Mount Waiʻaleʻale (Hawaiian for "rippling waters"; also often spelt Waialeale in English without the ʻokina), elevation 5,148 ft (1,569 m), is the second highest point on the island of Kauaʻi in the Hawaiian Islands. Averaging more than 460 inches (11,680 mm) of rain over the last 32 years, with a record 683 inches (17,340 mm) in 1982, its summit is considered one of the rainiest spots on earth.