Aah the views too rainy in February?

We%26#39;re splitting 7 or 8 days on BI: 2 or 3 nites Hale Hualalai B%26amp;B in Kona area, 2 nights Country Goose for VNP. We%26#39;d love a B%26amp;B up the coast above Hupan Beach or somewhere like that. We want to do lots of sightseeing, not much time on beaches, but now I%26#39;m worried it might be cold, rainy if we stay up in Waimea? The Aah the View B%26amp;B sounds wonderful, but it might not be the best place to be based to see the whole Kahala area and Hamakua coast. Any recommendations?

Aah the views too rainy in February?

Aah the Views is on the dry side of Waimea. There%26#39;s almost a line you walk across in Waimea where the rain starts and ends. The dry side is Kohala desert. The wet side is lush green pastures and trees. It probably rains more in the other two places you mentioned.

The town of Waimea can get cold for Hawaii, although Volcano is colder. The coastline downhill in Puako can be hot and muggy even in winter, so the cooler climate of Waimea can be a boon and it%26#39;s super popular as a place to live here. Depends what you%26#39;re looking for really, whether you want heat.

You might write the owner and ask her for her candid opinion of the weather that time of year as she%26#39;s been there long enough to know.

Aah the views too rainy in February?

winter is the dry time on the west coast......... Remember last feb and march whrn all the other islands were getting huge rains? well here in Kona we got 1 inch for the month and in Kohala they got .5 for the month

Thereis a wet and dry side to Waimea and it gets both windy and cold. it resembles the northern california coast in weather... with low clouds and drizzel.. It is where the trade winds collide with high mountains and funnel their force through the natural pass that is Waimea

Waimea is a residential village with no visitor services and 15 miled to the beach Hawi, furthur north, is very windy and rainy as well as the Hamakua coast which has no beaches to speak of.

As others have noted you should be okay on the dry side of Waimea. Aah the Views is a great base to see North Kohala and Hawi areas and you could probably make it do for the Hamakua Coast, especially since you%26#39;re going on to Volcano. Some of the Hamakua Coast sites are pretty far from Waimea (such as Hilo, the Hawaii National Tropical Botanical Gardens and Akaka Falls) but could easily be done on your way from Waimea to Volcano.

agreed,

the nice thing about aah the views location is you don%26#39;t have to go through Waimea to take off for the Kohala coast beaches or North Kohala (either route, 250 or 270). As the traffic into and out of Waimea has become so bad lately, this is a plus. The drive up from Kawaihae can be slow if you get behind a truck pulling the grade, but at least you%26#39;re at the ';views'; before you hit the crawl leading up to the big intersection in Waimea.

Also it is a prime location for sunsets. Not sure about the view from the property itself but the sunsets are gorgeous in that vicinity.

The Hawaii Tropical Botanical Gardens deserves a minimum of 2 hours, a half day is more like it. The admission is up to $17 a person now but it%26#39;s worth it if you take the time to enjoy it, not really something you can appreciate by taking a whirlwind tour on the way to VNP. The gardens are easier to catch if you%26#39;re staying in Hilo as you can seize the moment when you get the sunshine.

I have to remind myself that visitors find the drive from Honokaa to Hilo a scenic experience. While I appreciate the scenery, it is a tiring drive to me, mostly because people drive like idiots trying to pass gasoline tankers on 2-lane roads and doing stupid stuff going around the big gulches, which I don%26#39;t find makes for a relaxing drive. It is indeed a beautiful drive if you luck out and hit a window where there%26#39;s little traffic, no road work, and it%26#39;s not raining.

Even as a visitor I would think one round trip on Hwy 19 is enough during a trip, two at most. I think it would be better to relocate lodgings to cover East Hawaii than to ';commute.';

IM in july we hit rainy days and then sunny days and days of both. North of kona is suppose to be 3in of rain /year well they got all that when we were there but guess what we saw all as usual. Weather changes faster there than where we are.