Storms in Minnesota in 1988
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Minnesota 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.
Minnesota 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
- 127
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Damage
- $75,000
- Episodes
- 37
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 | 73 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 49 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tornado | 5 | 0 | 1 | $75,000 |
Every episode, month by month
March 1988
May 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, May 7, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 12, 1988
- Hail in Minnesota, May 26, 1988
- Hail in Minnesota, May 28, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 31, 1988
June 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 12, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 13, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 14, 1988
- Hail in Minnesota, June 15, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 18, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 19, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 21, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 24, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 28, 1988
July 1988
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 5, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 6, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 7, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 13, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 15, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 23, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 28, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 29, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 31, 1988
August 1988
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 1, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, August 2, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 3, 1988
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 7, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 10, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 11, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 16, 1988
- Hail in Minnesota, August 21, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 22, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 31, 1988
September 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.