Editing Niihau (section)

===Climate===
The island is relatively [[arid]] because it lies in the [[rain shadow]] of Kaua{{okina}}i and lacks the elevation needed to catch significant amounts of [[trade wind]] rainfall. Ni{{okina}}ihau, therefore, depends on winter [[Kona storm]]s for its rain, when more southerly weather systems intrude into the region. As such, the island is subject to long periods of [[drought]].{{sfn|Tabrah|1987|pp=10–11}} Historical droughts on Ni{{okina}}ihau have been recorded several times, one in 1792 by Captain [[James Cook]]'s former junior officer, [[George Vancouver]], who had been told that the people of Ni{{okina}}ihau had abandoned the island because of a severe drought and had moved to Kaua{{okina}}i to escape famine.{{sfn|Tabrah|1987|p=49}}

{{Weather box
|location = Pu{{okina}}uwai
|single line = Y
|Jan high F = 79
|Feb high F = 79
|Mar high F = 81
|Apr high F = 82
|May high F = 83
|Jun high F = 85
|Jul high F = 86
|Aug high F = 87
|Sep high F = 87
|Oct high F = 86
|Nov high F = 83
|Dec high F = 81
|year high F = 83
|Jan low F = 65
|Feb low F = 65
|Mar low F = 65
|Apr low F = 66
|May low F = 67
|Jun low F = 69
|Jul low F = 70
|Aug low F = 71
|Sep low F = 71
|Oct low F = 70
|Nov low F = 68
|Dec low F = 66
|year low F = 68
|rain colour = green
|Jan rain inch = 2.96
|Feb rain inch = 1.48
|Mar rain inch = 1.53
|Apr rain inch = 0.75
|May rain inch = 0.63
|Jun rain inch = 0.33
|Jul rain inch = 0.50
|Aug rain inch = 0.62
|Sep rain inch = 0.84
|Oct rain inch = 2.35
|Nov rain inch = 2.74
|Dec rain inch = 2.78
|year rain inch = 17.51
|source 1    =The Weather Channel <ref name="The Weather Channel">{{cite web
  | url = https://weather.com/weather/monthly/l/USHI0255:1:US
  | title = Puuwai, HI Monthly Weather Forecast
  | publisher = [[The Weather Channel]]
  | access-date = May 7, 2018 }}</ref>
|date=May 2018
}}