In 2007 there were 45 Lightning Fatalities in 24 States:
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| No. | Date | Day | State | City | Age | Sex | Location | Activity | Victim |
| 1 | 3/29 | Thu | IL | Carbondale | 18 | M | Open field, track | At track meet | Corey Williams |
| 2 | 4/24 | Sat | MO | University City | 25 | M | Under tree | Standing | Joshua Reed |
| 3 | 5/1 | Tue | TX | Cameron | 23 | M | Open area at edge of pond | Fishing, reeling in rod | Ronald Jake Ingram |
| 4 | 5/2 | Fri | KY | Nicholasvillle | 55 | M | Yard | On riding mower | Chuck Hibbs |
| 5 | 5/2 | Tue | TX | Tradinghouse Creek | 28 | F | Parking lot | Walking to car, had been boating | Melissa Brinegar |
| 6 | 5/18 | Wed | MT | Helena | 50 | M | In boat in water | Fishing in reservoir | Theodore Austin |
| 7 | 5/19 | Wed | FL | Miramar | 24 | M | On roof | Repairing roof | Darwin Olivera |
| 8 | 6/8 | Fri | OH | North Lima | 66 | M | Outside in yard | ? | David Copeland |
| 9 | 6/8 | Fri | MN | Deer River | 30 | M | On dock, Bowstring Lake | Had been boating | Jeremy Joseph McCarty |
| 10 | 6/9 | Sat | VA | Campbell County | 14 | M | Field | Had been fishing | Jeremy Mosebrook |
| 11 | 6/12 | Tue | TX | Cisco | 64 | M | Oil storage area | Cleaning pump | James Mayes |
| 12 | 6/19 | Tue | PA | York | 24 | M | Yard/driveway | Running home | Shawn Kelley |
| 13 | 6/21 | Thu | FL | Miami/Pinecrest | 41 | M | Yard/near tree | Landscaping | David Canales |
| 14 | 6/23 | Sat | TN | Overton County | 47 | M | Open field | Lean against motorcycle | George Wood Jr |
| 15 | 6/25 | Mon | GA | Cummings, Forsyth County | 27 | M | Unfinished house | Taking shelter | Jose DeJesus-Cruz |
| 16 | 6/26 | Tue | NC | Whitakers | 21 | M | Agricultural area | Leveling chicken house | Hugo Zamarripa Rodriguez |
| 17 | 6/26 | Tue | FL | Lynn Haven | 57 | F | Yard | Doing yard work | Lois Boyll |
| 18 | 6/27 | Wed | NY | Waterford | 17 | M | Near water | By boat launch, had been swimming | Brandon Jones |
| 19 | 6/27 | Wed | MI | Detroit | 68 | M | Golf course | Playing golf | |
| 20 | 6/27 | Wed | MD | Oxon Hill | 18 | F | Under tree | Waiting for bus | Shaneeka Cannon |
| 21 | 6/30 | Sat | GA | Tifton | 23 | M | Under tree | Taking shelter | Pablo Figueroa |
| 22 | 7/1 | Sun | FL | Jacksonville | M | Under tree | Walking | Cirilo Yanez | |
| 23 | 7/8 | Sun | FL | Hialeah/Miami | 40 | M | Outside in neighborhood | Walking door to door selling books | Hailu Kidane Marian |
| 24 | 7/9 | Mon | MO | St. Louis | 25 | M | Near tree | Walking | Donald Weeks, III |
| 25 | 7/15 | Fri | AZ | Nazalini | 21 | M | Open/on bridge | Watching swollen river | |
| 26 | 7/21 | Sat | FL | Deerfield Beach | 36 | M | In water | Scuba diving | Stephen Wilson |
| 27 | 7/24 | Tue | FL | Treasure Island | 16 | M | On beach | Heading for cover | Sam Santilli |
| 28 | 7/24 | Tue | TX | Vanderpool | 50 | M | Under tree | Standing, had been hiking | William Clardy |
| 29 | 7/27 | Fri | CO | Morrison | 24 | M | Open area | Running | Lucas Simmons |
| 30 | 7/30 | Mon | FL | Boca Raton | 20 | M | Open field | Playing soccer | Angel Villanueva |
| 31 | 7/30 | Mon | SC | Hilton Head | 22 | M | Beach | Walking | Michael Jurist |
| 32 | 8/7 | Tue | AL | Monroeville | 61 | M | Swamp | Logging | Johnny Montgomery |
| 33 | 8/13 | Mon | FL | Parkland | 24 | M | Open area near lake | Trimming weeds | Domingo Andres Francisco |
| 34 | 8/16 | Thu | KS | Topeka | 70 | F | Outside apartment | ? | Viola Combs |
| 35 | 8/17 | Fri | NJ | Howell | 45 | F | Outside | Walking between car and restaurant | Cindy Osler |
| 36 | 8/25 | Sat | ME | Baxter State Park | 24 | M | Under tree | Camping | Evans Huber |
| 37 | 8/26 | Sun | GA | Alpharetta | 15 | M | Parking lot | Riding bicycle | Kevin Avalar |
| 38 | 8/27 | Mon | WI | Madison | 75 | M | Under tree | Golf | Francis Adams |
| 39 | 8/29 | Wed | TX | Port Arthur | 25 | M | On barge | Working | Brandon Jenkins |
| 40 | 8/29 | Wed | SC | Spartanburg | 17 | M | Open field | Soccer | Alexander Holbein |
| 41 | 9/2 | Sun | CO | Colorado Springs | 21 | M | Tent on mountain ridge | Camping | John Cowan, Jr. |
| 42 | 9/8 | Sat | NJ | West Milford | 47 | M | Boat | Fishing | Tony Gardner |
| 43 | 9/10 | Mon | FL | Fort Myers | 53 | M | Open, on pier | Fishing | Mike McCaffery |
| 44 | 9/21 | Sun | FL | Clewiston | 49 | M | Open field, vegetable farm | Walking back to van | Jose Manuel Perez |
| 45 | 9/27 | Tue | TX | Longview | 53 | M | Near/under tree | Outside home | Dennis Lee Harrison |
| 46 | 10/7 | Sun | TX | Danbury | 30 | M | Under tree | Riding four-wheeler | Joshua Keith Dyer |
| 47 | 10/13 | Sat | UT | Uinta Mountains, Kamas | 60 | M | Open/In tent | Camping with wood stove in tent | Gary Richter |
2007 Lightning Fatality Demographics |
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Age
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Day Of Week
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By Month
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| AL | 1 | Male | 42 (89%) | 0- 9 | 0 ( 0%) | Sun | 6 (13%) | 2007 | 2006 | NORMAL* | |
| AZ | 1 | Fem | 5 (11%) | 10-19 | 7 ( 16%) | Mon | 7 (15%) | Jan |
0
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1
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0
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| CO | 2 | 20-29 | 17 (36%) | Tue | 10 (18%) | Feb |
0
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0
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0
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| FL | 11 | 30-39 | 3 ( 7%) | Wed | 7 (15%) | Mar |
1
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0
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1
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| GA | 3 | 40-49 | 6 (13%) | Thu | 3 (6%) | Apr |
1
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3
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2
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| IL | 1 | 50-59 | 6 (13%) | Fri | 6 (13%) | May |
5
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5
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7
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| KS | 1 | 60-69 | 5 (11%) | Sat | 8 (17%) | Jun |
12
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10
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14
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| KY | 1 | 70-79 | 2 (4%) | Jul |
14
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16
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18
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| MD | 1 | 80-89 | 0 ( 0%) | Aug |
9
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7
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13
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| ME | 1 | Unknown | 1 (2%) | Sep |
5
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4
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6
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| MI | 1 | Oct |
2
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2
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1
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| MN | 1 | Nov |
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0
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0
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| MO | 2 | Dec |
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0
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0
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| MT | 1 | Year |
47
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48
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62
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| NJ | 2 | * - Known Fatalities to date | |||||||||
| NY | 1 | ||||||||||
| OH | 1 | ||||||||||
| PA | 2 | ||||||||||
| SC | 2 | ||||||||||
| TN | 1 | ||||||||||
| TX | 7 | ||||||||||
| UT | 1 | ||||||||||
| VA | 1 | ||||||||||
| WI | 1 | ||||||||||
*Normal is based on 30-yr average of 62 deaths per year (1977-2006) multiplied by the average monthly percentage of annual deaths from 1959-1994 as documented in NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS SR-193 with Dec 1961 plane crash fatalities removed from the data.
