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Dams with a reported storage capacity of 5,000 million cubic meters (5,000,000,000 cubic meters) or more

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A global map shows lightning flashes per square kilometer per year (flashes per square kilometer per year).

Lightning flashes per square kilometer per year (flashes/km²/year)

Lightning Frequency

The map illustrates global lightning frequency. Areas with less than 0.1 flashes per square kilometer per year are shaded in light green and include most ocean regions, northern Canada, the Sahara Desert, and parts of western and northern Europe. Areas with 0.1 flashes per square kilometer per year are shaded in light yellow and are scattered along parts of oceanic regions and coastal regions. Regions with 0.2 flashes per square kilometer per year are shaded in light purple and include parts of oceanic regions, coastal regions in the north of Canada and Russia. Areas with 0.4 flashes per square kilometer per year are shaded in red and are scattered along the Atlantic ocean, coastal regions on the north of Russia, Indian Ocean, and Pacific ocean. Areas with 0.6 flashes per square kilometer per year to 1 flash per square kilometer per year are shaded in blue to light green, covering northern Canada, the contiguous United States (excluding the Southeast), parts of South America, much of northern region of Europe, most of Africa south of the Sahara, and most of South, East, and Southeast Asia, including south of Australia. Areas experiencing 2 to 10 flashes per square kilometer per year, indicated by pink to blue shades, include the Southeastern United States, parts of Central and South America, and large areas in Africa, South, East, and Southeast Asia. High lightning frequency regions (20 to 50 flashes per square kilometer per year) are highlighted in dark pink to dark red, located in Southeastern United States, Colombia in South America, Central Africa (notably the Democratic Republic of Congo), and Southeast Asia, particularly in Indonesia, Vietnam, and Cambodia.

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Mean sea-surface temperatures shown using patterns of latitudinal bands extend roughly east to west. The coldest temperatures are shown in the northern latitudes. Temperatures warm as latitudes near the equator.

Average sea-surface temperatures between 1990 and 2020

Mean Sea-Surface Temperature

Sea-surface temperatures create latitudinal bands extending east to west, influenced by ocean currents and continents. In the tropics, temperatures range from 24.0 to 32.0 degrees Celsius; in the midlatitudes, from 8.0 to 23.9 degrees Celsius; and in higher latitudes and polar regions, from negative 2.0 to 7.9 degrees Celsius. Significant deviations occur along the Atlantic coast of western Europe, where temperatures are warmer than the east coast of North America at the same latitude, and along the Pacific coast of Canada, the Atlantic coasts of Canada and the northeastern United States, and the western coasts of South America and southern Africa, where waters are cooler than expected. The hottest ocean areas are between Indonesia and Australia (30.0 to 32.0 degrees Celsius), followed by tropical parts of the western Pacific and Indian oceans, and small areas along the coasts of West Africa and Central America (28.0 to 29.9 degrees Celsius).

Display by:	Major Dams	Lightning Frequency															Mean Sea-Surface Temperature
	Major Dams	Lightning Frequency	<0.1 flashes/km²/year	0.1 flashes/km²/year	0.2 flashes/km²/year	0.4 flashes/km²/year	0.6 flashes/km²/year	0.8 flashes/km²/year	1 flash/km²/year	2 flashes/km²/year	4 flashes/km²/year	6 flashes/km²/year	8 flashes/km²/year	10 flashes/km²/year	20 flashes/km²/year	30 flashes/km²/year	-2.0 to 0.0	0.0 to 1.9	2.0 to 3.9	4.0 to 5.9	6.0 to 7.9	8.0 to 9.9	10.0 to 11.9	12.0 to 13.9	14.0 to 15.9	18.0 to 19.9	20.0 to 21.9	22.0 to 23.9	24.0 to 25.9	26.0 to 27.9	28.0 to 29.9
Arizona	1									1.13%	23.6%	20.0%	37.0%	18.2%
Utah										22.2%	65.3%	0.130%
Yukon			2.57%	1.17%	39.3%	42.1%	0.676%	0.532%	2.01%
District of Columbia														100%
Idaho									8.51%	90.0%
New Hampshire										77.0%	23.0%
Vermont										4.97%	95.0%
Wyoming										48.7%	16.7%	16.6%	10.4%	7.61%
Montana	1								1.84%	16.7%	6.56%	12.0%	2.35%
North Dakota	1									5.40%	24.2%	48.6%	17.6%
Kentucky														100%
Saskatchewan	1						0.267%	0.717%	31.5%	16.7%	3.54%
Mississippi														53.6%	46.4%
West Virginia													90.8%	9.25%
Nebraska													2.93%	89.3%	7.74%
Missouri														97.2%	2.76%
Oregon				0.565%	3.81%	5.52%	5.86%	3.52%	49.6%	23.8%
New Mexico												7.94%	33.3%	53.7%
Kansas														96.1%	3.88%
South Carolina														85.1%	14.9%
Alberta									22.8%	73.1%	3.13%
Pennsylvania											7.74%	34.9%	57.3%
Colorado										3.18%	32.7%	15.2%	10.5%	30.1%	8.34%
Nevada								1.83%	39.4%	47.0%	11.8%
Manitoba	1					2.65%	4.40%	2.91%	25.0%	48.7%	10.4%
Oklahoma														64.4%	35.6%
Tennessee														100%
Arkansas														15.7%	84.3%
South Dakota	1											2.09%	52.0%	45.9%
Ohio													23.4%	76.6%
Indiana														100%
Minnesota										13.4%	3.05%	20.4%	21.8%	9.11%
Iowa											5.30%	6.65%	14.4%	73.6%
Illinois													1.50%	98.5%
Alaska		6.63%	1.78%	25.5%	0.226%	5.17%											0.243%			0.756%	0.368%
Northwest Territories		10.4%	11.3%	1.93%	1.61%	13.9%	14.4%	4.36%	8.69%								0.540%
Florida	1													0.168%	52.7%	47.1%										0.797%	0.110%	0.317%	0.665%
Rhode Island										100%										4.89%
Washington				1.04%	10.6%	19.8%	20.2%	12.1%	35.6%	0.648%												0.825%
Nunavut		41.3%	36.7%	7.71%	1.80%	1.53%	0.139%										2.12%
Maine									5.45%	71.9%											0.534%
Nova Scotia					8.11%	10.6%	36.1%	17.3%	27.8%									1.84%	0.489%	0.275%	0.472%
Virginia												0.585%	33.4%	66.0%							0.725%
Delaware										1.09%	21.6%	74.1%	3.24%								1.06%
Prince Edward Island						2.52%	8.96%	20.3%	68.2%									5.18%
Texas	1											1.17%	8.70%	65.9%	24.2%											0.214%
Louisiana															100%											1.00%
Hawaii			0.113%	0.444%	32.9%	60.0%																							10.0%	0.778%	4.46%
North Carolina														100%									0.239%	0.183%		0.286%
New Brunswick								0.276%	0.234%	58.0%								0.647%			0.219%
Alabama														41.8%	58.2%											0.114%
Wisconsin										0.368%	53.9%	28.7%	12.9%	3.74%					0.545%
British Columbia	1		1.64%	6.95%	12.6%	20.1%	4.57%	5.28%	0.164%	6.19%											1.06%
Newfoundland and Labrador	1		5.05%	7.84%	8.94%	30.5%	12.3%	3.57%	0.308%								1.04%	0.607%
New Jersey											9.73%	90.3%								0.163%	1.14%
Michigan										1.83%	31.7%	16.4%	14.6%	8.66%					1.89%
Connecticut										77.5%	20.8%	1.09%								0.194%
Massachusetts									2.27%	79.0%	18.5%									1.32%	2.66%						0.220%
Georgia														48.4%	51.6%											0.230%
New York										16.1%	65.1%	18.0%	0.137%							0.265%	0.344%
Maryland											2.23%	17.7%	58.3%	21.7%							2.09%
Québec	1		11.0%	4.90%	11.5%	3.83%	3.39%	3.67%	19.7%	17.8%	0.183%						0.165%
Ontario	1						2.58%	3.28%	0.872%	19.2%	2.31%	2.14%	0.326%	0.285%					0.375%
California				2.29%	10.6%	16.3%	5.69%	2.96%	35.4%	15.6%	1.52%													0.120%	0.206%

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