Lightning strikes in Bahamas
The detection network has located 53,392 lightning strikes in Bahamas since the archive began, including 2,932 in the last 7 days. That is 0.58% of all detected strikes worldwide, ranking Bahamas #15 of 143 countries with recorded lightning. Bahamas is counted under North America in the continent totals.
Daily strikes, last 14 days
| Day (UTC) | Detected strikes |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | 485 |
| 2026-08-13 | 1,238 |
| 2026-08-12 | 130 |
| 2026-08-11 | 30 |
| 2026-08-10 | 60 |
| 2026-08-09 | 136 |
| 2026-08-08 | 853 |
| 2026-08-07 | 1,323 |
| 2026-08-06 | 4,280 |
| 2026-08-05 | 6,430 |
| 2026-08-04 | 7,459 |
| 2026-08-03 | 9,491 |
| 2026-08-02 | 7,786 |
| 2026-08-01 | 6,535 |
Strikes by state or province
Regions follow Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries. "Unassigned" counts strikes inside Bahamas's territory but outside every region polygon, mostly coastal water and lakes.
| # | State / province | Strikes | Last 7 days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unassigned | 50,747 | 2,770 | 95.0% |
| 2 | Central Abaco | 477 | 24 | 0.9% |
| 3 | South Abaco | 436 | 6 | 0.8% |
| 4 | North Andros | 419 | 58 | 0.8% |
| 5 | East Grand Bahama | 410 | 25 | 0.8% |
| 6 | West Grand Bahama | 282 | 29 | 0.5% |
| 7 | North Abaco | 243 | 4 | 0.5% |
| 8 | Central Andros | 101 | 5 | 0.2% |
| 9 | South Andros | 88 | 0 | 0.2% |
| 10 | New Providence | 41 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 11 | Mangrove Cay | 35 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 12 | Central Eleuthera | 26 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 13 | North Eleuthera | 13 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 14 | Berry Islands | 12 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 15 | Long Island | 11 | 5 | 0.0% |
| 16 | Exuma | 10 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 17 | South Eleuthera | 10 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 18 | Freeport | 9 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 19 | Bimini | 6 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 20 | Cat Island | 4 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 21 | Moore's Island | 4 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 22 | Rum Cay | 2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 23 | Black Point | 2 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 24 | Ragged Island | 2 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 25 | Crooked Island | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 26 | Spanish Wells | 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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