Temperature
79 F at 5 PM; 83 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 76 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
- Now
- 79F
- 5 PM
- Highest
- 83F
- 1 PM
- Lowest
- 76F
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Lihue Airport, Hawaii
Large airport in Kauai County, Hawaii78°
83°/74°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 78°·Moderate breeze 15 mph ENE
Now. Lihue Airport is 78° and partly cloudy at 7 PM. The dew point is 70°, so the air feels oppressive. Moderate breeze from the east-northeast at 15 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 74° by 3 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. Highs stay close to 83° all week. Rain is likely Wednesday (50%). Rain is possible tomorrow (44%), Saturday (32%), Sunday (33%), Monday (45%) and Tuesday (40%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 10:05 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The day is 11 hours 40 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
-UV
-Air quality
74%Humidity
44%Cloud
Now
7:00 PM
78feels78
15mph
Today
Oct 15
8374
26%
17mph
Fri
Oct 16
8474
44%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
8373
32%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
8373
33%
17mph
Mon
Oct 19
8273
45%
17mph
Tue
Oct 20
8273
40%
16mph
Wed
Oct 21
8272
50%
14mph
78°
83°74°
84°74°
83°73°
83°73°
82°73°
82°73°
82°72°
As of 7:00 PM in Lihue Airport, Hawaii.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- LIH
- ICAO
- PHLI
- IATA
- LIH
- Field elevation
- 153 ft
- Serves
- Lihue, Kauai
- Kind
- Large airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- PHLI
- Wind now
- From 50° at 15 mph, read 15 Oct, 18:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 6,500 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 46° / 226° | 15 mph head, on 03 | 1 mph from the right |
| 17 / 35 | 6,500 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 10 mph head, on 35 | 11 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Lihue (PHLI), Lihue Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 70 F, the air 74% saturated; the humidity ran from 65% at 1 PM to 85% at 5 AM.
- Dew point now
- 70F
- 5 PM
- Humidity now
- 74%
- Humidity, range
- 65 to 85%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
14 mph from the east northeast at 5 PM; at its strongest 17 mph, 9 AM, with a gust of 28 mph at 8 AM.
- Now
- 14mph
- from the east northeast
- Strongest
- 17mph
- 9 AM
- Highest gust
- 28mph
- 8 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.02 inHg at 5 PM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.02inHg
- 5 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.03inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.01inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 miles at 4 PM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 4 PM
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 8 AM; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 8 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.01 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 10 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.01in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 10 AM
- Hours with some
- 6
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Lihue: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Lihue Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
LihuePHLI
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/119 ft/34 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Moloaa DairyMLDH1
At a river or reservoir gauge/14.4 mi away/292 ft/139 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Lihue 1.3 NEHI-KI-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/82 ft/71 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
PuhiPUHH1
At a cooperative observer's station/3.8 mi away/327 ft/174 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Hawaii
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Lihue Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Lihue Airport
- Barking Sands AirportBKH, 29 mi
- Wheeler Army AirfieldHHI, 90 mi
- Kalaeloa AirportJRF, 94 mi
- Hickam Air Force BaseHIK, 100 mi
- Daniel K. Inouye International AirportHNL, 101 mi
- Kaneohe Bay MCAS (Marion E. Carl Field) AirportNGF, 107 mi
- Molokai AirportMKK, 155 mi
- Kalaupapa AirportLUP, 161 mi