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Kahului experienced 94-degree heat Monday, tying the record set in 2019 and 1984 and marking the fourth day in a row that Central Maui tied or broke a heat record.
Temperatures also hit 92 degrees Sunday (tying the 1984 record), 94 degrees Saturday (breaking the 2015 record of 91 degrees) and 93 degrees Friday (tying the 1991 record).
Kahului has now broken or tied records 12 times this month. The 96-degree heat recorded Oct. 3 this year ties Oct. 5, 1973 for the hottest temperature ever reported in October for Kahului, according to National Weather Service data.
A weather service hydrologist said Friday that a drier October would eventually give way to wetter-than-average conditions through winter and spring.