Season Impact
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 |
Read more about this topic: 1988 Atlantic Hurricane Season
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