Storms in Pennsylvania in 1988
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Pennsylvania 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.
Pennsylvania 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
- 253
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 8
- Damage
- $3.5 million
- Episodes
- 33
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 | 205 | 1 | 2 | |
| Hail | 42 | 0 | 4 | |
| Tornado | 6 | 0 | 2 | $3.5 million |
Every episode, month by month
April 1988
May 1988
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 9, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 10, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 13, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 15, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 16, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 17, 1988
- Hail in Pennsylvania, May 22, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 23, 1988
June 1988
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 1, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 7, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 16, 1988
July 1988
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 10, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 11, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 12, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 16, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, July 17, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, July 26, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 30, 1988
August 1988
- Hail in Pennsylvania, August 2, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 5, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 6, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 11, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 15, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 17, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 24, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 26, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 27, 1988
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 28, 1988
September 1988
October 1988
November 1988
More
Every year in PennsylvaniaEvery state in 1988Tornadoes in Pennsylvania in 1988Warnings in Pennsylvania 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.