Storms in North Dakota in 1988
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Dakota 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.
North Dakota 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
- 138
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $1.7 million
- Episodes
- 30
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 63 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 47 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 28 | 0 | 1 | $1.7 million |
Every episode, month by month
May 1988
- Damaging Winds in North Dakota, May 6, 1988
- Tornado in North Dakota, May 7, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, May 26, 1988
- Damaging Winds in North Dakota, May 27, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, May 28, 1988
June 1988
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, June 12, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, June 18, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, June 20, 1988
- Hail in North Dakota, June 21, 1988
- Hail in North Dakota, June 24, 1988
July 1988
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 4, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 5, 1988
- Hail in North Dakota, July 6, 1988
- Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 7, 1988
- Hail in North Dakota, July 9, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 12, 1988
- Hail in North Dakota, July 14, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, July 23, 1988
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 28, 1988
August 1988
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, August 1, 1988
- Hail in North Dakota, August 2, 1988
- Damaging Winds in North Dakota, August 6, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, August 10, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, August 11, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, August 14, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, August 16, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, August 20, 1988
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, August 22, 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.