Agriculture in Hawaii (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Agriculture in HawaiiAlthough the Hawaiian Islands are within the tropics, the climate is sub-tropical. Summer maximum temperatures seldom range above 85 degrees Fahrenheit, while at sea level, winter minimum temperatures never descend below 50 degrees. The daily range averages about thirteen and seldom exceeds twenty degrees. At Honolulu the average annual temperature is 74 degrees Fahrenheit, with a daily average range of eleven degrees. The daily range usually increases toward the higher elevations. The average relative humidity is 72 per cent., which is low for the tropics, and to this fact may be attributed much of the salubrity of the climate.The climate is insular. The rainfall, the number of cloudy or clear days per month, the amount of wind, and the humidity of the air, vary according to the situation in relation to the mountain ranges, or to altitude above sea level. Frequent light local showers are characteristic of the Hawaiian climate. They often seem to come from a clear sky, and it frequently happens that one locality may be drenched by a sudden shower, while a few hundred yards distant there has been no rain. The prevailing wind is the Northeast trade, which blows on an average 260 days in the year. Devastating winds are of rare occurrence. There are light breezes and ocassionally a "Kona, " which is a severe Southwest wind. November and February are the especial seasons for the Kona storms. The rainy season extends from November to the end of March. Electrical disturbances are occasional but not serious.The rainfall varies according to the seasons of the year and and location. The Northeast and East coasts of each of the islands are wet, the opposite sides of the islands dry. The rainfall in certain districts on the dry sides of the islands may not exceed twenty inches per annum, while on the wet side it may average as high as thirty inches per month. The valleys, plains, plateaus, gulches and mountains all have a climate peculiar to themselves.Honolulu is on the South or dry coast of Oahu. It lies in a land of sunshine. Whatever the day, the nights are always cool. Monotony is the keynote of a sub-tropical climate. There are no frosts, no "northers, " no tropical thunder-storms, no hurricanes or cyclones.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.