Storms in Wisconsin in 1988
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Wisconsin 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.
Wisconsin 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
- 193
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 8
- Damage
- $6.4 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 | 120 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tornado | 37 | 0 | 5 | $6.4 million |
| Hail | 36 | 0 | 2 |
Every episode, month by month
March 1988
April 1988
May 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, May 8, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 12, 1988
- Hail in Wisconsin, May 28, 1988
June 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 19, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 21, 1988
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 22, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 24, 1988
July 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 9, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 15, 1988
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 16, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 24, 1988
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 29, 1988
August 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, August 1, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 2, 1988
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 3, 1988
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 4, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 7, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 8, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 11, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 12, 1988
- Tornado in Wisconsin, August 13, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 16, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 17, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 18, 1988
September 1988
- Hail in Wisconsin, September 2, 1988
- Hail in Wisconsin, September 3, 1988
- Hail in Wisconsin, September 12, 1988
- Hail in Wisconsin, September 16, 1988
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, September 19, 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.