How many times a year does lightning strike the earth?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

Lightning strikes about 6,002 times a minute. So it is likely that somewhere in the world, lightning is striking right now.

Answer 3

The Earth gets hit approximately 140 million times a year by lightning. Most strike harmlessly but many result in property damage and even death.

Answer 4

Lightning strikes the earth an estimated 100 times every second.

Answer 5

Theres an average of over 3,150,000,000 lightning strikes a year.

Answer 6

Lightning strikes earth 138 million times.

Answer 7

Lightning strikes the Earth about 8 million times a day, which adds up to around 3 billion times a year.

Answer 8

over ten thousand times

Answer 9

at least 100