Lightning strikes in Latvia

The detection network has located 16,188 lightning strikes in Latvia since the archive began, including 3,725 in the last 7 days. That is 0.17% of all detected strikes worldwide, ranking Latvia #22 of 143 countries with recorded lightning. Latvia is counted under Europe in the continent totals.

Daily strikes, last 6 days

Day (UTC)	Detected strikes
2026-08-11	3,598
2026-08-08	127
2026-08-06	39
2026-08-05	43
2026-08-01	1,059
2026-07-31	11,322

Strikes by state or province

Regions follow Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries. "Unassigned" counts strikes inside Latvia's territory but outside every region polygon, mostly coastal water and lakes.

#	State / province	Strikes	Last 7 days	Share
1	Unassigned	1,901	614	11.7%
2	Bauska	1,419	27	8.8%
3	Krimulda	1,272	1	7.9%
4	Valmiera	1,123	208	6.9%
5	Sēja	790	19	4.9%
6	Limbaži	748	104	4.6%
7	Jelgava	620	119	3.8%
8	Madona	516	60	3.2%
9	Vecumnieki	452	190	2.8%
10	Rēzekne	449	0	2.8%
11	Jaunjelgava	327	89	2.0%
12	Talsi	324	324	2.0%
13	Rundāle	296	2	1.8%
14	Dagda	271	1	1.7%
15	Ludza	268	0	1.7%
16	Krāslava	243	1	1.5%
17	Balvi	228	41	1.4%
18	Tukums	225	225	1.4%
19	Ogre	204	162	1.3%
20	Saulkrasti	186	7	1.1%
21	Salacgrīva	156	67	1.0%
22	Gulbene	143	22	0.9%
23	Dobele	141	141	0.9%
24	Zilupe	132	0	0.8%
25	Iecava	132	29	0.8%
26	Alūksne	131	41	0.8%
27	Rugāji	130	2	0.8%
28	Ādaži	121	5	0.7%
29	Krustpils	120	6	0.7%
30	Sigulda	116	0	0.7%
31	Pļaviņas	116	4	0.7%
32	Koknese	115	4	0.7%
33	Ozolnieki	113	13	0.7%
34	Aloja	109	26	0.7%
35	Daugavpils	108	5	0.7%
36	Ventspils	98	98	0.6%
37	Riga	95	36	0.6%
38	Riebiņi	90	0	0.6%
39	Roja	89	89	0.5%
40	Cibla	87	0	0.5%
41	Dundaga	86	86	0.5%
42	Ķegums	85	38	0.5%
43	Baldone	82	34	0.5%
44	Viļaka	80	2	0.5%
45	Kuldīga	77	77	0.5%
46	Nereta	74	15	0.5%
47	Kārsava	73	0	0.5%
48	Babīte	66	52	0.4%
49	Garkalne	65	0	0.4%
50	Sala	63	10	0.4%
51	Inčukalns	63	0	0.4%
52	Aizkraukle	59	9	0.4%
53	Mērsrags	59	59	0.4%
54	Lielvārde	59	48	0.4%
55	Valka	59	57	0.4%
56	Olaine	55	19	0.3%
57	Viesīte	54	38	0.3%
58	Preiļi	50	0	0.3%
59	Ķekava	48	30	0.3%
60	Saldus	46	32	0.3%
61	Skrīveri	45	3	0.3%
62	Kandava	45	45	0.3%
63	Jaunpils	44	44	0.3%
64	Jēkabpils	42	16	0.3%
65	Baltinava	34	1	0.2%
66	Carnikava	33	10	0.2%
67	Viļāni	30	3	0.2%
68	Ropaži	29	24	0.2%
69	Vitebsk	27	1	0.2%
70	Salaspils	25	20	0.2%
71	Auce	23	5	0.1%
72	Līvāni	23	0	0.1%
73	Pskov	22	1	0.1%
74	Aknīste	22	22	0.1%
75	Mālpils	21	9	0.1%
76	Engure	20	20	0.1%
77	Valga	18	18	0.1%
78	Vārkava	18	0	0.1%
79	Ilūkste	17	13	0.1%
80	Tērvete	17	17	0.1%
81	Mārupe	15	7	0.1%
82	Skrunda	14	14	0.1%
83	Cēsis	14	3	0.1%
84	Viljandi	13	8	0.1%
85	Panevėžys	12	2	0.1%
86	Aglona	10	0	0.1%
87	Jūrmala	9	5	0.1%
88	Priekule	8	8	0.0%
89	Vaiņode	7	7	0.0%
90	Ikskile	5	2	0.0%
91	Šiauliai	4	0	0.0%
92	Stopiņi	3	0	0.0%
93	Aizpute	3	3	0.0%
94	Pärnu	3	0	0.0%
95	Võru	2	2	0.0%
96	Brocēni	2	2	0.0%
97	Durbe	1	1	0.0%
98	Rucava	1	1	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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