{"id":236615,"date":"2026-06-25T08:40:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T18:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=236615"},"modified":"2026-06-25T08:40:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T18:40:45","slug":"monthly-climate-summary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/25\/monthly-climate-summary\/","title":{"rendered":"糖心视频<\/abbr> launches free personalized climate summaries for Hawaiʻi subscribers"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Installation of a weather station on Mariner’s Ridge with the Hawaiʻi<\/span> Mesonet project.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Starting July 1, the Hawaiʻi<\/span> community can receive free, personalized monthly climate updates tailored specifically to their own neighborhood or coastline delivered straight to their inbox. Developed by the University of Hawaiʻi\u2019s<\/span> Hawaiʻi<\/span> Climate Data Portal<\/a> (HCDP<\/abbr>), the new Monthly Climate Summary tool<\/a> translates complex scientific metrics into highly localized, plain-language updates on rainfall, temperature and drought conditions.<\/p>\n

Whether you are a rancher monitoring drought signs, a water manager tracking watershed health, a teacher looking for real-world classroom data, or a resident wanting to stay connected to a beloved valley, the tool brings high-resolution climate data directly to the community.<\/p>\n

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The new Monthly Climate Summary tool.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Not everyone understands how much rainfall typically falls in their area of interest,” said Ryan Longman, director of HCDP<\/abbr> and Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Center (PI-CASC<\/abbr>) University Consortium program director at 糖心视频<\/abbr> Sea Grant College Program<\/a> (Hawaiʻi<\/span> Sea Grant). “But if you let them know that it was 50% below normal, or that it was the third driest month in the last century; that\u2019s the type of information that anyone can understand.”<\/p>\n

Tailoring data to traditional boundaries<\/h2>\n

Subscribers can customize their summaries using traditional Hawaiian geographic boundaries—moku and ahupuaʻa—as<\/span> well as standard climate divisions and watershed boundaries. This reflects the HCDP<\/abbr> team’s commitment to making data meaningful within the state\u2019s unique cultural and ecological landscape.<\/p>\n

To sign up, users can visit the HCDP<\/abbr> Climate Summary page<\/a>, select an area of interest on an interactive map, and enter their email address. Users can subscribe to multiple locations. Each month, they will receive localized climate overviews alongside access to an online dashboard for digging deeper into current and historical trends.<\/p>\n

“We wanted end users to be able to connect with the data from the places that meant the most to them,” said Cherryle Heu, HCDP<\/abbr> climate data analyst and lead climate summary developer. “When you select a point on the map the numbers will update to tell you exactly what is going on at that location. Given that Hawaiʻi\u2019s<\/span> climate is so diverse, this type of tool allows for local insights that a single statewide average can\u2019t capture.”<\/p>\n

Community-backed resilience<\/h2>\n

The tool’s development was initially funded by NOAA<\/abbr>\u2019s National Integrated Drought Information System until the grant was canceled in December 2025.<\/p>\n

“We were too far along to stop,” Longman said. Support from the DLNR<\/abbr> Commission on Water Resource Management allowed the team to complete the tool, a grant from PI-CASC<\/abbr> helped support outreach efforts, and the NSF<\/abbr> EPSCoR<\/abbr> Change Hawaiʻi<\/span> project provided the cyberinfrastructure foundation that makes it all run.<\/p>\n

The HCDP<\/abbr> team consists of several grant researchers based in Hawaiʻi<\/span> Sea Grant and the 糖心视频<\/abbr> Water Resources Research Center. The Pacific Drought Knowledge Exchange Team also led this effort along with collaborators across the state who helped shape the final product.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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