As of this date, a total of 2,102,170,206 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 160 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 (42,388,860)
- Florida (19,182,466)
- Oklahoma (13,677,230)
- Mississippi (13,049,233)
- Arkansas (11,800,721)
TOP 5 USA STATES WITH THE HIGHEST DENSITY OF LIGHTNING STRIKES PER KM2
- Florida (112,6)
- Mississipi (104,0)
- Louisiana (86,0)
- Arkansas (85,7)
- Alabama (85,5)
In total, 242 million lightning strikes for all of 2023 in the USA; 44 million more than in 2022.
SOURCE: NASA https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search
EUROPE ELECTRICAL STORM STATISTICS
In Western Europe, there have been an average of 317 thunderstorm days in 2023.
26,366,714 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes were detected in 2023.
September is the month most prone to lightning strikes.
TOP 10 COUNTRIES WITH MOST LIGHTNING STRIKES (cloud-to-ground)
- Spain (8,589,533)
- Italy (7,516,409)
- France (6,983,294)
- Germany (2,431,484)
- Switzerland (504,394)
- United Kingdom (251,076)
- Portugal (215,318)
- Belgium (199,767)
- Netherlands (177,086)
- Ireland (74.910)
SOURCE: NASA https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search
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