Storms in Florida in 1988
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Florida 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.
Florida 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
- 117
- Deaths
- 5
- Injuries
- 40
- Damage
- $33 million
- Episodes
- 51
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 | 56 | 0 | 6 | |
| Tornado | 47 | 5 | 34 | $33 million |
| Hail | 14 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1988
February 1988
April 1988
- Tornadoes in Florida, April 18, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Florida, April 19, 1988
- Tornado in Florida, April 25, 1988
- Tornadoes in Florida, April 30, 1988
May 1988
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 1, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, May 10, 1988
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, May 11, 1988
- Tornado in Florida, May 16, 1988
- Hail in Florida, May 21, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Florida, May 24, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Florida, May 25, 1988
- Tornadoes in Florida, May 27, 1988
June 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Florida, June 5, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Florida, June 6, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 7, 1988
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 10, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 12, 1988
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 21, 1988
- Tornado in Florida, June 22, 1988
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 25, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 26, 1988
- Hail in Florida, June 27, 1988
July 1988
- Tornado in Florida, July 10, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 14, 1988
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, July 15, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Florida, July 18, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 19, 1988
- Hail in Florida, July 24, 1988
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, July 25, 1988
- Tornadoes in Florida, July 26, 1988
- Tornado in Florida, July 27, 1988
August 1988
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 5, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 6, 1988
- Tornado in Florida, August 14, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 29, 1988
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Florida, August 30, 1988
September 1988
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Florida, September 5, 1988
- Tornado in Florida, September 8, 1988
- Tornadoes in Florida, September 10, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Florida, September 13, 1988
- Tornado in Florida, September 21, 1988
October 1988
November 1988
- Tornadoes in Florida, November 4, 1988
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Florida, November 5, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Florida, November 20, 1988
- Tornadoes in Florida, November 22, 1988
December 1988
More
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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.