Lightning strikes in Washington by county
The detection network has located 1,320 lightning strikes in Washington since the archive began, including 1,318 in the last 7 days. The table counts every strike the network placed inside a county boundary.
| # | County | Strikes | Last 7 days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chelan County | 271 | 271 | 20.5% |
| 2 | Stevens County | 184 | 184 | 13.9% |
| 3 | Okanogan County | 169 | 169 | 12.8% |
| 4 | Grant County | 127 | 127 | 9.6% |
| 5 | Douglas County | 108 | 108 | 8.2% |
| 6 | Ferry County | 79 | 79 | 6.0% |
| 7 | Lincoln County | 71 | 71 | 5.4% |
| 8 | Pend Oreille County | 67 | 67 | 5.1% |
| 9 | Snohomish County | 61 | 61 | 4.6% |
| 10 | Kittitas County | 41 | 41 | 3.1% |
| 11 | Skagit County | 37 | 37 | 2.8% |
| 12 | Yakima County | 31 | 31 | 2.3% |
| 13 | Whatcom County | 24 | 24 | 1.8% |
| 14 | Skamania County | 15 | 15 | 1.1% |
| 15 | Lewis County | 7 | 7 | 0.5% |
| 16 | Klickitat County | 6 | 6 | 0.5% |
| 17 | Mason County | 6 | 4 | 0.5% |
| 18 | King County | 6 | 6 | 0.5% |
| 19 | Pierce County | 5 | 5 | 0.4% |
| 20 | Spokane County | 4 | 4 | 0.3% |
| 21 | Jefferson County | 1 | 1 | 0.1% |
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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