Heat Persists Across the Central and Western U.S.; Fire Weather Concerns in the Rockies and High Plains

Record-breaking heat expected in the Central and Western U.S. for the next several days. Gusty winds and low relative humidity will create elevated to critical fire weather conditions over portions of the Rockies and High Plains Wednesday and Thursday. Rain and mountain snow are possible across the Pacific Northwest into the Rockies through Wednesday. Read More >

County by County flash information

The map (below) shows the estimated number of Cloud-to-Ground (CG) lightning flashes (in thousands) which occur in each county in Colorado per year. These values were gathered by estimating the average flash density for each county, and then multiplying this value by the size of the county. Gilpin and Denver counties had values of 1.6 and 1.2 respectively. The new county of Broomfield is not in this data set, and there are no plans in the immediate future to include this new county.

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Number (estimated) of CG lightning flashes per county in Colorado

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Heat Persists Across the Central and Western U.S.; Fire Weather Concerns in the Rockies and High Plains

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