Compared to the average for 2016–2022, the red areas on the map below experienced more lightning in 2023. Within the blue areas, lightning had less than average in 2023.

As the summer months approach, lightning activity will soon ramp up. More than 70% of lightning-related deaths take place in June, July and August. Those months are also when people spend the most ...

Over the past seven years, the United States as a whole averaged about 17.8 lightning strikes per square kilometer per year, according to a lightning density map published by Vaisala, a company ...

Texas saw the most lightning strikes last year. This map breaks it down by county. Brandi D. Addison. ... The state's lightning density averaged 60.9 strikes per square kilometer ...

As the summer months approach, lightning activity will soon ramp up. More than 70% of lightning-related deaths take place in June, July and August. Those months are also when people spend the most ...

New data shows Texas saw the highest number of lightning strikes in the U.S. last year. News. ... The state's lightning density averaged 60.9 strikes per square kilometer ... See map. Advertisement.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Four Corners, Florida, an area just a few miles to the south and west of Orlando, was found to have the highest lightning strike density of anywhere in the entire U.S. this ...

2021 Lightning Density Map. Courtesy: Vaisala Inc. Texas wasn’t at the top spot when considering lightning strikes by density. Top States by Total Lightning Density Per Kilometer in 2021.

A spell of inclement weather – medium to heavy rainfall, lightning, and thunder – hit various parts of Egypt on Sunday evening as a result of an atmospheric depression over the Mediterranean.