Above average rain in May unlikely to ease dry season concerns

Above average rain in May unlikely to ease dry season concerns

HILO, Hawai‘i — “The first month of the 2024 dry season started with a week of trade winds and rainfall mostly linked to the east-facing windward shores. That was the end of the dry conditions.” That’s how Kevin Kodama, senior service hydrologist for the National Weather Service in Honolulu, summed up weather conditions for the month of May, traditionally the start of Hawaii’s dry season. “Big Island rainfall totals were near to above average at…