Lightning strikes in Haiti
The detection network has located 1,240 lightning strikes in Haiti since the archive began, including 330 in the last 7 days. That is 0.01% of all detected strikes worldwide, ranking Haiti #62 of 143 countries with recorded lightning. Haiti is counted under North America in the continent totals.
Daily strikes, last 14 days
| Day (UTC) | Detected strikes |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | 1 |
| 2026-08-13 | 100 |
| 2026-08-12 | 94 |
| 2026-08-10 | 1 |
| 2026-08-09 | 1 |
| 2026-08-08 | 133 |
| 2026-08-06 | 291 |
| 2026-08-05 | 45 |
| 2026-08-04 | 5 |
| 2026-08-03 | 24 |
| 2026-08-02 | 28 |
| 2026-08-01 | 506 |
| 2026-07-31 | 10 |
| 2026-07-30 | 1 |
Strikes by state or province
Regions follow Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries. "Unassigned" counts strikes inside Haiti's territory but outside every region polygon, mostly coastal water and lakes.
| # | State / province | Strikes | Last 7 days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unassigned | 717 | 206 | 57.8% |
| 2 | Ouest | 187 | 31 | 15.1% |
| 3 | Artibonite | 95 | 54 | 7.7% |
| 4 | Nippes | 67 | 11 | 5.4% |
| 5 | Sud-Est | 63 | 3 | 5.1% |
| 6 | Sud | 30 | 2 | 2.4% |
| 7 | Centre | 23 | 3 | 1.9% |
| 8 | Nord-Ouest | 18 | 12 | 1.5% |
| 9 | Nord-Est | 17 | 1 | 1.4% |
| 10 | Nord | 16 | 3 | 1.3% |
| 11 | Grand'Anse | 5 | 4 | 0.4% |
| 12 | La Estrelleta | 1 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 13 | Dajabón | 1 | 0 | 0.1% |
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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