Lightning strikes in Mexico
The detection network has located 453,808 lightning strikes in Mexico since the archive began, including 138,856 in the last 7 days. That is 4.90% of all detected strikes worldwide, ranking Mexico #2 of 143 countries with recorded lightning. Mexico is counted under North America in the continent totals.
Daily strikes, last 14 days
| Day (UTC) | Detected strikes |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | 8,754 |
| 2026-08-13 | 16,076 |
| 2026-08-12 | 18,837 |
| 2026-08-11 | 24,454 |
| 2026-08-10 | 16,683 |
| 2026-08-09 | 19,382 |
| 2026-08-08 | 34,670 |
| 2026-08-07 | 3,411 |
| 2026-08-06 | 19,301 |
| 2026-08-05 | 39,176 |
| 2026-08-04 | 36,449 |
| 2026-08-03 | 46,532 |
| 2026-08-02 | 53,493 |
| 2026-08-01 | 37,265 |
Strikes by state or province
Regions follow Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries. "Unassigned" counts strikes inside Mexico's territory but outside every region polygon, mostly coastal water and lakes.
| # | State / province | Strikes | Last 7 days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sonora | 125,418 | 37,262 | 27.6% |
| 2 | Chihuahua | 72,825 | 24,955 | 16.0% |
| 3 | Unassigned | 56,024 | 18,041 | 12.3% |
| 4 | Sinaloa | 47,870 | 6,226 | 10.5% |
| 5 | Durango | 24,341 | 7,518 | 5.4% |
| 6 | Coahuila | 14,692 | 5,194 | 3.2% |
| 7 | Nuevo León | 14,251 | 2,134 | 3.1% |
| 8 | San Luis Potosí | 12,320 | 177 | 2.7% |
| 9 | Veracruz | 11,165 | 5,452 | 2.5% |
| 10 | Zacatecas | 8,775 | 1,679 | 1.9% |
| 11 | Nayarit | 8,538 | 4,855 | 1.9% |
| 12 | Tamaulipas | 8,528 | 3,769 | 1.9% |
| 13 | Jalisco | 6,673 | 2,199 | 1.5% |
| 14 | Michoacán | 6,100 | 2,766 | 1.3% |
| 15 | Yucatán | 5,483 | 1,377 | 1.2% |
| 16 | Baja California Sur | 5,059 | 4,207 | 1.1% |
| 17 | Oaxaca | 5,039 | 1,728 | 1.1% |
| 18 | Guerrero | 4,652 | 1,278 | 1.0% |
| 19 | Baja California | 3,207 | 2,293 | 0.7% |
| 20 | Quintana Roo | 3,071 | 2,216 | 0.7% |
| 21 | Campeche | 1,787 | 777 | 0.4% |
| 22 | Chiapas | 1,246 | 601 | 0.3% |
| 23 | Guanajuato | 1,245 | 482 | 0.3% |
| 24 | State of Mexico | 1,235 | 464 | 0.3% |
| 25 | Hidalgo | 1,056 | 130 | 0.2% |
| 26 | Tabasco | 949 | 416 | 0.2% |
| 27 | Puebla | 692 | 264 | 0.2% |
| 28 | Querétaro | 597 | 61 | 0.1% |
| 29 | Morelos | 272 | 171 | 0.1% |
| 30 | Colima | 269 | 15 | 0.1% |
| 31 | Arizona | 108 | 50 | 0.0% |
| 32 | Aguascalientes | 99 | 24 | 0.0% |
| 33 | New Mexico | 64 | 11 | 0.0% |
| 34 | Mexico | 60 | 26 | 0.0% |
| 35 | Tlaxcala | 46 | 17 | 0.0% |
| 36 | Texas | 42 | 13 | 0.0% |
| 37 | MEX+99? | 6 | 6 | 0.0% |
| 38 | California | 2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 39 | San Marcos | 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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