After a prolonged stretch of hot and muggy weather, the state should get a cooling respite with the return of tradewinds through the middle of the week, according to the National Weather Service.

On Monday, Lihue tied a high temperature record of 86 degrees, matching the high for the date set in 1958.

Hilo and Kahului set high temperature records for the date Sunday. The high of 88 degrees at Hilo Airport broke a record of 87 set on the date in 1996. The temperature at Kahului Airport of 93 degrees tied a high temperature record for the date set in 1950.

Tradewinds returned to the Big Island and Maui on Monday, while southeasterly winds continued to bring vog and moist tropical air over Oahu and Kauai.

The weather system that brought the change in the winds is expected to move away, allowing tradewinds to return today to Oahu and Kauai and become breezy by Wednesday.

The forecast for Honolulu and the South Shore of Oahu calls for light easterly winds today, increasing to 10 to 20 mph by Wednesday.

Later in the week tradewinds could increase to 15 mph to 25 mph, with higher gusts.

The pleasant weather won’t last.

Another weather system is bringing an increased chance of rain Wednesday night through the weekend. The showers will mostly fall on windward and mauka areas, but brisk tradewinds might blow some rain to leeward areas.