what is the hawaii time zone?
Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone
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 In Hawaii , Mount Waiʻaleʻale , on the island of Kauai , is notable for its extreme rainfall , as it has the second highest average annual rainfall on Earth , with 12 @,@ 000 mm ( 460 in ) . Systems known as Kona storms affect the state with heavy rains between October and April . Local climates vary considerably on each island due to their topography , divisible into windward ( Koʻolau ) and leeward ( Kona ) regions based upon location relative to the higher mountains . Windward sides face the east to northeast trade winds and receive much more rainfall ; leeward sides are drier and sunnier , with less rain and less cloud cover . 

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 Mauna Loa 's most recent eruption occurred from March 24 to April 15 , 1984 . No recent eruptions of the volcano have caused fatalities , but eruptions in 1926 and 1950 destroyed villages , and the city of Hilo is partly built on lava flows from the late 19th century . Because of the potential hazards it poses to population centers , Mauna Loa is part of the Decade Volcanoes program , which encourages studies of the world 's most dangerous volcanoes . Mauna Loa has been monitored intensively by the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory since 1912 . Observations of the atmosphere are undertaken at the Mauna Loa Observatory , and of the Sun at the Mauna Loa Solar Observatory , both located near the mountain 's summit . Hawaii Volcanoes National Park covers the summit and the southeastern flank of the volcano , and also incorporates Kīlauea , a separate volcano . 

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 Kīlauea is one of five subaerial volcanoes that make up the island of Hawaiʻi , created by the Hawaii hotspot . The oldest volcano on the island , Kohala , is more than a million years old , and Kīlauea , the youngest , is believed to be between 300 @,@ 000 and 600 @,@ 000 years of age ; Lōʻihi Seamount on the island 's flank is even younger , but has yet to breach the surface . Thus it is the second youngest volcano in the Hawaiian – Emperor seamount chain , a chain of shield volcanoes and seamounts extending from Hawaii to the Kuril – Kamchatka Trench in Russia . 

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 The stated reason for the move was a campaign promise of Kiribati President Teburoro Tito to eliminate the confusion of Kiribati straddling the Date Line and therefore being constantly in two different days . However , Kiribati officials were not reluctant to attempt to capitalize on the nation 's new status as owners of the first land to see sunrise in 2000 . Other Pacific nations , including Tonga and New Zealand 's Chatham Islands , protested the move , objecting that it infringed on their claims to be the first land to see dawn in the year 2000 . 

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 Over its 85 million year history , the Hawaii hotspot has created at least 129 volcanoes , more than 123 of which are extinct volcanoes , seamounts , and atolls , four of which are active volcanoes , and two of which are dormant volcanoes . They can be organized into three general categories : the Hawaiian archipelago , which comprises most of the U.S. state of Hawaii and is the location of all modern volcanic activity ; the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands , which consist of coral atolls , extinct islands , and atoll islands ; and the Emperor Seamounts , all of which have since eroded and subsided to the sea and become seamounts and guyots ( flat @-@ topped seamounts ) . 
