# Near Blizzard conditions in Hawai'i ... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 28, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/near-blizzard-conditions-in-hawaii/802968 "2017-11-28T17:55:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/near-blizzard-conditions-in-hawaii/802968/1 "2017-11-28T17:55:58Z")
Yes, it snows in Hawai’i … [current Winter Storm Warning for the Big Island](http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=hfo&wwa=winter%20storm%20warning) … wheat them and reap … ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/near-blizzard-conditions-in-hawaii/802968/2 "2017-11-28T18:15:39Z")
Those are mountaintops. It’s not going to be snowing on the beach. ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/near-blizzard-conditions-in-hawaii/802968/3 "2017-11-28T18:35:22Z")
[Time to dust off those skis](http://www.hawaiiinfoguide.com/hawaii_skiing.htm) ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/near-blizzard-conditions-in-hawaii/802968/4 "2017-11-28T19:25:53Z")
I’ve gone to the top of Mauna Kea. I had to wear a winter coat. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/near-blizzard-conditions-in-hawaii/802968/5 "2017-11-28T20:53:07Z")
> [@watchwolf49](#): > > … wheat them and reap … Say what? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/near-blizzard-conditions-in-hawaii/802968/6 "2017-11-28T23:14:22Z")
I’ve also been to the top of Mauna Kea. There’s a small lake near the top that was frozen. I’ve also been to the top of Haleakala before sunrise. It was in the 30s F. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/near-blizzard-conditions-in-hawaii/802968/7 "2017-11-30T14:41:54Z")
Figure 1.5C ~= 3F of temperature drop per 1000 feet of altitude gain over the nearby large-scale surface and the temps down at that surface. In this case the surface is the ocean at (duh) sea level. Haleakala is at 11K+ ft. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/near-blizzard-conditions-in-hawaii/802968/8 "2017-11-30T21:41:59Z")
This keeps getting reported on the news “Whiteout conditions…IN HAWAII”, and I’ve heard reports like this where they don’t even mention Mauna Kea (or mispronounce it). I am sure there are people out there nervously clutching their plane reservations to Honolulu wondering if they’ll be caught in a blizzard…LOL. Snow on Mauna Kea is FAR from unusual. There’s usually snow on Mauna Loa in the winter as well. ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/near-blizzard-conditions-in-hawaii/802968/9 "2017-12-01T02:22:28Z")
Also snows on Haleakala on Maui.