Lightning strikes in France
The detection network has located 400,123 lightning strikes in France since the archive began, including 136,833 in the last 7 days. That is 4.32% of all detected strikes worldwide, ranking France #3 of 143 countries with recorded lightning. France is counted under Europe in the continent totals.
Daily strikes, last 14 days
| Day (UTC) | Detected strikes |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | 2,161 |
| 2026-08-13 | 9,434 |
| 2026-08-12 | 2,491 |
| 2026-08-11 | 17,586 |
| 2026-08-10 | 25,526 |
| 2026-08-09 | 60,923 |
| 2026-08-08 | 18,712 |
| 2026-08-07 | 5 |
| 2026-08-06 | 1,714 |
| 2026-08-05 | 5,112 |
| 2026-08-04 | 29,062 |
| 2026-08-03 | 104,087 |
| 2026-08-02 | 6,443 |
| 2026-08-01 | 1,859 |
Strikes by state or province
Regions follow Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries. "Unassigned" counts strikes inside France's territory but outside every region polygon, mostly coastal water and lakes.
| # | State / province | Strikes | Last 7 days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unassigned | 14,931 | 6,351 | 3.7% |
| 2 | Dordogne | 12,655 | 3,387 | 3.2% |
| 3 | Puy-de-Dôme | 12,584 | 5,203 | 3.1% |
| 4 | Gironde | 10,971 | 5,273 | 2.7% |
| 5 | Aveyron | 10,560 | 8,509 | 2.6% |
| 6 | Allier | 10,034 | 788 | 2.5% |
| 7 | Corrèze | 9,851 | 2,667 | 2.5% |
| 8 | Lot | 9,698 | 5,190 | 2.4% |
| 9 | Haute-Loire | 9,610 | 4,888 | 2.4% |
| 10 | Landes | 8,719 | 6,763 | 2.2% |
| 11 | Cantal | 8,421 | 5,506 | 2.1% |
| 12 | Pyrenees-Atlantics | 8,270 | 6,781 | 2.1% |
| 13 | Loire | 8,196 | 3,185 | 2.0% |
| 14 | Savoie | 8,037 | 3,025 | 2.0% |
| 15 | Alpes-Maritimes | 7,948 | 5,363 | 2.0% |
| 16 | Vosges | 7,340 | 6 | 1.8% |
| 17 | Deux-Sèvres | 7,233 | 196 | 1.8% |
| 18 | Ain | 7,226 | 1,630 | 1.8% |
| 19 | Indre | 7,085 | 48 | 1.8% |
| 20 | Aude | 7,059 | 2,738 | 1.8% |
| 21 | Charente | 7,054 | 3,100 | 1.8% |
| 22 | Haute-Savoie | 7,053 | 1,251 | 1.8% |
| 23 | Isère | 6,789 | 2,014 | 1.7% |
| 24 | Charente-Maritime | 6,644 | 1,054 | 1.7% |
| 25 | Vienne | 6,615 | 456 | 1.7% |
| 26 | Ardèche | 6,389 | 5,042 | 1.6% |
| 27 | Creuse | 6,182 | 163 | 1.5% |
| 28 | Aisne | 5,910 | 0 | 1.5% |
| 29 | Ariège | 5,908 | 4,056 | 1.5% |
| 30 | Seine-et-Marne | 5,687 | 0 | 1.4% |
| 31 | Lot-et-Garonne | 5,626 | 3,070 | 1.4% |
| 32 | Marne | 5,492 | 0 | 1.4% |
| 33 | Lozère | 5,390 | 4,916 | 1.3% |
| 34 | Tarn | 5,293 | 3,591 | 1.3% |
| 35 | Hautes-Alpes | 5,254 | 3,235 | 1.3% |
| 36 | Yonne | 4,897 | 438 | 1.2% |
| 37 | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 4,784 | 3,907 | 1.2% |
| 38 | Tarn-et-Garonne | 4,694 | 4,066 | 1.2% |
| 39 | Saône-et-Loire | 4,663 | 377 | 1.2% |
| 40 | Haute-Corse | 4,460 | 734 | 1.1% |
| 41 | Vendée | 4,459 | 181 | 1.1% |
| 42 | Pyrénées-Orientales | 4,439 | 1,721 | 1.1% |
| 43 | Loiret | 4,269 | 283 | 1.1% |
| 44 | Maine-et-Loire | 4,176 | 337 | 1.0% |
| 45 | Indre-et-Loire | 4,130 | 12 | 1.0% |
| 46 | Ardennes | 3,952 | 0 | 1.0% |
| 47 | Gers | 3,903 | 2,397 | 1.0% |
| 48 | Haute-Vienne | 3,893 | 22 | 1.0% |
| 49 | Doubs | 3,690 | 178 | 0.9% |
| 50 | Cher | 3,644 | 502 | 0.9% |
| 51 | Côte-d’Or | 3,626 | 129 | 0.9% |
| 52 | Hautes-Pyrénées | 3,184 | 2,578 | 0.8% |
| 53 | Haute-Marne | 3,134 | 28 | 0.8% |
| 54 | Drôme | 3,075 | 933 | 0.8% |
| 55 | Hérault | 2,930 | 909 | 0.7% |
| 56 | Var | 2,856 | 854 | 0.7% |
| 57 | Corse-du-Sud | 2,798 | 1,132 | 0.7% |
| 58 | Rhône | 2,640 | 2,050 | 0.7% |
| 59 | Loir-et-Cher | 2,594 | 49 | 0.6% |
| 60 | Haute-Saône | 2,392 | 15 | 0.6% |
| 61 | Nièvre | 2,284 | 528 | 0.6% |
| 62 | Vaucluse | 2,146 | 5 | 0.5% |
| 63 | Aube | 2,059 | 0 | 0.5% |
| 64 | Haute-Garonne | 1,986 | 1,477 | 0.5% |
| 65 | Bas-Rhin | 1,854 | 0 | 0.5% |
| 66 | Bouches-du-Rhône | 1,783 | 4 | 0.4% |
| 67 | Gard | 1,696 | 220 | 0.4% |
| 68 | Haut-Rhin | 1,538 | 102 | 0.4% |
| 69 | Moselle | 1,473 | 0 | 0.4% |
| 70 | Meuse | 1,403 | 0 | 0.4% |
| 71 | Loire-Atlantique | 1,349 | 190 | 0.3% |
| 72 | Somme | 1,160 | 0 | 0.3% |
| 73 | Jura | 1,103 | 218 | 0.3% |
| 74 | Meurthe-et-Moselle | 1,099 | 0 | 0.3% |
| 75 | Eure-et-Loir | 982 | 0 | 0.2% |
| 76 | Pas-de-Calais | 800 | 0 | 0.2% |
| 77 | Oise | 789 | 0 | 0.2% |
| 78 | Sarthe | 781 | 34 | 0.2% |
| 79 | Turin | 410 | 350 | 0.1% |
| 80 | Nord | 407 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 81 | Valais | 333 | 76 | 0.1% |
| 82 | Imperia | 322 | 29 | 0.1% |
| 83 | Cuneo | 240 | 158 | 0.1% |
| 84 | Mayenne | 219 | 4 | 0.1% |
| 85 | Eure | 196 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 86 | Aosta | 99 | 76 | 0.0% |
| 87 | Val-d'Oise | 90 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 88 | Vaud | 64 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 89 | Luxembourg | 57 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 90 | Saarland | 50 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 91 | Girona | 35 | 14 | 0.0% |
| 92 | Baden-Württemberg | 29 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 93 | Rhineland-Palatinate | 29 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 94 | Morbihan | 29 | 29 | 0.0% |
| 95 | Territoire de Belfort | 28 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 96 | Navarre | 26 | 15 | 0.0% |
| 97 | Grevenmacher | 26 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 98 | Seine-Maritime | 23 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 99 | Yvelines | 17 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 100 | Essonne | 17 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 101 | Neuchâtel | 16 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 102 | Geneva | 15 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 103 | Huesca | 10 | 6 | 0.0% |
| 104 | Ille-et-Vilaine | 10 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 105 | Ordino | 9 | 5 | 0.0% |
| 106 | Orne | 8 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 107 | Lleida | 7 | 7 | 0.0% |
| 108 | Namur | 6 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 109 | Manche | 6 | 6 | 0.0% |
| 110 | Hainaut | 4 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 111 | Basel-Landschaft | 3 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 112 | Seine-Saint-Denis | 2 | 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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