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NHC AL021988 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Beryl (1988)

August 8, 1988 – August 10, 1988

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Tropical Storm Beryl peaked at Tropical storm with 52 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 144 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Beryl in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Beryl from August 8, 1988 to August 10, 1988; its peak was 52 mph (tropical storm). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 144 US cities, in 2 states, most in Louisiana (120). The strongest pass was 52 mph (tropical storm) less than a mile from Kenner, LA.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

52 mph

Cities within 75 mi
144
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
2

Cities Beryl passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (120)

and 60 more

Mississippi (24)

Other storms of the 1988 season

  • AlbertoTropical storm · 25 cities
  • ChrisTropical storm · 208 cities
  • FlorenceCategory 1 · 94 cities
  • KeithCategory 1 · 171 cities

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About this record

The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.