Rainy days and Sundays …

Banana plants thrive in heavy tropical rain.
Rain lashes banana plants in Captain Cook.

… They go together in this week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme of ‘Rainy Days.’ See more responses here.

Kahili ginger in the rain in Kalopa park Hawaii
Kahili Gingers illuminate a wet day in Kalōpā Forest Reserve.

There’s plenty of rain on the Big Island. Most falls on the wet east side, but the dry west side can get its share too. Hilo, on the wet side, averages around 140 inches of rain a year, and just to the west of Hilo is an area that gets more than 200 inches a year. In contrast, Kawaihae, on the Kohala coast, gets around 10 inches of rain annually, though I suspect last year was one of its wetter ones.

Cloud and rain on Mauna Kea
The highway to the Mauna Kea visitor center awash with rain.

Where I live, on the northern end of the island, we get around 50 inches of rain a year, but being on the shoulder of Kohala Mountain, that figure can change quickly going a mile east or west, or a mile up the hill or down toward the ocean.

Rain falls in Hawi, Hawaii
Looking out the window as a passing shower dumps a load of rain.

26 thoughts on “Rainy days and Sundays …”

  1. Kirstin Troyer's avatarKirstin Troyer

    That was interesting to me when I was on Oahu, I know many places have their “dry and wetter” sides, being able to drive “through” all of them in a matter of a few hours was funny. Good thing it was warm so I wouldn’t have to worry how to dress. Great photos.

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    1. Graham's avatarGraham Post author

      Thanks Karen. It’s one of the things I like about the island. There’s such a variety of landscape and vegetation, often within a fairly short distance.

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  8. Terri Webster Schrandt's avatarTerri Webster Schrandt

    The drops in the last photo look like a bead curtain, Graham! Nicely captured! The two times we spent on the BI, it seemed to rain only at night, which was fine by me, but I know that isn’t always the case. There it brings on the coqui chorus, LOL! Your opening image of the downpour is incredible!

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    1. Graham's avatarGraham Post author

      Thanks Terri. I think the coqui chorus goes rain or shine. Luckily we don’t have them in our neighborhood – yet! I like a good downpour here. It’s just finding the right balance between wet or dry that’s the challenge.

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