There's a new lightning capital of the US. It's no longer Florida.

The U.S. has a new lightning champion. Oklahoma has dethroned Florida to become the nation's lightning capital, according to ...
KSL

Have You Seen This? Florida lightning bolt zigs and zags up, down, right and left

APOPKA, Florida — One thing we don't get much of in Utah is lightning. Florida, though, that's another story. It's regarded as the "lightning capital" of the United States, given the frequency of ...
WUSF Public Media

Florida is the lightning capital of the U.S. Is climate change making it worse?

Florida's distinction as the lightning capital of the U.S. is determined in part by the data Vaisala collects across the ...
Sun Sentinel

Could lightning become more frequent in a warming world? Here’s what scientists expect

The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice. Florida would beg to disagree. The state is the lightning capital of the United States as measured in deaths by lightning, with ...