Lightning strikes in Russia

The detection network has located 120,886 lightning strikes in Russia since the archive began, including 48,156 in the last 7 days. That is 1.31% of all detected strikes worldwide, ranking Russia #11 of 143 countries with recorded lightning. Russia is counted under Europe in the continent totals.

Daily strikes, last 14 days

Day (UTC)	Detected strikes
2026-08-14	289
2026-08-13	1,292
2026-08-12	8,435
2026-08-11	4,639
2026-08-10	4,381
2026-08-09	11,379
2026-08-08	17,741
2026-08-07	3,834
2026-08-06	10,200
2026-08-05	11,103
2026-08-04	8,019
2026-08-03	4,895
2026-08-02	10,460
2026-08-01	12,469

Strikes by state or province

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

#	State / province	Strikes	Last 7 days	Share
1	Voronezh	8,765	8,583	7.3%
2	Amur	7,871	2,656	6.5%
3	Zabaykalsky Krai	7,490	3,213	6.2%
4	Pskov	7,060	337	5.8%
5	Rostov	4,602	4,399	3.8%
6	Kaliningrad	4,536	0	3.8%
7	Tambov	4,265	2,510	3.5%
8	Primorsky Krai	3,821	100	3.2%
9	Krasnodar Krai	3,804	2,832	3.1%
10	Volgograd	3,592	3,454	3.0%
11	Unassigned	3,382	589	2.8%
12	Arkhangelsk	3,256	72	2.7%
13	Belgorod	3,239	2,839	2.7%
14	Karelia	3,136	102	2.6%
15	Smolensk	3,056	56	2.5%
16	Khabarovsk Krai	3,002	742	2.5%
17	Lipetsk	2,994	1,350	2.5%
18	Moscow	2,958	372	2.4%
19	Tver	2,925	123	2.4%
20	Novgorod	2,881	52	2.4%
21	Saratov	2,772	2,240	2.3%
22	Ryazan	2,765	1,119	2.3%
23	Leningrad	2,349	233	1.9%
24	Kursk	2,202	1,352	1.8%
25	Penza	2,023	1,783	1.7%
26	Vologda	1,948	52	1.6%
27	Oryol	1,500	262	1.2%
28	Ulyanovsk	1,357	1,081	1.1%
29	Nizhny Novgorod	1,326	349	1.1%
30	Kaluga	1,144	133	0.9%
31	Stavropol Krai	1,033	622	0.9%
32	Jewish	1,023	14	0.8%
33	Yaroslavl	1,008	62	0.8%
34	Kostroma	940	12	0.8%
35	Republic of Mordovia	887	541	0.7%
36	Bryansk	821	531	0.7%
37	Vladimir	625	39	0.5%
38	Sakha Republic	613	84	0.5%
39	Republic of Tatarstan	611	334	0.5%
40	Republic of Adygea	609	357	0.5%
41	Republic of Buryatia	607	193	0.5%
42	Samara	535	394	0.4%
43	Ivanovo	516	6	0.4%
44	Karachay-Cherkess Republic	486	378	0.4%
45	Republic of Kalmykia	428	420	0.4%
46	Murmansk	406	1	0.3%
47	Irkutsk	377	103	0.3%
48	Astrakhan	351	323	0.3%
49	Chuvash Republic	275	76	0.2%
50	Krasnoyarsk Krai	253	73	0.2%
51	Saint Petersburg	239	12	0.2%
52	Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship	215	0	0.2%
53	Mari El Republic	176	9	0.1%
54	Komi Republic	171	9	0.1%
55	Kirov	163	6	0.1%
56	Tula	163	45	0.1%
57	Sverdlovsk	162	57	0.1%
58	Bashkortostan	158	80	0.1%
59	Kabardino-Balkaria	121	45	0.1%
60	Orenburg	102	47	0.1%
61	Chelyabinsk	101	61	0.1%
62	Republic of Dagestan	91	71	0.1%
63	Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug	84	2	0.1%
64	Perm Krai	84	19	0.1%
65	Tuva Republic	65	34	0.1%
66	Republic of North Ossetia-Alania	46	24	0.0%
67	Sakhalin	41	1	0.0%
68	Kurgan	33	15	0.0%
69	Nenets Autonomous Okrug	29	10	0.0%
70	Heilongjiang	22	8	0.0%
71	Altai Republic	21	5	0.0%
72	Tomsk	20	9	0.0%
73	Marijampolė	16	0	0.0%
74	Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug	16	1	0.0%
75	Chechen Republic	16	7	0.0%
76	Kemerovo	12	3	0.0%
77	Udmurt Republic	12	0	0.0%
78	Republic of Khakassia	9	6	0.0%
79	Tyumen	8	0	0.0%
80	Inner Mongolia	7	3	0.0%
81	Luhansk	7	7	0.0%
82	Magadan	7	0	0.0%
83	Republic of Ingushetia	5	3	0.0%
84	Vitebsk	5	0	0.0%
85	Jilin	4	0	0.0%
86	Novosibirsk	3	0	0.0%
87	Abkhazia	3	3	0.0%
88	Tartu	3	0	0.0%
89	Dornod	3	0	0.0%
90	Khentii	2	0	0.0%
91	Kainuu	2	2	0.0%
92	Jõgeva	2	0	0.0%
93	Klaipėda	2	0	0.0%
94	Kharkiv	1	1	0.0%
95	Kamchatka Krai	1	0	0.0%
96	Bayan-Ölgii	1	0	0.0%
97	Sumy	1	0	0.0%
98	Atyrau	1	1	0.0%
99	Kakheti	1	1	0.0%
100	Cibla	1	0	0.0%
101	Selenge	1	0	0.0%
102	Zilupe	1	0	0.0%
103	Zaqatala	1	1	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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