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 as new strikes are ingested — not a one-time snapshot.

Showing 48 of 50 states. Alaska and Hawaii aren't shown yet — outside our current coverage area, not a data or counting bug.

1Florida flagFlorida
488,559
2Oklahoma flagOklahoma
481,840
3Texas flagTexas
450,747
4Kansas flagKansas
369,961
5Nebraska flagNebraska
348,499
6Iowa flagIowa
340,381
7Mississippi flagMississippi
318,698
8South Dakota flagSouth Dakota
269,208
9Alabama flagAlabama
257,460
10Minnesota flagMinnesota
256,480
11Tennessee flagTennessee
242,677
12Louisiana flagLouisiana
235,195
13North Dakota flagNorth Dakota
235,065
14Wisconsin flagWisconsin
232,669
15Illinois flagIllinois
195,997
16Michigan flagMichigan
193,950
17Indiana flagIndiana
175,935
18South Carolina flagSouth Carolina
162,890
19New Mexico flagNew Mexico
156,270
20Kentucky flagKentucky
143,854
21Arkansas flagArkansas
143,472
22Georgia flagGeorgia
127,944
23Missouri flagMissouri
116,878
24Montana flagMontana
111,625
25New York flagNew York
107,233
26Colorado flagColorado
104,136
27Pennsylvania flagPennsylvania
102,438
28Ohio flagOhio
101,561
29North Carolina flagNorth Carolina
74,040
30Maryland flagMaryland
64,812
31Arizona flagArizona
48,805
32West Virginia flagWest Virginia
46,165
33Wyoming flagWyoming
34,401
34Virginia flagVirginia
22,692
35New Jersey flagNew Jersey
21,788
36Vermont flagVermont
16,842
37Idaho flagIdaho
16,604
38Connecticut flagConnecticut
14,148
39Maine flagMaine
13,785
40Utah flagUtah
10,245
41Oregon flagOregon
6,621
42Massachusetts flagMassachusetts
5,365
43Delaware flagDelaware
5,164
44Nevada flagNevada
4,882
45New Hampshire flagNew Hampshire
2,977
46Rhode Island flagRhode Island
2,464
47California flagCalifornia
1,942
48Washington flagWashington
816

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 →