The National Weather Service expects the rainy weather to dissipate but continue with some brief showers over Oahu and Maui through Friday.

Weather is expected to be drier on Saturday and Sunday as tradewinds return.

"It looks like the tradewinds will stick around at least through this weekend," John Bravender, a National Weather Service meteorologist, said Monday afternoon.

Bravender said rainfall on Oahu today will be mild compared with Monday morning’s heavy rain. Also, he said, tradewinds are spreading moisture and potential for some rain throughout the state.

Monday morning’s drenching was especially intense from Schofield to Punaluu. In a six-hour period more than 4 inches of rain fell in the Punaluu area, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. And in Makaha on the Leeward Coast, more than 3 inches of rain fell.

The rainfall in Honolulu set a record for the date at 0.84 inches, breaking the old record of 0.8 inches set in 1967.

In Hilo, meanwhile, a high temperature of 87 degrees set a record for the date, breaking the old record of 86 set in 1977.