Tropical Storm Beryl (1988)
Tropical Storm Beryl peaked at 45 kt in the North Atlantic between August 8, 1988 and August 10, 1988, with a lowest pressure of 1001 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Beryl, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1988 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- August 8, 1988 to August 10, 1988
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1001 mb (29.56 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.1
- Fastest the center moved
- 10 kt (12 mph)
- Identifier
- AL021988
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.
Rainfall
The Weather Prediction Center attributes 760 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 16.09 inches (409 mm).
| Station | Total | Position |
|---|---|---|
| DAUPHIN ISLAND #2 | 16.09 in (409 mm) | 30.25N 88.08W |
| MT. ENTERPRISE | 12.50 in (318 mm) | 31.92N 94.68W |
| CLAYTON | 11.15 in (283 mm) | 32.10N 94.49W |
| PASCAGOULA 3 NE | 10.80 in (274 mm) | 30.40N 88.48W |
| BILOXI | 10.46 in (266 mm) | 30.38N 88.98W |
| FRANKLIN 3 NW | 10.42 in (265 mm) | 29.82N 91.55W |
| VANCLEAVE | 10.08 in (256 mm) | 30.48N 88.65W |
| SAUCIER EXP FOREST | 9.44 in (240 mm) | 30.63N 89.05W |
| CUSHING | 8.97 in (228 mm) | 35.98N 96.78W |
| GULFPORT NAVAL CENTER | 8.79 in (223 mm) | 30.38N 89.13W |
| WAVELAND | 8.45 in (215 mm) | 30.30N 89.38W |
| ROBERTSDALE | 8.41 in (214 mm) | 30.57N 87.70W |
WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 00:00 | 30.4N 90.3W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 8, 06:00 | 29.7N 89.7W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 8, 12:00 | 29.7N 89.4W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 8, 18:00 | 29.4N 89.2W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 9, 00:00 | 29.3N 89.1W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 9, 06:00 | 29.6N 89.5W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 9, 12:00 | 30.1N 90.4W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 9, 18:00 | 30.1N 90.9W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 10, 00:00 | 30.3N 91.6W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 10, 06:00 | 30.7N 92.2W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 10, 12:00 | 31.2N 92.6W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 10, 18:00 | 31.7N 93.2W | 20 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1988
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1988
- Tropical Storm AlbertoNorth Atlantic · 1988
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1988
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1988
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1988
- Tropical Storm ChrisNorth Atlantic · 1988
- Hurricane DebbyNorth Atlantic · 1988
- Tropical Storm ErnestoNorth Atlantic · 1988
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1988
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1988
- Hurricane FlorenceNorth Atlantic · 1988
- Hurricane GilbertNorth Atlantic · 1988
- Hurricane HeleneNorth Atlantic · 1988
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1988
- Tropical Storm IsaacNorth Atlantic · 1988
- Hurricane Joan:MiriamNorth Atlantic · 1988
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1988
- Hurricane KeithNorth Atlantic · 1988
What this means
A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.
Sources
Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.