Timeline of the 1988 Atlantic hurricane season

Track map of all storms during the season

The 1988 Atlantic hurricane season was an active season during which twelve tropical cyclones formed. The season officially began on June 1, 1988 and ended November 30, 1988, the dates which conventionally limit the period of each year when tropical cyclones tend to form in the Atlantic. This timeline documents tropical cyclone formations, strengthening, weakening, landfalls, extratropical transitions, as well as dissipations during the season. The timeline also includes information which was not operationally released, meaning that information from post-storm reviews by the National Hurricane Center, such as information on a storm that was not operationally warned upon. This season produced 19 tropical depressions, of which 12 became named storms; 5 attained hurricane status, of which 3 became a major hurricane, a storm that ranks as a Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. The most notable storm in 1988 was Hurricane Gilbert, which was at the time the most intense hurricane in the Atlantic on record. Hurricane Gilbert caused about $5 billion in damage and 300 fatalities. The other notable storm was Hurricane Joan, which struck Nicaragua as a category 4 hurricane, and caused about $2 billion in damage and about 200 fatalities. Joan crossed into the Pacific and was renamed Miriam. Both Gilbert and Joan were retired by the World Meteorological Organization in the spring of 1989 and were replaced by Gordon and Joyce in 1994.

Timeline of storms

Tropical Storm Keith (1988) Hurricane Joan-Miriam Hurricane Gilbert Hurricane Florence (1988) Hurricane Debby (1988) Tropical Storm Chris (1988) Tropical Storm Beryl (1988) Tropical Depression One (1988) Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale

May

T.D. One on May 30
May 30

June

June 1
June 2

July

August

Tropical Storm Beryl on August 9
August
August 7
August 8

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August 9
August 10
August 12
August 13
August 16
August 20
August 21

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August 23
August 25
August 26
August 27
August 28
August 29
August 30

North Carolina.[5]

August 31

September

Hurricane Gilbert near peak intensity
September 2
September 3
September 4
September 5
September 7
September 8
September 9
September 10
September 11
September 12
September 13
September 14
September 15
September 16
September 17
September 19
September 20
September 21
September 22
September 23
September 24
September 25
September 26
September 28
September 29
September 30

October

Storm track of Hurricane Joan, the track continuing into the Pacific Ocean is the track of Tropical Storm Miriam.
October 1
October 10

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October 11
October 17
October 18
October 19
October 20
October 21
October 22
October 23

November

Storm path of Tropical Storm Keith
November 17

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November 20
November 21
November 24
November 30

References

  1. 1 2 3 David M. Roth (2012). Extended Best Track Database for CLIQR program (Report). College Park, Maryland: Weather Prediction Center. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 National Hurricane Center (1988). "Preliminary Report for Tropical Storm Alberto". Retrieved March 28, 2007.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 National Hurricane Center (1988). "Preliminary Report for Tropical Storm Beryl". Retrieved October 11, 2009.
  4. 1 2 3 National Hurricane Center (1988). "Tropical Depression Four". National Hurricane Center. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 National Hurricane Center (1988). "Atlantic Tropical Systems of 1988" (PDF). Retrieved October 19, 2009.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Storm pulse (1988). "Tropical Storm Chris - Storm Pulse". Retrieved October 11, 2009.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Hurricane Helene Preliminary Report". National Hurricane Center. November 10, 1988. Retrieved February 22, 2010.
  8. 1 2 3 Lawrence, Miles (October 30, 1988). "Tropical Storm Isaac Preliminary Report". National Hurricane Center. Retrieved February 22, 2010.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 National Hurricane Center (1988). "Hurricane Joan - Storm Pulse". Retrieved October 19, 2009.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 National Hurricane Center (1988). "Preliminary Report for Tropical Storm Keith". Retrieved October 11, 2009.
Preceded by
1987
Atlantic hurricane seasons timelines
1988
Succeeded by
1989
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