Storms in Colorado in 1988
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Colorado 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.
Colorado 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
- 130
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 8
- Damage
- $29 million
- Episodes
- 49
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 48 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 48 | 0 | 8 | $29 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 34 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
February 1988
April 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, April 19, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, April 21, 1988
- Tornado in Colorado, April 24, 1988
May 1988
- Tornado in Colorado, May 2, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, May 16, 1988
- Tornadoes in Colorado, May 19, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 25, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 27, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 30, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, May 31, 1988
June 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 5, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 7, 1988
- Tornadoes in Colorado, June 8, 1988
- Hail in Colorado, June 9, 1988
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 10, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 11, 1988
- Hail in Colorado, June 12, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 13, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 15, 1988
- Tornado in Colorado, June 22, 1988
- Hail in Colorado, June 23, 1988
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 25, 1988
- Tornado in Colorado, June 26, 1988
July 1988
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 6, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, July 7, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, July 8, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, July 9, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 11, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 13, 1988
- Tornado in Colorado, July 14, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, July 18, 1988
- Hail in Colorado, July 19, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, July 23, 1988
- Hail in Colorado, July 24, 1988
- Hail in Colorado, July 25, 1988
- Hail in Colorado, July 26, 1988
- Tornado in Colorado, July 28, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, July 29, 1988
August 1988
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 1, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, August 3, 1988
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 7, 1988
- Hail in Colorado, August 9, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 11, 1988
- Tornado in Colorado, August 16, 1988
- Tornado in Colorado, August 17, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 18, 1988
September 1988
October 1988
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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.