Lightning strikes in Finland

The detection network has located 7,634 lightning strikes in Finland since the archive began, including 480 in the last 7 days. That is 0.08% of all detected strikes worldwide, ranking Finland #31 of 143 countries with recorded lightning. Finland is counted under Europe in the continent totals.

Daily strikes, last 11 days

Day (UTC)Detected strikes
2026-08-12211
2026-08-11251
2026-08-101
2026-08-0917
2026-08-06110
2026-08-0475
2026-08-03570
2026-08-02575
2026-08-011,676
2026-07-312,701
2026-07-301,447

Strikes by state or province

Regions follow Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries. "Unassigned" counts strikes inside Finland's territory but outside every region polygon, mostly coastal water and lakes.

#State / provinceStrikesLast 7 daysShare
1Northern Ostrobothnia2,6918935.3%
2Unassigned1,2433416.3%
3Lapland1,1621815.2%
4Central Finland473926.2%
5Kainuu295173.9%
6Central Ostrobothnia28103.7%
7Uusimaa215402.8%
8Kymenlaakso209142.7%
9Northern Savonia18652.4%
10Southern Savonia176182.3%
11Ostrobothnia15802.1%
12North Karelia154572.0%
13South Karelia10701.4%
14Southern Ostrobothnia7701.0%
15Pirkanmaa68100.9%
16Satakunta47470.6%
17Päijänne Tavastia4100.5%
18Tavastia Proper34330.4%
19Karelia1030.1%
20Finland Proper630.1%
21Norrbotten100.0%

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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