Can there be constant thunder and lighting without rain??

Question

i have never seen heavy thunder and fork lighting without being a storm of rain.

Answer 1

i live in los angeles and with global warming a crazy weather i have definately seen it.

thunder and lightening are a result of large storm clouds crashing into one another causing friction. Thus resulting in a loud bang (thunder) and electricty by friction (lightening)

Answer 2

I've seen/heard of something called "heat lightning", but it's usually not accompanied by thunder.

Answer 3

Where I live we have a lot of electrical storms, i.e. there is a lot of thunder and lightning without rain.

A thunderstorm, also called an electrical storm, lightning storm or t-storm, is a form of weather characterized by the presence of lightning and its attendant thunder.

Answer 4

Yeah I've experienced that without any rain.