Maui, Hawaii HI Hotels/Motels/Lodging

This is the current conditions weather report for Maui. The report was made 22 minutes ago, at 01:54 UTC. The wind was blowing at a speed of 6 miles per hour / 9.3 kilometers per hour from the southeast (140°). The temperature was 63°F / 17°C, with a dew-point at 63°F / 17°C. The atmospheric pressure was 29.91 inHg / 1014 hPa. The relative humidity was 83%. The skies were clear.

The island of Maui is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands at 727 square miles (1883 km²). Maui is part of the State of Hawaii and is the largest island in Maui County. Three other islands, Lanai, Kahoolawe, and Molokai belong to Maui County. As of 2005, Maui has a resident population of 139,884 , which is ranked third within the state behind the islands of Oahu and Hawaii.

The numbers – Maui County welcomed 2,207,826 tourists in 2004; for 2005, the total was 2,263,676, with total tourist expenditures of US$3.09 billion for the Island of Maui alone. While the Island of Oahu is most popular with Japanese tourists, the Island of Maui tends to appeal to visitors mostly from the US mainland and Canada: in 2005, there were 2,003,492 domestic (i.e., USA nationals) arrivals on the island, compared to 260,184 international arrivals. It should be noted that the latter figure is a 2.1 percent increase from 2004, a trend that may be increasing in coming years.

Maui is a leading whale-watching center in the Hawaiian Islands due to the fact that many Humpback whales winter in the sheltered Auau Channel between the islands of Maui county. The whales migrate approximately 3,500 miles (5,600 km) from Alaskan waters each autumn and spend the northern hemisphere winter months mating and birthing in the warm waters off Maui. The whales are typically sighted in pods: small groups of several adults and one or more calves. Humpbacks are an endangered species protected by U.S. federal and Hawai?i state law. There are estimated to be about 3,000 humpbacks in the North Pacific.

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