Lightning strikes in Mauritania
The detection network has located 1,927 lightning strikes in Mauritania since the archive began, including 983 in the last 7 days. That is 0.02% of all detected strikes worldwide, ranking Mauritania #56 of 143 countries with recorded lightning. Mauritania is counted under Africa in the continent totals.
Daily strikes, last 14 days
| Day (UTC) | Detected strikes |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | 349 |
| 2026-08-13 | 20 |
| 2026-08-12 | 167 |
| 2026-08-11 | 304 |
| 2026-08-10 | 96 |
| 2026-08-09 | 15 |
| 2026-08-08 | 32 |
| 2026-08-07 | 18 |
| 2026-08-06 | 52 |
| 2026-08-05 | 276 |
| 2026-08-04 | 213 |
| 2026-08-03 | 12 |
| 2026-08-02 | 1 |
| 2026-08-01 | 12 |
Strikes by state or province
Regions follow Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries. "Unassigned" counts strikes inside Mauritania's territory but outside every region polygon, mostly coastal water and lakes.
| # | State / province | Strikes | Last 7 days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hodh Ech Chargui | 855 | 505 | 44.4% |
| 2 | Tagant | 266 | 139 | 13.8% |
| 3 | Adrar | 260 | 66 | 13.5% |
| 4 | Tiris Zemmour | 153 | 29 | 7.9% |
| 5 | Assaba | 127 | 89 | 6.6% |
| 6 | Hodh El Gharbi | 91 | 57 | 4.7% |
| 7 | Brakna | 62 | 41 | 3.2% |
| 8 | Gorgol | 45 | 39 | 2.3% |
| 9 | Trarza | 28 | 8 | 1.5% |
| 10 | Guidimaka | 27 | 5 | 1.4% |
| 11 | Unassigned | 5 | 1 | 0.3% |
| 12 | Tombouctou | 4 | 1 | 0.2% |
| 13 | Inchiri | 3 | 2 | 0.2% |
| 14 | Dakhlet Nouadhibou | 1 | 1 | 0.1% |
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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