Lightning strikes in Lithuania
The detection network has located 12,403 lightning strikes in Lithuania since the archive began, including 1,024 in the last 7 days. That is 0.13% of all detected strikes worldwide, ranking Lithuania #25 of 143 countries with recorded lightning. Lithuania is counted under Europe in the continent totals.
Daily strikes, last 5 days
| Day (UTC) | Detected strikes |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-11 | 1,024 |
| 2026-08-06 | 4,553 |
| 2026-08-02 | 4 |
| 2026-08-01 | 4,429 |
| 2026-07-31 | 2,393 |
Strikes by state or province
Regions follow Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries. "Unassigned" counts strikes inside Lithuania's territory but outside every region polygon, mostly coastal water and lakes.
| # | State / province | Strikes | Last 7 days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vilnius | 3,523 | 25 | 28.4% |
| 2 | Alytus | 2,496 | 0 | 20.1% |
| 3 | Šiauliai | 1,894 | 149 | 15.3% |
| 4 | Utena | 1,449 | 347 | 11.7% |
| 5 | Panevėžys | 902 | 469 | 7.3% |
| 6 | Marijampolė | 867 | 0 | 7.0% |
| 7 | Kaunas | 755 | 0 | 6.1% |
| 8 | Tauragė | 172 | 0 | 1.4% |
| 9 | Klaipėda | 101 | 0 | 0.8% |
| 10 | Telšiai | 50 | 15 | 0.4% |
| 11 | Rundāle | 40 | 0 | 0.3% |
| 12 | Grodno | 36 | 0 | 0.3% |
| 13 | Vitebsk | 34 | 0 | 0.3% |
| 14 | Jelgava | 28 | 0 | 0.2% |
| 15 | Bauska | 22 | 0 | 0.2% |
| 16 | Saldus | 15 | 15 | 0.1% |
| 17 | Nereta | 4 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 18 | Unassigned | 3 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 19 | Ilūkste | 3 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 20 | Vecumnieki | 3 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 21 | Tērvete | 2 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 22 | Kaliningrad | 2 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 23 | Daugavpils | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 24 | Podlaskie Voivodeship | 1 | 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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