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Rainfall departures from the 1951-2019 average for the state of Hawai’i for each November – April wet season from 1951 through 2019, expressed as relative changes (standard deviations) from the long-term average. Green bars indicate the occurrence of La Niña whereas brown bars indicate the occurrence of El Niño from November through at least February of that season. Grey bars indicate ENSO neutral conditions. The horizontal green and brown lines show the average rainfall departures for La Niña and El Niño, respectively. NOAA Climate.gov image created from analysis by Nat Johnson with rainfall data obtained from GPCCv2020.