Tornadoes · United States · Connecticut
1988 tornadoes in Connecticut
No tornado was recorded in Connecticut in 1988. The state averages 2.5 a year over the 51 years it has any in the record.
What Connecticut usually sees
The record has 125 tornadoes in Connecticut since 1950, 4 deaths. Every year in Connecticut.
Nearby
Every tornado in Connecticut since 1950Warnings in force in ConnecticutThe live radar over Connecticut
What this means
Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.
Sources
NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.