Lightning strikes in Arizona by county
The detection network has located 76,945 lightning strikes in Arizona since the archive began, including 44,004 in the last 7 days. The table counts every strike the network placed inside a county boundary. Another 1 strikes fell inside Arizona but outside every county polygon, mostly over coastal or lake water.
| # | County | Strikes | Last 7 days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coconino County | 11,909 | 4,465 | 15.5% |
| 2 | Pima County | 8,154 | 4,598 | 10.6% |
| 3 | Mohave County | 6,849 | 3,286 | 8.9% |
| 4 | Cochise County | 6,737 | 3,090 | 8.8% |
| 5 | Yavapai County | 6,026 | 5,164 | 7.8% |
| 6 | Apache County | 5,704 | 2,263 | 7.4% |
| 7 | Maricopa County | 5,644 | 5,625 | 7.3% |
| 8 | Navajo County | 5,475 | 2,307 | 7.1% |
| 9 | Greenlee County | 3,828 | 1,083 | 5.0% |
| 10 | Gila County | 3,673 | 2,298 | 4.8% |
| 11 | Graham County | 3,628 | 1,742 | 4.7% |
| 12 | La Paz County | 3,061 | 3,061 | 4.0% |
| 13 | Yuma County | 2,806 | 2,764 | 3.6% |
| 14 | Santa Cruz County | 1,757 | 684 | 2.3% |
| 15 | Pinal County | 1,693 | 1,574 | 2.2% |
Strike positions carry the network's mean location error of about 5.6 km, so strikes near a county line can be filed one county over. Method and caveats are on the data hub; the full state table is on the United States page.
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