Storms in Oklahoma in 1988
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Oklahoma 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.
Oklahoma 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
- 564
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 21
- Damage
- $930,000
- Episodes
- 63
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 | 371 | 0 | 7 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 175 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 18 | 1 | 14 | $930,000 |
Every episode, month by month
March 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, March 1, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, March 2, 1988
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 11, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, March 24, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, March 28, 1988
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 29, 1988
April 1988
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 1, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 5, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 24, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, April 29, 1988
May 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 2, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 4, 1988
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 6, 1988
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 7, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 8, 1988
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 11, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 15, 1988
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 20, 1988
- Tornado in Oklahoma, May 30, 1988
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 31, 1988
June 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, June 2, 1988
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 15, 1988
- Hail in Oklahoma, June 16, 1988
- Hail in Oklahoma, June 25, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, June 26, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 27, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 28, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 29, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 30, 1988
July 1988
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 1, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 4, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 6, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 16, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 17, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 18, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 24, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 25, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 26, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 27, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 28, 1988
August 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 3, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 4, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 5, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 9, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 10, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 17, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 19, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 21, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 23, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 25, 1988
September 1988
- Hail in Oklahoma, September 15, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, September 16, 1988
- Tornado in Oklahoma, September 18, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, September 23, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, September 28, 1988
October 1988
- Hail in Oklahoma, October 1, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, October 15, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, October 27, 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.