The records Iselle could break 1. First hurricane for the main islands in 22 years Iselle would become the first hurricane to make landfall on the main Hawaiian Islands in 22 years, since 1992s devastating Hurricane Iniki hit Kauai. 2. First ever hurricane for the Big Island Iselle would be the first hurricane ever to make landfall on the Big Island of Hawaii. 3. No. 8 (or higher) on list of intense storms to hit Hawaii Iselle would become just the eighth tropical cyclone of tropical-storm intensity or greater to hit Hawaii. If it hits as a hurricane, it would be only the third hurricane to hit anywhere in the state since modern record-keeping began. 4. First back-to-back hurricanes or tropical storms to strike the state If Hurricane Julio, which is spinning just two days behind Hurricane Iselle, also strikes Hawaii, it could set a record for the first back-to-back hurricane or tropical storm strikes on the island state on record. (Right now, this looks unlikely to happen, as forecasts take Julio to the north of the islands.) 5. First year Hawaii has had two hurricanes As the Capital Weather Gang blog reported, the last time two tropical storms passed near Hawaii in the same year was 1983. But they were nearly two months apart — not three DAYS! Two hurricanes have never affected Hawaii in the same year... Although Hawaii sits smack dab in the central Pacific Ocean, which as a whole is the ocean that has the most tropical cyclones on Earth — hurricanes and typhoons are the same type of storm, just called different things — landfalling hurricanes striking the Hawaiian Islands are extremely rare. Only seven tropical cyclones of tropical storm intensity or stronger have hit the islands since reliable hurricane records began.
Posted on: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 15:38:50 +0000
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