Storms in Kansas in 1988

227 events in 55 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kansas 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.

Kansas 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

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The year

Events: 227
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 33
Damage: $3.1 million
Episodes: 55

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	Injuries	Damage
Thunderstorm Wind	124	0
Hail	79	7
Tornado	24	26	$3.1 million

Every episode, month by month

March 1988

Tornado and Damaging Wind in Kansas, March 24, 1988$3,000 · F0 · 2 events

April 1988

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September 1988

October 1988

November 1988

December 1988

Every year in Kansas Every state in 1988 Tornadoes in Kansas in 1988 Warnings in Kansas in 1988 1987 1989

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.