“The shift signals a broader surge in lightning activity across the Great Plains,” according to a new report ...

The most electrified place in the country is no longer the Sunshine State. New data for 2025 shows that Florida has been ...

Florida’s long-held reign as the nation’s lightning strike capital has finally been challenged by Oklahoma, according to a new report from environmental consulting firm AEM. Using a network of more ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Oklahoma has officially replaced Florida as the lightning capital of the United States, recording 73 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes per square mile last year. According to an ...

The Sunshine State is used to seeing lightning and hearing thunder but a new report found that the rate of bolts illuminating the sky is actually lower than during recent years. According to experts ...

(NEXSTAR) – 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. Oklahoma unseated Florida in 2025 ...

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 ...