Hawaii · FIPS 15005

Kalawao County Severe Weather History

Kalawao County has recorded 0 severe weather events since 1950. Reported property damage totals $0.

FIPS 15005 67 people 107 homes
0
Recorded events
0
Deaths
0
Injuries
$0
Property damage
1950
First on record

Storm risk snapshot

FEMA National Risk Index · December 2025
Overall risk
Very Low
Expected annual loss
$260.4K
Social vulnerability
Relatively High
Community resilience
Very High
Building value exposed
$92.5M

Forward-looking risk from FEMA's National Risk Index — a complement to the historical record below. About the NRI.

No active National Weather Service alerts for Kalawao County right now. Always confirm current warnings at weather.gov.

By hazard type

Federal disaster declarations

2 federal disaster declarations affecting Kalawao County (FEMA).

DateIncidentTypeDisaster #
Apr 1, 2020 Biological DR 4510
Sep 12, 1992 Hurricane DR 961

Before 1950: historical newspaper accounts

The structured government storm record for Kalawao County begins in 1950. Severe weather from earlier decades survives in first-hand newspaper reporting — eyewitness accounts, damage and casualties that predate the official database.

The Library of Congress's Chronicling America archive holds millions of digitized, public-domain newspaper pages from 1836–1949. Search it for storms in Kalawao County:

Search 1836–1949 newspapers for Kalawao County →

Source: Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (public domain). Opens on loc.gov.

Frequently asked questions

Has a tornado ever hit Kalawao County, Hawaii?
There are no tornadoes on record for Kalawao County in the NOAA Storm Events database (tornado records begin in 1950). This does not guarantee none ever occurred.
How many severe weather events has Kalawao County had?
Kalawao County has 0 recorded severe weather events since 1950 across all hazard types.

Other counties in Hawaii

Sources: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations, U.S. Census (public domain). Coverage: tornadoes 1950+, hail & thunderstorm wind 1955+, all event types 1996+.