Where can I find the number of lightning strikes where I live in a given year? NOAA?

Question

I am doing a report on wildfire in my area, and need to know how much lightning this area has seen. I understand that NOAA makes that information available, and I can't find it on their Web site. I live in Larimer County, Colorado.

Answer 1

I think that the best map of the USA showing lightning strike density is at: http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/ligh...

The obscure unit of flashes/sq km/year converts to the below:

  no/km2/yr      Average Spacing

       16---------------------926'

         8---------------------1309

         4---------------------1851

         2---------------------2618

         1---------------------3703

       0.5-------------------5237

To compare to the world lightning activity, please refer to http://www.nexteklightning.com/resources...

Answer 2

call your local tv station the weather dept keeps up with that.