As of this date, a total of 831,251,347 atmospheric lightning strikes have been recorded worldwide. This number includes cloud-to-cloud and cloud-to-ground lightning strikes.
The country with the highest density of lightning strikes is again Singapore, with 163.18 strikes per square kilometre.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ELECTRICAL STORM STATISTICS
TOP 5 USA STATES WITH MOST LIGHTNING DISCHARGES (Cloud-to-ground and cloud-to-cloud)
- Texas 27,696,688
- Florida 18,706,904
- Louisiana 11,561,897
- Oklahoma 9,940,752
- Mississippi 9,957,804
TOP 5 USA STATES WITH THE HIGHEST DENSITY OF LIGHTNING STRIKES PER KM2
- Florida 109.84
- Louisiana 85.23
- Mississippi 79.37
- Oklahoma 62.82
- Arkansas 60.57
In total, 198 million lightning strikes for all of 2022 in the USA; 4 million more than in 2021.
SOURCE: NASA https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search
EUROPE ELECTRICAL STORM STATISTICS
In Western Europe, there have been an average of 247 thunderstorm days in 2022.
2,019,627 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes were detected in 2022.
August is the month most prone to lightning strikes.
TOP 10 COUNTRIES WITH MOST LIGHTNING STRIKES (cloud-to-ground)
- ITALY 718,000
- FRANCE 566,706
- SPAIN 440,000
- GERMANY 180,368
- SWITZERLAND 68,659
- PORTUGAL 20 755
- NETHERLANDS 14,165
- BELGIUM 17 247
- ENGLAND 12,627
- SCOTLAND 1,963
SOURCE: NASA https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search
2022 saw the highest concentration of volcanic lightning in history with 400,000 lightning strikes in just 6 hours. It occurred on 15 January at the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai submarine volcano in the Kingdom of Tonga.
SOURCE: reuters.com
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