> On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 09:35:03 -0000, jondelac@gmail.com wrote:
>

>>
>>Hi... we are planning a trip to Kona on Jan 1st, 2007 and the wather
>>reading indicates rain showers every day (for all 7 days of my stay
>>there) ... is this common in Kona or would I see sunnier days if I
>>changed my travel plans?
>>
>>Jon.

>
> I have lived here for more than 18 years and usually....we have fairly
> dry weather until about March. We have a micro climate in Kona that
> is opposite of most of Hawaiian Islands with dry cool winters and
> wetter summers. It is those huge mountains behind us which create the
> microclimate. How up to date is that information? Where did you get
> it?
>
> I would dare say that Kailua Kona is one of the drier places on our
> island. Now Hilo and the eastern coats of this island are usually
> the wetter spots.
>
> Good luck.
>
> aloha,
> Beans
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