I lived in Hawaii two different times. I was there when it became a state. I went to first grade there. I walked to school in shorts, no shirt, no shoes, 1st grade! I can't claim to have had to walk through the deep snow.
We were there from 1959 to 1963 and from 1968 to 1971. We played tourist and went back in 2000. My wife had never been there.