Lightning strikes in Austria
The detection network has located 144,741 lightning strikes in Austria since the archive began, including 12,800 in the last 7 days. That is 1.56% of all detected strikes worldwide, ranking Austria #10 of 143 countries with recorded lightning. Austria is counted under Europe in the continent totals.
Daily strikes, last 14 days
| Day (UTC) | Detected strikes |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-13 | 1 |
| 2026-08-11 | 4,399 |
| 2026-08-10 | 2,947 |
| 2026-08-09 | 5,453 |
| 2026-08-07 | 1,108 |
| 2026-08-06 | 16,360 |
| 2026-08-05 | 22,235 |
| 2026-08-04 | 5,031 |
| 2026-08-03 | 2,705 |
| 2026-08-02 | 19,927 |
| 2026-08-01 | 13,932 |
| 2026-07-31 | 22,375 |
| 2026-07-30 | 1,272 |
| 2026-07-29 | 26,996 |
Strikes by state or province
Regions follow Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries. "Unassigned" counts strikes inside Austria's territory but outside every region polygon, mostly coastal water and lakes.
| # | State / province | Strikes | Last 7 days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyrol | 47,957 | 5,426 | 33.1% |
| 2 | Styria | 29,158 | 1,472 | 20.1% |
| 3 | Salzburg | 24,718 | 578 | 17.1% |
| 4 | Carinthia | 20,436 | 4,423 | 14.1% |
| 5 | Lower Austria | 10,375 | 31 | 7.2% |
| 6 | Upper Austria | 8,122 | 68 | 5.6% |
| 7 | Vorarlberg | 2,178 | 675 | 1.5% |
| 8 | Unassigned | 632 | 0 | 0.4% |
| 9 | Bavaria | 625 | 0 | 0.4% |
| 10 | Trentino-South Tyrol | 160 | 22 | 0.1% |
| 11 | Burgenland | 132 | 74 | 0.1% |
| 12 | South Bohemian | 58 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 13 | Črna na Koroškem | 55 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 14 | Mežica | 27 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 15 | South Moravian | 24 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 16 | Belluno | 21 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 17 | Udine | 14 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 18 | Grisons | 11 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 19 | Cankova | 6 | 6 | 0.0% |
| 20 | Kranjska Gora | 6 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 21 | Tržič | 6 | 6 | 0.0% |
| 22 | Žirovnica | 4 | 4 | 0.0% |
| 23 | Rogašovci | 4 | 4 | 0.0% |
| 24 | Győr-Moson-Sopron | 2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 25 | Solčava | 2 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 26 | Kungota | 2 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 27 | Selnica ob Dravi | 2 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 28 | Kuzma | 2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 29 | Šentilj | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 30 | Vas | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
These are detected strikes, and detection coverage differs by region; the data hub explains the method and its limits. For the climatological picture, see which countries get the most lightning.
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