Lightning strikes in Maine by county
The detection network has located 9,300 lightning strikes in Maine since the archive began, including 8,635 in the last 7 days. The table counts every strike the network placed inside a county boundary. Another 12 strikes fell inside Maine but outside every county polygon, mostly over coastal or lake water.
| # | County | Strikes | Last 7 days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aroostook County | 1,919 | 1,686 | 20.6% |
| 2 | Piscataquis County | 1,873 | 1,841 | 20.1% |
| 3 | Somerset County | 1,116 | 768 | 12.0% |
| 4 | Oxford County | 1,084 | 1,050 | 11.7% |
| 5 | Washington County | 621 | 621 | 6.7% |
| 6 | York County | 506 | 501 | 5.4% |
| 7 | Franklin County | 408 | 399 | 4.4% |
| 8 | Penobscot County | 352 | 352 | 3.8% |
| 9 | Kennebec County | 292 | 292 | 3.1% |
| 10 | Cumberland County | 263 | 263 | 2.8% |
| 11 | Knox County | 209 | 209 | 2.2% |
| 12 | Hancock County | 163 | 163 | 1.8% |
| 13 | Lincoln County | 161 | 161 | 1.7% |
| 14 | Waldo County | 147 | 147 | 1.6% |
| 15 | Androscoggin County | 137 | 137 | 1.5% |
| 16 | Sagadahoc County | 37 | 37 | 0.4% |
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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