Video Of The Week - Hawaii's Big Island A Winter Wonderland?
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Hawaii’s Big Island is known for many things — its rich culture, active volcanoes, black sand beaches, green rainforests, and of course year-round warm, humid, weather. This year, the sunny paradise can add snow to this impressive list. Since early December, almost three feet of snow has blanketed the over 13,000-feet high volcano peaks of the Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea, and more is expected.

Local meteorologists say that though a rare sight now, snowcaps were once a fixture on these peaks. However, over the years, the increasingly warm weather has caused the ice caps to shrink. Those hoping for a White Christmas on the beach are in for a disappointment. That’s because even during the coldest of winters the lower altitudes only experience light ice, that melts almost instantly in the balmy weather.
Resources: Smithsonianmag.com, csmonitor.com
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- cr37575 monthsI wish it snow were I live
- volcanoes8 monthsther is one in antarktica
- sivotovo-159786085860about 1 yearthats a lot of snow
- gfvdbjzbxover 1 yearAwesome😎
- pilotabot683over 1 yearthat is cool
- coolkid77over 1 yearflorida doesn't get snow :(
- aemakabout 2 yearsI live there
- kitten22over 2 yearsI'm a New Yorker we get a lot of snow so i say let it snow!!!!!!
- hermioneginnyabout 3 yearsSo interesting!
- unownabout 3 yearsI went to the snow ⛄