Although many lightning flashes are simply cloud-to-cloud, there are as many as 9,000,000 reported lightning strikes that damage buildings, trees, and other objects every year.Worldwide, it is estimated that of an annual 1.4 billion lightning bolts, 25% (more than 350 million) will strike the Earth's surface or objects on the surface. The vast majority of these strikes, however, occur in the tropics, and in unpopulated areas.100 times per second;Lightning can strike over a thousand times in one storm. So, lightning strikes the earth over a million times a day.Globally, 8,640,000 lightning strikes per day. See the related link for more information.
According to FSU the odds of a floridian being struck by lighting at some poing in their life is 1 in 3,000
Definitely! Worldwide, there are as many as 44 lightning strikes per second, every second of every day. Whether or not you have lightning in your area depends on your local weather. If there is warm, moist air moving into a cooler region, thunderstorms can form, and some can be severe. Lightning only comes from cumulonimbus clouds, which typically rise several thousand feet into the air, and can produce heavy rains, damaging winds, hail, and even tornadoes.
One candidate for the "lightning capital of the world" is the state of Florida. Its location just north of the Tropic of Cancer, between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean, produces more thunderstorms than any other US state. The city of Tampa, on the Gulf Coast, received an astounding 50,000 lightning strikes in one month. (June, 1994) One nickname for the city is "lightning capital of the nation." Johannesburg, South Africa (one of the three capitals) also has a claim on the title. Lightning kills more than 260 people a year in South Africa. The world location that receives the most lightning is actually the small landlocked country of Rwanda, near Lake Victoria in west Africa. Despite being only 1/6th the size of Florida, it receives more than twice as many lightning strikes per year.
The Empire State Building is struck by lightning approximately 100 times per year.
About 3,000 fires a year are started by lightning strikes.
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About 3 000 bushfire per year are started by lighting strikes.
In the u.s. lightning strikes about 40 million times in one year.
About 3000 brush fires per year are started by lightning strikes.
Lightning strikes about 100 times per second.
For 2008 NOAA reports that there were 296,499 "Cloud to Ground" strikes in Wisconsin, which is very near the average number of strikes reported from 1996-2008 of 302,5321 strikes per year. From 1992-1995 the National Lightning Detection Network lists that there were almost 22 million strikes in the United States per year. Additionally, for the period 2000-2009 there were 7 deaths caused by lightning strikes in Wisconsin. For the reporting period from 1959 to 1994 there were 194 injuries from lightning strikes reported.
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The Empire State Building is struck by lightning about 25 times per year on average. With its height and location in a lightning-prone area, it acts as a lightning rod and is well-equipped to handle these strikes.
Current estimates suggest that there are about 44 lightning strikes per second on the entire planet. Lightning strikes are particularly frequent in South America, South and Southeast Asia, and Africa.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has the most lightening strikes per year.