1988 Atlantic Hurricane Season - Season Impact

Season Impact

1988 North Atlantic tropical cyclone statistics
Storm
name		 Dates active Storm category

at peak intensity

 Max
wind

(mph)

 Min.
press.
(mbar)		 Landfall(s) Damage
(millions
USD)		 Deaths
Where When Wind

(mph)
One May 30 – June 2 Tropical depression 30 1000 Cuba June 1 35 0 37
Alberto August 5 – August 8 Tropical storm 40 1002 St. Marys Bay, Nova Scotia August 7 40 0 0
Isthmus of Chignecto, Canada August 7 40
Prince Edward Island August 8 40
Beryl August 8 – August 10 Tropical storm 50 1001 Bayou Teche, Louisiana August 9 50 3 1
Four August 12 – August 15 Tropical depression 35 1013 Jacksonville, Florida August 13 35 0 0
Five August 20 – August 31 Tropical depression 35 Unknown none 0 0
Six August 20 – August 23 Tropical depression 30 Unknown Windward Islands (Direct hit, no landfall) August 21 30 0 0
Chris August 21 – August 30 Tropical storm 50 1005 Leeward Islands (Direct hit, no landfall) August 23 35 1.4 4
Dominican Republic August 24 35
Andros Island, Bahamas August 28 35
Savannah, Georgia August 29 45
Debby August 31 – September 8 Category 1 hurricane 75 987 Tuxpan, Veracruz September 2 75 unknown 20
Ernesto September 3 – September 5 Tropical storm 65 994 none 0 0
Ten September 3 – September 4 Tropical depression 35 1004 Morgan City, Louisiana September 4 35 0 0
Florence September 7 – September 11 Category 1 hurricane 80 983 Mississippi River Delta September 10 80 2.9 1
Gilbert September 8 – September 19 Category 5 hurricane 185 888 Leeward Islands (Direct hit, no landfall) September 9 45 5500 341
Jamaica September 12 130
Cozumel, Mexico September 14 160
Yucatán Peninsula September 14 160
La Pesca, Tamaulipas September 16 125
Unnamed September 7 – September 10 Tropical storm 60 994 none 0 0
Helene September 19 – September 30 Category 4 hurricane 145 938 none 0 0
Fifteen September 27 – September 28 Tropical depression 30 unknown none none 0
Isaac September 28 – October 1 Tropical storm 45 1005 none 0 2
Joan October 10 – October 23 Category 4 hurricane 145 932 Windward Islands (Direct hit, no landfall) October 15 60 2000 216–334
Guajira Peninsula October 17 65
Bluefields, Nicaragua October 22 145
Eighteen October 20 – October 21 Tropical depression 35 unknown none 0 0
Keith November 17 – November 24 Tropical storm 70 985 Yucatán Peninsula November 21 75 7.3 0
Sarasota, Florida November 23 65
Season Aggregates
19 cyclones May 30 – November 24 185 888 24 landfalls 7000 at least 550

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