This is the current conditions weather report for Poipu. The report was made 40 minutes ago, at 08:22 UTC. The wind was blowing at a speed of 15 miles per hour / 24.1 kilometers per hour from the eastnortheast (070°). The temperature was 73°F / 23°C, with a dew-point at 73°F / 23°C. The temperature felt like 75°F / 24°C. The atmospheric pressure was 30.24 inHg / 1025 hPa. The relative humidity was 74%. The skies were mostly cloudy.
Poipu is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kauai County on the southern side of the island of Kauai in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The population was 1,075 at the 2000 census. The town features a group of high-end hotels and resorts (including a
Grand Hyatt), and one main shopping center.
Home to Moir Gardens 35 acres of botanical gardens located within the Outrigger Kiahuna Plantation, 2253 Poipu Road, Poipu, Kauai, Hawaii. They are open daily without charge.
The gardens were created in the 1930s by Alexandra Moir while her husband was manager of Hawaii's first sugar plantation, Koloa Plantation, near the site. By 1948 the private gardens were reportedly identified as "one of the ten best cactus and succulent gardens in the world." They opened to the public in 1954.
Today the garden contains rare cactus and succulents, bromeliads, orchids, mature trees, and water lily ponds.
Poipu is located at 21.884079, -159.464195.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 7.2 km˛ (2.8 mi˛). 6.3 km˛ (2.5 mi˛) of it is land and 0.9 km˛ (0.3 mi˛) of it (11.87%) is water.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 16.3% under the age of 18, 3.3% from 18 to 24, 23.0% from 25 to 44, 37.0% from 45 to 64, and 20.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 49 years. For every 100 females there were 94.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.1 males.