How hot is lightening?

Question

Plus can someone who understands such things confirm or reject something I believe I was told a long time ago. Namely that storm rain is good for the garden because the heat of the lightening can increase the nitrogen content of the rainwater???

Answer 1

Yes, lightning can cause a chemical reaction where the nitrogen in air is converted in ammonium ion which gets precipitated out along with the rain and acts a natural fertilizer.

Answer 2

really hot, and dunno...lol

Answer 3

Riyerv is correct... lightning can reach up to 55,000 degrees F, just over 30,000 degrees C, and the air quality will impact the water quality significantly.   Good job Riyerv...

Answer 4

About 10,000 degrees C or 18,000 F, that's twice as hot as the surface of the sun. Can't answer you other question sorry.

Answer 5

It is around 30,000 C, and yes lightning does produce nitrogen compounds, however the rainwater will depend on air quality in the area that it falls.

Answer 6

and that temperature is determined by looking at the color spectrum of the light emitted by the lightning