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Population: 876,156
Area: 596.7 square miles
Average Temperature (in Honolulu): 77.6 degrees
Average Possibility of sunshine: 88%
Average Rain (at Honolulu International Airport): 7.10 inches
Major Hurricanes to hit Oahu: None in more than 50 years
Hours of daylight
- 10 hours and 50 minutes on Dec. 22
- 13 hours and 26 minutes on June 21
Major Waterfall: Kaliuwaa (Sacred Falls), 3000 feet
Major Summit: Kaala, 1,220 feet
Time Difference: Noon in Honolulu
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JUNE
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DECEMBER
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| Los Angeles |
3 pm |
2 pm |
| Chicago |
5 pm |
4 pm |
| New York |
6 pm |
5 pm |
| London |
11 pm |
10 pm |
| Tokyo |
7 am (the next day) |
7 am (the next day) |
| Sydney |
8 am (the next day) |
9 am (the next day) |
Number of visitors to Hawaii (2000): 6,948,595
Number of visitors to Oahu (2000): 4,719,246
Most popular visitor attraction in state: USS Arizona Memorial
Largest number of golf courses in state: Oahu with 36 courses:
- 7 Military
- 6 Municipal
- 23 private
Largest miles of sandy beaches in state: Oahu with 50.3 miles
Largest number of surfing sites in state: Oahu with 594
Largest zoo in state: Honolulu Zoo, where in 2002, 584,320 people saw some 303 different species
Largest number of Historic sites in State: Oahu with 287 sites
Last major earthquake on Oahu: June 8, 1984, in the ocean 80 miles south of Honolulu
Highest total of streets and highways in state: Oahu with 1,547.56 miles (36 percent of total miles of roads in state)
(Source: State Data Book – 2000)
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