Climate & Weather:
The Hawaiian Island's weather is very consistent,
with only moderate changes in temperature throughout
the year.
There are only 2 seasons: the summer months (called
Kau in Hawaiian) that extend from May to October and
the winter months (Ho'oilo) that run from November
to April.
The average day-time summer temperature at sea level
is 85 degrees F. (29.4 C) while the average day-time
winter temperature is 78 degrees (25.6 C).
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Firsts, Facts, Trivia:
Hawaii has the most
advanced telecommunications system in the world.
The state is one of only five states in the U.S.
with 100 percent digital switching for telephones
and more fiber optic cable per mile, per capita than
any other state.
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FACTS
Featured Tourist Spots:
Hilo
Tropical Gardens
- Nestled on
land owned by the estate of one of Hawaii's last
princesses, Hilo Tropical Gardens, established in
1948, is one of Hawaii Island's oldest visitor
gardens.
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Hawaii History:
The language of Hawaii and
archaeological discoveries indicate that Hawaii was
settled by two distinct waves of Polynesian
migration. Cook himself knew that the original
Polynesian discoverers had come from the South
Pacific hundreds of years before his time. First,
from the Marquesas, came a settlement as early as
600 or 700 AD, and then from the Society Islands,
another migration about 1100 AD. Lacking instruments
of navigation or charts or any kind, the Polynesians
sailed into vast oceans. They staked their knowledge
of the sky and its stars, the sea and its currents,
the flight of birds and many other natural signs.
They were superior seamen of their time.
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HISTORY
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