National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Last Updated: 9/23/2024. This page is updated when new information is received and reviewed for completeness.

 

No. Date Day ST City/County Age Sex Location Activity
1 3/3 Sun FL Tallahassee 73 M Field in park Walking
2 5/25 Sat CO Jackson County 51 M Open field Branding/feeding cattle
3 6/23 Sun NJ Seaside Park 59 M Beach Warning children of storm
4 6/27 Thu TX Bryan 7 F Outside home Unknown
5 6/28 Fri MO Holden 53 M Parking lot At rodeo
6 6/30 Sun FL Davie 19 M Under tree in park Running
7 7/20 Sat AL Smiths Station 67 M Flea market  
8 7/25 Thu FL St. Petersburg 16 F Under tree  
9 8/18 Sun UT Bear River 24 M River Fishing
10 8/31 Sat FL Naples 24 M Beach Beach activities
11 9/18 Wed FL Pembroke Pines 16 M Neighborhood Riding bike


Lightning Fatalities 2024 by State

(Direct Fatalities Only)

Map showing lightning deaths by state for current year

Last Updated: 9/23/2024. This page is updated when new information is received and reviewed for completeness.

State
Gender
Age*
Day Of Week*
By Month
CO 1 M 9 (82%) 0-9 1 (9%) Sun 4 (36%)   24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14
10 Yr Avg
FL 5 F 2 (18%) 10-19 3 (27%) Mon 0 (0%) Jan 0 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
NJ 1   20-29 2 (18%) Tue 0 (0%) Feb 0 0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
TX 1   30-39 0 (0%) Wed 1 (9%) Mar 1 0 0 0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
MO 1   40-49 0 (0%) Thu 2 (18%) Apr 0 3 0 0
0
0
1
0
4
2
0
1
AL     50-59 3 (27%) Fri 1 (9%) May 1 3 0 0
4
1
2
2
1
4
5
2
UT     60-69 1 (9%) Sat 3 (30%) Jun 4 1 2 2 2
7
5
2
4
11
3
4
      70-79 1 (10%)     Jul 2 1 7 4 8
5
7
7
12
5
9
7
      80-89 0 (0%)     Aug 2 4 6 4 2
5
2
3
13
4
5
5
              Sep 1 1 4 1 1
3
2
2
3
2
3
3
              Oct - 0 0 0 0
0
 1
0
0
0
0
0
              Nov - 0 0
0
0
0
 0
0
 0
 0
0
0
              Dec - 0
0
0
0
 0
0
0
1
0
0
0
              Year 11 14 19 11 17
21
21
16
40
28
26
21**
*Due to rounding, percentages may not add up to 100 percent. ** Note: Data are considered preliminary. Refer to Storm Data for official data.

Note: Monthly averages are based on a 10-year average from 2013 to 2022. Due to rounding, the sum of the monthly averages may not equal the yearly average.

 

Lightning Fatality Chart by year and sec

Fatality statistics for past years