai'i's microclimates, rain gauges spaced every 5-10 miles are really only good for portraying trends within say a mile or so of each gauge, anything further may have very different trends.

[Dreaming of Hawaii]

Originally Posted by Grassyknoll

Part of the issue with using any of the data from the rain gauges located throughout the island is that they aren't necessarily placed in a meaningful manner. I run reports from these gauges every month for work and they tell a really incomplete story. Using them to glean information for Oceanview is a prime example. The closest gauge is over near Kahuku Ranch which generally recieves significantly more rain than OV. With Hawai'i's microclimates, rain gauges spaced every 5-10 miles are really only good for portraying trends within say a mile or so of each gauge, anything further may have very different trends.

Very true. We are part of a national reporting site called CoCoRaHS (you might be interested in their website, Grassy). We are in Discovery Harbour at 1400' elevation. A friend a couple of miles away across the highway uses the same gauge that we do. She is 1,000' feet higher and consistently reports more rain, yet we are both in "Ka`u". I think there is one site in Ocean View, but not sure what elevation they are. The Ocean View person is consistently less rain, but once in a while is more. There's another person at 800' in Discovery Harbour who gets much less rain than we do.

[Chaz2014]

I guess it is hard to really count on rain or being dry anywhere on the Island. It is better to be prepared for anything lol

[KK2020]

Originally Posted by Chaz2014

I was wondering about the area, Down near the end with hardly any greenery just lava, are there a lot of mosquitoes. I seems to be windy down there often. Should I have a screed in lanai?

No, not in my opinion. The wind really helps cut down on the activity of these little fellahs.

[KK2020]

Originally Posted by Grassyknoll

I'm not sure how much rain Ranchos received this winter but upper OV has recieved a ton of rain. Wettest winter I have experienced in my 6 years living here.

Exactly this. Agreed. It is so green this year and quite beautiful with the ohia-lehua and silver oaks blossoming right now. The plantings on the property I visit have grown like wild this year. And there is plenty of water in the extra catchment for landscaping to keep them all watered for quite a while.

[Grassyknoll]

Originally Posted by KK2020

Exactly this. Agreed. It is so green this year and quite beautiful with the ohia-lehua and silver oaks blossoming right now. The plantings on the property I visit have grown like wild this year. And there is plenty of water in the extra catchment for landscaping to keep them all watered for quite a while.

Last winter was pretty wet as well. Hope I don't jinx myself, but I am hoping that this may actually be our new normal now that the eruption is taking a breather and the vog is gone. Heard a few old timers say that this is how the weather used to be.
Time will tell.