Interested in lightning and/or outdoor safety? Check out our new Lightning Climatology Tool to see when cloud-to-ground lightning flashes are historically most frequent for any location across the continental U.S. Lightning Safety NWS
“Our new tool tells a story about when and where chances for lightning may be higher, putting anyone outside at a greater risk,” said Aaron Treadway, Severe Services Coordinator and lightning safety expert at NOAA’s National Weather Service. “This climatology data will help people make more informed decisions that impact everything from safety to cost-savings, and could improve the chance for a successful event.
Imagine that you are planning an outdoor wedding for the summer of 2023 in Tampa, Florida. You can use Lightning Climatology to find out the probability of one or more cloud-to-ground lightning flashes in a 1-hour, 4-hour or 24-hour time period. We did that search and the data shows that mid-afternoon hours have the highest probability of lightning across the Tampa area for any day of the year.
On the Lighting Climatology homepage, you can quickly determine the highest probability of cloud-to-ground lightning across the U.S. for any day of the year.By drilling down on data for the Tampa area, you can open a Heatmap to determine lighting activity for every hour throughout the year. The Heatmap for Tampa, Florida, shows lightning activity on average for each hour and days of the year. The darker the colors, the higher the probability of a lightning flash during that time. For most of the summer there is at least a 30% chance of a lightning flash between 3pm EDT and 7pm EDT in Tampa.The data shows that lightning flashes are less likely to occur in morning hours during the summer.
On average, about 25 million lightning flashes occur each year across the U.S. Lightning is possible all year long, with the peak months being June, July and August. Each year, on average, 300 people are struck by lightning with 30 fatalities. When you can hear thunder, lightning is nearby — and it can strike from as far as 10 miles away! During a thunderstorm, it is not safe to be outdoors.
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