While the rest of the state is in a drought, and under water restrictions - Kona just keeps the rain coming, it has been an unbelievable summer here in Kona, I have not turned on my sprinklers for months, and I can't keep up with the lawn, everywhere you look - grass grows 6 feet tall, trees are green, I can't even take my little path down to Banyans surf spot - the weeds are so TALL! In the 8 years that I have lived here, I used to typically run my A/C from Easter to Halloween; it's only been on 3 times this year.

When I speak to the Kona old timers - I mean really old timers, they tell me that this is way Kona used to be, all the time! They talk about how they used to run around as kids, playing in the tall fields of grass, and how the cows would graze all the way down into Kona, things that there grandchildren have never seen (these grandkids are graduating high school).  When I first moved to Kona, I would hear them talk about the rainy season being in the summer and the dry season in the winter, having lived on Oahu for 16 years, I just thought they had it a little mixed up, but now it is obvious.  I went back and looked at the history of rainfall in Kona - and sure enough, we have always had more rainfall in the summer, one of the websites claims that   

  "The Kona coast of Hawaii has a unique seasonal rainfall regime.  The summers are wetter than the winters.  At Napoopoo, for example, the average monthly rainfall in winter is 2.80 inches, while the average in summer is 3.70.  November is the driest month, with an average of 2.06 inches.  September is wettest, with an average of 3.90 inches.  Napoopoo is at an elevation of 400 feet and has an average annual rainfall of 38.05 inches.  The summer maximum on the Kona coast is associated with the facts that in the well-protected Kona coast is associated with the facts that in the well-protected Kona area, which lies to the leeward of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea, there is a distinctive local circulation.  Daytime onshore breezes yield fairly regular and sometimes in summer than winter.  The winter storms that contribute the bulk of the average annual rainfall in other lowland regions of the State contribute less rain to the Kona coast".  

I just hope that this Trend stays for a long time (not the drought part for the rest of the state), It's been great - wake up to beautiful Sunny morning, clouding up in the late afternoon, and raining in the evening - we had such a downpour the other day, my F150 truck bed was half full of water - I love it

Aloha and have a great day

Lance Owens (RS)

(808) 936-8383

http://www.konahometeam.com/

Lance@KonaHomeTeam.com

Aloha Kona Realty Inc.