Storms in Arizona in 1988
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arizona in 1988, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Arizona in 1988 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 39
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 29
- Damage
- $25,000
- Episodes
- 24
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 36 | 3 | 25 | |
| Hail | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Tornado | 1 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
Every episode, month by month
April 1988
June 1988
July 1988
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 9, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 10, 1988
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 20, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, July 24, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 25, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 27, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 28, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 29, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, July 30, 1988
August 1988
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 1, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 14, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 17, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 18, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 19, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 23, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 24, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 27, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 28, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 29, 1988
October 1988
More
Every year in ArizonaEvery state in 1988Tornadoes in Arizona in 1988Warnings in Arizona in 198819871989
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.