Lightning strikes in Belarus
The detection network has located 46,546 lightning strikes in Belarus since the archive began, including 1,701 in the last 7 days. That is 0.50% of all detected strikes worldwide, ranking Belarus #17 of 143 countries with recorded lightning. Belarus is counted under Europe in the continent totals.
Daily strikes, last 11 days
| Day (UTC) | Detected strikes |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-11 | 1,508 |
| 2026-08-10 | 193 |
| 2026-08-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08-06 | 19,819 |
| 2026-08-05 | 403 |
| 2026-08-04 | 9,758 |
| 2026-08-03 | 11 |
| 2026-08-02 | 1,889 |
| 2026-08-01 | 12,354 |
| 2026-07-31 | 609 |
| 2026-07-30 | 1 |
Strikes by state or province
Regions follow Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries. "Unassigned" counts strikes inside Belarus's territory but outside every region polygon, mostly coastal water and lakes.
| # | State / province | Strikes | Last 7 days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brest | 16,384 | 713 | 35.2% |
| 2 | Grodno | 10,893 | 59 | 23.4% |
| 3 | Vitebsk | 8,584 | 34 | 18.4% |
| 4 | Minsk | 5,812 | 335 | 12.5% |
| 5 | Gomel | 3,050 | 464 | 6.6% |
| 6 | Mahilioŭ | 1,419 | 64 | 3.0% |
| 7 | Volyn | 179 | 26 | 0.4% |
| 8 | Pskov | 65 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 9 | Alytus | 58 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 10 | Vilnius | 39 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 11 | Lublin Voivodeship | 33 | 1 | 0.1% |
| 12 | Rivne | 11 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 13 | Krāslava | 8 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 14 | Podlaskie Voivodeship | 4 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 15 | Kyiv | 3 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 16 | Smolensk | 2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 17 | Chernihiv | 2 | 0 | 0.0% |
These are detected strikes, and detection coverage differs by region; the data hub explains the method and its limits. For the climatological picture, see which countries get the most lightning.
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