Storms in New York in 1988
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New York 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.
New York 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
- 324
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 13
- Damage
- $5.5 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 | 276 | 1 | 3 | |
| Hail | 42 | 0 | 6 | |
| Tornado | 6 | 1 | 4 | $5.5 million |
Every episode, month by month
May 1988
June 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, June 22, 1988
- Damaging Winds in New York, June 25, 1988
- Damaging Wind in New York, June 26, 1988
July 1988
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 1, 1988
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 8, 1988
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 10, 1988
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 11, 1988
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 12, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in New York, July 14, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 16, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 17, 1988
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in New York, July 21, 1988
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 28, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 30, 1988
August 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, August 3, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, August 5, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, August 6, 1988
- Tornado in New York, August 9, 1988
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 11, 1988
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 12, 1988
- Damaging Wind in New York, August 13, 1988
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 14, 1988
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 15, 1988
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 17, 1988
- Damaging Wind in New York, August 25, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in New York, August 27, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in New York, August 28, 1988
- Damaging Wind in New York, August 29, 1988
September 1988
November 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.