Storms in Virginia in 1988
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Virginia 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.
Virginia 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
- 97
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Damage
- $3.3 million
- Episodes
- 26
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 | 59 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 32 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 6 | 0 | 2 | $3.3 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1988
April 1988
May 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 16, 1988
- Hail in Virginia, May 17, 1988
- Hail in Virginia, May 20, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 21, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 23, 1988
June 1988
- Hail in Virginia, June 2, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 17, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 23, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Virginia, June 26, 1988
July 1988
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 18, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 19, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 20, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 21, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 26, 1988
August 1988
- Tornado in Virginia, August 3, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 6, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 11, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 15, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 18, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 19, 1988
- Tornado in Virginia, August 29, 1988
November 1988
More
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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.