The Travel Chronicle

HONOLULU · AUGUST · SOUTH SHORE Honolulu’s August runs hot and dry at the airport gauge: an average high of 88.8°F, an average low of 75.6°F, and 0.84 inches of rain for the entire month. The sea off the south shore sits at 79.6°F. On August 15 the sun comes up at 6:09 a.m. and … Read more

HONOLULU · OCTOBER · OAHU’S LEEWARD SHORE Honolulu does not do seasons the way the mainland does, but October moves the dials. The airport gauge records an average high of 86.9°F, the sea off the south shore sits at 80.7°F, and the 15th brings 11 hours 41 minutes of daylight, which means the last swim … Read more

HONOLULU · JUNE · THE MONTH GUIDE A June week in Honolulu buys a specific set of numbers: an average high of 86.9°F, an average low of 73.8°F, and 0.50 inches of rain across the whole month at the airport gauge. The sea off the south shore runs 78.4°F, warmer than it was in May … Read more

HONOLULU · JANUARY · 21.3° N January in Honolulu runs at 80.5°F by day and 66.8°F at night, with 1.84 inches of rain across the whole month at the airport gauge. The ocean off the south shore averages 77.3°F, warmer than the air you walk back into after a swim. A week here needs a … Read more

HONOLULU · SEPTEMBER · 21.3° N September in Honolulu reads 88.4°F by day and 74.8°F before dawn, with 0.88 inches of rain across the whole month. The sea off the south shore averages 80.5°F. Nothing in that set asks for a jacket, and the swimming question answers itself before you finish reading the row. The … Read more

HONOLULU · JULY · 21.3° N July runs dry and bright on Oahu’s south shore. The official gauge logs 0.52 inches of rain for the entire month, the sun is up for thirteen hours and twenty minutes in mid-July, and the sea off Waikiki averages 79.3°F. What the month takes back is elbow room: the … Read more