Nevada

Storms in Nevada in 1988

20 events in 13 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Nevada 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.

Nevada 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

Open the live radar over Nevada

The year

Events
20
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Damage
None recorded
Episodes
13

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind1300
Tornado400
Hail300

Every episode, month by month

February 1988

May 1988

June 1988

July 1988

August 1988

October 1988

More

Every year in NevadaEvery state in 1988Tornadoes in Nevada in 1988Warnings in Nevada in 198819871989

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.