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

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

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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Class

Rank

Value

Alabama
41.8%58.2%266.80e+5
Alaska
6.63%1.78%25.5%0.226%5.17%588.00e+3
Alberta
22.8%73.1%3.13%24.81e+6
Arizona
1.13%23.6%20.0%37.0%18.2%413.70e+5
Arkansas
15.7%84.3%218.70e+5
British Columbia
1.64%6.95%12.6%20.1%4.57%5.28%0.164%6.19%325.65e+5
California
2.29%10.6%16.3%5.69%2.96%35.4%15.6%1.52%32.39e+6
Colorado
3.18%32.7%15.2%10.5%30.1%8.34%228.45e+5
Connecticut
77.5%20.8%1.09%532.30e+4
Delaware
1.09%21.6%74.1%3.24%593.80e+3
District of Columbia
100%630.00
Florida
0.168%52.7%47.1%169.80e+5
Georgia
48.4%51.6%315.70e+5
Hawaii
0.113%0.444%32.9%60.0%478.30e+4
Idaho
8.51%90.0%131.11e+6
Illinois
1.50%98.5%384.20e+5
Indiana
100%423.60e+5
Iowa
5.30%6.65%14.4%73.6%141.10e+6
Kansas
96.1%3.88%111.49e+6
Kentucky
100%189.40e+5
Louisiana
100%374.45e+5
Maine
5.45%71.9%523.60e+4
Manitoba
2.65%4.40%2.91%25.0%48.7%10.4%179.60e+5
Maryland
2.23%17.7%58.3%21.7%488.00e+4
Massachusetts
2.27%79.0%18.5%541.65e+4
Michigan
1.83%31.7%16.4%14.6%8.66%345.30e+5
Minnesota
13.4%3.05%20.4%21.8%9.11%238.15e+5
Mississippi
53.6%46.4%364.55e+5
Missouri
97.2%2.76%62.01e+6
Montana
1.84%16.7%6.56%12.0%2.35%121.28e+6
Nebraska
2.93%89.3%7.74%71.76e+6
Nevada
1.83%39.4%47.0%11.8%432.65e+5
New Brunswick
0.276%0.234%58.0%515.35e+4
New Hampshire
77.0%23.0%551.45e+4
New Jersey
9.73%90.3%561.30e+4
New Mexico
7.94%33.3%53.7%257.25e+5
New York
16.1%65.1%18.0%0.137%247.30e+5
Newfoundland and Labrador
5.05%7.84%8.94%30.5%12.3%3.57%0.308%571.09e+4
North Carolina
100%403.80e+5
North Dakota
5.40%24.2%48.6%17.6%198.90e+5
Northwest Territories
10.4%11.3%1.93%1.61%13.9%14.4%4.36%8.69%640.00
Nova Scotia
8.11%10.6%36.1%17.3%27.8%496.98e+4
Nunavut
41.3%36.7%7.71%1.80%1.53%0.139%620.00
Ohio
23.4%76.6%335.40e+5
Oklahoma
64.4%35.6%52.02e+6
Ontario
2.58%3.28%0.872%19.2%2.31%2.14%0.326%0.285%91.57e+6
Oregon
0.565%3.81%5.52%5.86%3.52%49.6%23.8%306.30e+5
Pennsylvania
7.74%34.9%57.3%286.60e+5
Prince Edward Island
2.52%8.96%20.3%68.2%505.61e+4
Québec
11.0%4.90%11.5%3.83%3.39%3.67%19.7%17.8%0.183%159.95e+5
Rhode Island
100%601.60e+3
Saskatchewan
0.267%0.717%31.5%16.7%3.54%42.18e+6
South Carolina
85.1%14.9%451.68e+5
South Dakota
2.09%52.0%45.9%81.72e+6
Tennessee
100%208.70e+5
Texas
1.17%8.70%65.9%24.2%14.95e+6
Utah
22.2%65.3%0.130%394.10e+5
Vermont
4.97%95.0%461.32e+5
Virginia
0.585%33.4%66.0%296.30e+5
Washington
1.04%10.6%19.8%20.2%12.1%35.6%0.648%354.75e+5
West Virginia
90.8%9.25%441.96e+5
Wisconsin
0.368%53.9%28.7%12.9%3.74%101.55e+6
Wyoming
48.7%16.7%16.6%10.4%7.61%276.80e+5
Yukon
2.57%1.17%39.3%42.1%0.676%0.532%2.01%610.00
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