By Tyson Eberhardt
Last winter snow fell at the lowest elevation ever recorded in the state of Hawaii, with accumulation occurring on February 9-10, 2019 as low as 6,200 ft. Snow is not actually that unusual at the highest peaks in the state, specifically Mauna Kea (~13,800ft) on Hawaii, where the very high elevation can cause dramatic differences in temperature from what is observed on the shoreline, but is unusual on Maui's largest peak Haleakala (10,000+ft). (I learned about the temperature difference the hard way when I went camping on Haleakala in January a few years ago with gear better suited to the 74 degree F weather we experienced when we left the beach).
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