Lightning strikes in Poland
The detection network has located 221,628 lightning strikes in Poland since the archive began, including 17,388 in the last 7 days. That is 2.39% of all detected strikes worldwide, ranking Poland #7 of 143 countries with recorded lightning. Poland is counted under Europe in the continent totals.
Daily strikes, last 12 days
| Day (UTC) | Detected strikes |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-12 | 1 |
| 2026-08-11 | 1,889 |
| 2026-08-10 | 15,495 |
| 2026-08-08 | 3 |
| 2026-08-07 | 3 |
| 2026-08-06 | 31,801 |
| 2026-08-05 | 24,409 |
| 2026-08-04 | 28,904 |
| 2026-08-03 | 44,835 |
| 2026-08-02 | 442 |
| 2026-08-01 | 47,106 |
| 2026-07-31 | 26,740 |
Strikes by state or province
Regions follow Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries. "Unassigned" counts strikes inside Poland's territory but outside every region polygon, mostly coastal water and lakes.
| # | State / province | Strikes | Last 7 days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Masovian Voivodeship | 47,150 | 7,294 | 21.3% |
| 2 | Łódź Voivodeship | 37,009 | 2,528 | 16.7% |
| 3 | Greater Poland Voivodeship | 29,619 | 1,434 | 13.4% |
| 4 | Lower Silesian Voivodeship | 14,238 | 71 | 6.4% |
| 5 | Lublin Voivodeship | 13,339 | 1,472 | 6.0% |
| 6 | Podlaskie Voivodeship | 12,973 | 73 | 5.9% |
| 7 | Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship | 10,954 | 465 | 4.9% |
| 8 | Lubusz Voivodeship | 10,125 | 589 | 4.6% |
| 9 | Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship | 9,906 | 1,200 | 4.5% |
| 10 | West Pomeranian Voivodeship | 9,704 | 0 | 4.4% |
| 11 | Pomeranian Voivodeship | 6,022 | 91 | 2.7% |
| 12 | Lesser Poland Voivodeship | 5,508 | 103 | 2.5% |
| 13 | Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship | 4,214 | 1,392 | 1.9% |
| 14 | Silesian Voivodeship | 4,028 | 301 | 1.8% |
| 15 | Opole Voivodeship | 3,120 | 61 | 1.4% |
| 16 | Podkarpackie Voivodeship | 2,237 | 309 | 1.0% |
| 17 | Unassigned | 956 | 0 | 0.4% |
| 18 | Grodno | 227 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 19 | Lviv | 90 | 4 | 0.0% |
| 20 | Brest | 63 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 21 | Olomouc | 49 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 22 | Liberec | 19 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 23 | Kaliningrad | 13 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 24 | Alytus | 13 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 25 | Volyn | 12 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 26 | Marijampolė | 9 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 27 | Brandenburg | 9 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 28 | Prešov | 7 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 29 | Žilina | 4 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 30 | Pardubice | 4 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 31 | Zakarpattia | 3 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 32 | Hradec Králové | 3 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 33 | Moravian-Silesian | 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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