Large thunderstorm complexes moved repeatedly across Oklahoma, producing widespread lightning over long periods of time. At ...

The Great Plains region, including Oklahoma and parts of Texas, is experiencing more frequent severe storms, according to a ...

Florida is no longer No. 1. But when it comes to lightning, maybe that's not such a bad thing. Oklahoma is now the lightning ...

Florida has been unseated as the lightning capital of the U.S. and Texas became the nation’s hotspot for storm intensity last ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KSWO) — According to a new report, Oklahoma is now the lightning capital of the United States following 2025.

Overall, AEM's Earth Networks Total Lightning Network® detected nearly 430 million lightning pulses within 88.4 million lightning flashes across the U.S. in 2025, a 9.8% increase from the prior year.

Lightning sits at the boundary between routine weather and sudden hazard. It appears briefly, illuminates a landscape, and ...

Lightning researchers expect lightning could become more frequent as temperatures rise. Photo by Rick Lipscomb, courtesy NOAA. The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice.