Lightning API · Live Data

Every strike, every state, since day one.

All-time lightning strikes recorded by state, from the same historical database every Lightning API plan queries against. Updated continuously in near real-time — not a one-time snapshot.

We just extended live coverage to the Pacific, reaching Hawaii and Alaska and improving detection accuracy across the West Coast and Mountain states. Totals for Hawaii and Alaska will build up over time as strikes occur there. Starting at zero isn't a bug.

1Florida flagFlorida
5,261,790
2Texas flagTexas
3,759,372
3Alabama flagAlabama
2,405,713
4New Mexico flagNew Mexico
2,398,917
5Nebraska flagNebraska
2,238,866
6Mississippi flagMississippi
2,122,436
7Arizona flagArizona
2,109,317
8Kansas flagKansas
1,979,284
9Iowa flagIowa
1,696,261
10Georgia flagGeorgia
1,686,955
11Tennessee flagTennessee
1,579,652
12South Carolina flagSouth Carolina
1,575,162
13Oklahoma flagOklahoma
1,556,492
14Colorado flagColorado
1,492,809
15South Dakota flagSouth Dakota
1,337,599
16Louisiana flagLouisiana
1,312,509
17Minnesota flagMinnesota
1,289,328
18Indiana flagIndiana
1,217,277
19Kentucky flagKentucky
1,132,636
20Ohio flagOhio
1,096,985
21North Carolina flagNorth Carolina
1,072,681
22Illinois flagIllinois
1,047,066
23North Dakota flagNorth Dakota
976,678
24Arkansas flagArkansas
961,434
25Wisconsin flagWisconsin
928,569
26Missouri flagMissouri
860,780
27Utah flagUtah
784,616
28Pennsylvania flagPennsylvania
614,279
29Michigan flagMichigan
595,844
30Wyoming flagWyoming
587,229
31Montana flagMontana
574,130
32Idaho flagIdaho
555,952
33Nevada flagNevada
475,290
34Maryland flagMaryland
469,115
35New York flagNew York
373,354
36West Virginia flagWest Virginia
370,848
37Virginia flagVirginia
312,034
38New Jersey flagNew Jersey
147,374
39Oregon flagOregon
127,867
40Maine flagMaine
68,821
41California flagCalifornia
60,164
42Washington flagWashington
59,817
43Delaware flagDelaware
58,296
44Vermont flagVermont
40,952
45Connecticut flagConnecticut
34,498
46Massachusetts flagMassachusetts
15,911
47New Hampshire flagNew Hampshire
12,205
48Hawaii flagHawaii
6,323
49Rhode Island flagRhode Island
3,479
50Alaska flagAlaska
1,228

Totals use rectangular state-boundary approximations, so a small number of border-adjacent strikes may be attributed to a neighboring state. Want this level of detail for your own use case? See plans →

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Coverage areas

All regions · USA · Canada · South America · Mexico & Central America · Caribbean & Atlantic · Pacific, Hawaii & Alaska

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