Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This map of the contiguous United States shows lightning density in 2025, according to data analyzed by the Vaisala Xweather ...

Texas has quite the reputation for extreme weather, from excessive heat and dangerous freezes to disastrous hurricanes and deadly flooding. But there's another atmospheric phenomenon that frequents ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The numbers are out, and Texas once again topped the list for the most lightning strikes out of any state in the United States, according to an annual report from Vaisala Xweather. In ...

After four years bouncing between Florida and Texas, America's lightning capital shifted north in 2025, as a small Oklahoma community overtook longtime lightning hot spots in the South. While Florida ...

Environmental technology provider AEM compiled data on U.S. lightning strikes throughout 2025, summarized in a recently published report. If Texas doesn't strike you as a very en-lightning place, ...