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

2,632,765

2Texas

1,951,957

3New Mexico

1,423,097

4Alabama

1,070,629

5Arizona

959,530

6Kansas

957,264

7Tennessee

926,131

8Nebraska

891,787

9Oklahoma

858,683

10Minnesota

856,062

11South Carolina

805,880

12Mississippi

804,783

13Georgia

774,987

14Iowa

749,496

15Louisiana

686,854

16Kentucky

623,291

17Colorado

620,346

18South Dakota

611,659

19North Carolina

572,698

20Arkansas

563,610

21Indiana

524,582

22Wisconsin

520,300

23Missouri

510,212

24North Dakota

482,382

25Illinois

474,701

26Ohio

448,230

27Michigan

408,100

28Montana

299,943

29Maryland

282,782

30Utah

277,901

31Pennsylvania

271,698

32Wyoming

244,838

33New York

244,292

34Idaho

224,527

35Nevada

184,090

36Virginia

171,500

37West Virginia

160,389

38New Jersey

92,764

39Oregon

72,738

40Maine

36,990

41Vermont

31,762

42Delaware

30,677

43Connecticut

29,160

44Washington

22,479

45Massachusetts

14,992

46New Hampshire

9,907

47California

8,751

48Rhode Island

3,238

49Alaska

99

50Hawaii

45

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 →