Hawaii has an extraordinary climate which encompasses no less than 11 of the 13 climate zones found in the world. This is a place where it is possible to lounge on a hot beach in the morning and walk in snow on a mountain top that afternoon. This diverse collection of micro-climates is all due to a dramatic volcanic landscape which acts as a barrier between the different regions and allows tropical rain forests, dry deserts, cool alpine slopes and golden beaches to co-exist within the space of a few miles. Yet despite these extremes in the Hawaiian climate the weather is consistently good thanks to warm, gentle trade winds which bring mild temperatures and blue skies. Read the rest of this entry »