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
488,287
2Oklahoma flagOklahoma
477,418
3Texas flagTexas
442,545
4Kansas flagKansas
369,961
5Nebraska flagNebraska
348,499
6Iowa flagIowa
340,381
7Mississippi flagMississippi
318,666
8South Dakota flagSouth Dakota
269,208
9Alabama flagAlabama
256,961
10Minnesota flagMinnesota
256,480
11Tennessee flagTennessee
242,677
12Louisiana flagLouisiana
234,804
13North Dakota flagNorth Dakota
234,400
14Wisconsin flagWisconsin
232,669
15Illinois flagIllinois
195,970
16Michigan flagMichigan
193,950
17Indiana flagIndiana
175,787
18South Carolina flagSouth Carolina
162,770
19New Mexico flagNew Mexico
156,151
20Kentucky flagKentucky
143,773
21Arkansas flagArkansas
143,424
22Georgia flagGeorgia
126,339
23Missouri flagMissouri
116,617
24Montana flagMontana
110,585
25New York flagNew York
107,184
26Colorado flagColorado
104,136
27Pennsylvania flagPennsylvania
102,273
28Ohio flagOhio
101,351
29North Carolina flagNorth Carolina
73,994
30Maryland flagMaryland
64,039
31Arizona flagArizona
48,805
32West Virginia flagWest Virginia
46,133
33Wyoming flagWyoming
34,401
34Virginia flagVirginia
22,692
35New Jersey flagNew Jersey
20,921
36Vermont flagVermont
16,842
37Idaho flagIdaho
16,484
38Connecticut flagConnecticut
14,142
39Maine flagMaine
13,785
40Utah flagUtah
10,245
41Oregon flagOregon
5,737
42Massachusetts flagMassachusetts
5,365
43Nevada flagNevada
4,882
44Delaware flagDelaware
3,474
45New Hampshire flagNew Hampshire
2,977
46Rhode Island flagRhode Island
2,464
47California flagCalifornia
1,892
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 →