Mount Waialeale
Mount Waiʻaleʻale (pronounced in Hawaiian, literally, "rippling water" or "overflowing water" (Pukui, Elbert & Mookini 1974: 220), often spelled Waialeale in English without the ʻokina) at an elevation of 5,148 feet (1,569 m), is a shield volcano and the second highest point on the island of Kauaʻi in the Hawaiian Islands. Averaging more than 452 inches (11,500 mm) of rain a year since 1912, with a record 683 inches (17,300 mm) in 1982, its summit is one of the rainiest spots on earth. Recent reports though mention that over the period 1978-2007 the wettest spot in Hawaii is Big Bog on Maui (404 inch per year), and that the rainfall in Hawaii is decreasing.
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