Tornadoes · United States · Ohio
1988 tornadoes in Ohio
No tornado was recorded in Ohio in 1988. The state averages 18.4 a year over the 75 years it has any in the record.
What Ohio usually sees
The record has 1,381 tornadoes in Ohio since 1950, 229 deaths. Every year in Ohio.
Nearby
Every tornado in Ohio since 1950Warnings in force in OhioThe live radar over Ohio
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.