Hawaii’s climates(夏威夷的气候)

By Freelance Chinese Translator Li – English to Chinese translation services - based in China.

The Hawaiian Islands exist because of a hot spot beneath the earth’s slow-moving Pacific Plate, which has been spewing lava（喷涌的熔岩） and creating islands for 70 million years. Today, the state of Hawaii contains eight main islands, only six of which are populated.

Measure for measure（以牙还牙）, the Hawaiian islands are as diverse as it gets. Their flora and fauna（动植物群） are a textbook case of Darwinian evolution（达尔文进化论）. Time and time again, single migratory（迁徙的） species blossomed into dozens of variations, as isolated individuals adapted to arid coastal deserts（干燥的沿海沙漠）, rain forests and snow-capped subarctic mountaintops. As a result, the majority of Hawaiian plants and animals are endemic（特有的）, and nearly as often, endangered（濒危的）.

All the islands have similar climates: southwestern coasts are sunny, dry and lined with sandy beaches, while the northeastern sides have lush rain forests, cascading waterfalls and pounding surf. Hawaii enjoys warm weather year-round, with coastal temperatures averaging a high of 83°F (28°C) and a low of 68°F (20°C). Summer and fall are the driest seasons, winter the wettest.