Florida has long been regarded as the lightning capital of the U.S. Not last year.

The National Lightning Detection Network counts all of the lightning flashes and strikes across the U.S. Some Michigan ...

A small Oklahoma town overtook a tiny Texas community in 2025 as the U.S. lightning capital, where lightning density counts ...

The Sunshine State, which may be just as well-known for its storm activity, is no longer the lightning capital of the U.S., according to a new report.

Lightning strikes are always a serious threat, no matter what season it is. For the last year, lightning strikes in the U.S. have reached an 8-year-high, according to Vaisala Xweather.

The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice. Florida would beg to disagree. The state is the lightning capital of the United States as measured in deaths by lightning, with ...

Lightning activity reached an 8-year high for the US in 2025 ...

More numbers from 2025 in the world of weather are in the books. Meteorologist Adam Rutt takes a look. Though severe weather season is still several months away, we can look back at what we saw last ...

Lightning strikes are always a serious threat, no matter what season it is. For the last year, lightning strikes in the U.s. have reached an 8-year-high, according to Vaisala Xweather. Xweather ...