Fall · September 8, 2026

Hilo, Hawaii

Hawaiʻi & the Tropics

Right now

30°C / 87°F

Partly cloudy · wind 14 km/h · 63% RH

Soil (6 cm)

28°C / 82°F

Warm-season seeds go

Hardiness zone

12b

est. from 10-yr extreme low 15°C

Frost window

Rare – Rare

~366 frost-free days (avg)

Sun

06:06 – 18:29

sunrise – sunset today

Moon

Waning Crescent

9% lit · solunar good · full 2026-09-26

7-day forecast

Pacific/Honolulu

Tue

Drizzle

30° / 24°

0.1 mm

Wed

Showers

28° / 24°

8 mm

Thu

Showers

25° / 23°

25.1 mm

Fri

Drizzle

25° / 22°

10.5 mm

Sat

Drizzle

27° / 21°

6.9 mm

Sun

Overcast

27° / 21°

dry

Mon

Drizzle

27° / 21°

2.7 mm

Writing your field guide — reading the forecast, the moon and the map…

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Hawaiʻi & the Tropics

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