Storms in Michigan in 1988
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Michigan 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.
Michigan 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
- 269
- Deaths
- 7
- Injuries
- 23
- Damage
- $5.9 million
- Episodes
- 34
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 | 173 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hail | 66 | 0 | 3 | |
| Tornado | 30 | 7 | 18 | $5.9 million |
Every episode, month by month
April 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, April 3, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, April 5, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, April 6, 1988
- Hail in Michigan, April 23, 1988
May 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 9, 1988
- Tornado in Michigan, May 12, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, May 15, 1988
June 1988
July 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 10, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, July 15, 1988
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 16, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, July 22, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 23, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, July 25, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 30, 1988
August 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 1, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 2, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, August 3, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, August 4, 1988
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 5, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, August 12, 1988
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 14, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 15, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, August 16, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, August 17, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 18, 1988
September 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, September 3, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, September 18, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, September 19, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, September 22, 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.