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August 6 in Honolulu

Weather forecasts run out after about two weeks. For any date further out than that, the honest answer isn't a single number — it's the range Honolulu actually delivers on this date, and how often.

On August 6, Honolulu, HI typically reaches 80°F, but has run anywhere from 77°F to 83°F in eight years out of ten. About 17% of August 6s see no measurable precipitation.

Daytime high80°F
77°F8 years in 10 land in here83°F
Overnight low71°F
69°F8 years in 10 land in here73°F

The odds on August 6

17%
Dry day
No measurable precipitation

Odds computed from the last 30 years (19962025).

This date is moving

Highs around August 6 have cooled about 0.2°F per decade since 1975 — roughly 1.1°F across the record. The figures above are shifted along that trend to 2025, so they describe today's climate rather than the average of the last 50 years.

Where this comes from: 729 daily observations from MANOA LYON ARBO 785.2, covering 19752025. We pool every day within 7 days of August 6 — a single calendar date has only about 50 readings, far too few to place a 10th percentile you'd want to trust.

Why it's not a plain average: A climatology computed straight across 19752025 describes the middle of that period, not today, so as a statement about the present it runs cold. We fit a trend on year and shift each observation to 2025 before taking the range. The probabilities use the last 30 years instead — shifting a temperature along a trend is well defined, shifting “did it rain” is not.

What this is not: Not a forecast. It is what Honolulu, HI has actually done on this date, which is the only defensible answer once you're past the two-week horizon where real forecasts stop. Data: NOAA NCEI GHCN-Daily.

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