Storms in Texas in 1988
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Texas 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.
Texas 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
- 766
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 39
- Damage
- $66 million
- Episodes
- 113
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 | 396 | 1 | 3 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 278 | 1 | 6 | |
| Tornado | 92 | 1 | 30 | $66 million |
Every episode, month by month
January 1988
February 1988
March 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, March 1, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 2, 1988
- Hail in Texas, March 7, 1988
- Hail in Texas, March 11, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Texas, March 17, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 24, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, March 27, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 29, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 31, 1988
April 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 1, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 5, 1988
- Hail in Texas, April 9, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 16, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 17, 1988
- Hail in Texas, April 18, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 24, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 29, 1988
May 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 6, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 8, 1988
- Hail in Texas, May 9, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 10, 1988
- Hail in Texas, May 16, 1988
- Hail in Texas, May 18, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 19, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 20, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 21, 1988
- Hail in Texas, May 22, 1988
- Hail in Texas, May 25, 1988
- Hail in Texas, May 27, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 28, 1988
- Hail in Texas, May 29, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 30, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 31, 1988
June 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 1, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 2, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 3, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 9, 1988
- Hail in Texas, June 11, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 13, 1988
- Tornado in Texas, June 14, 1988
- Hail in Texas, June 16, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 19, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 23, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 24, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 25, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 27, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 28, 1988
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 29, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 30, 1988
July 1988
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 1, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 2, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, July 3, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 4, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 7, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 10, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 12, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 17, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 18, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 19, 1988
- Tornadoes in Texas, July 24, 1988
- Hail in Texas, July 25, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, July 26, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 27, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 28, 1988
August 1988
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 1, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 2, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 4, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 5, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 6, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 9, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 11, 1988
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 12, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 16, 1988
- Tornado in Texas, August 17, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 18, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 19, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 21, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 22, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 23, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 24, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 25, 1988
September 1988
- Damaging Wind in Texas, September 13, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, September 14, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 15, 1988
- Tornadoes in Texas, September 16, 1988
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 17, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Texas, September 18, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Texas, September 20, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Texas, September 21, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 22, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 28, 1988
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, September 29, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Texas, September 30, 1988
October 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, October 1, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Texas, October 24, 1988
- Hail in Texas, October 25, 1988
- Hail in Texas, October 26, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, October 27, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Texas, October 28, 1988
November 1988
- Damaging Winds in Texas, November 9, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Texas, November 10, 1988
- Hail in Texas, November 11, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, November 12, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, November 15, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, November 19, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, November 25, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, November 26, 1988
December 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.