Lightning strikes in Papua New Guinea
The detection network has located 171 lightning strikes in Papua New Guinea since the archive began, including 127 in the last 7 days. That is 0.00% of all detected strikes worldwide, ranking Papua New Guinea #94 of 143 countries with recorded lightning. Papua New Guinea is counted under Oceania in the continent totals.
Daily strikes, last 13 days
| Day (UTC) | Detected strikes |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | 2 |
| 2026-08-13 | 37 |
| 2026-08-12 | 8 |
| 2026-08-10 | 8 |
| 2026-08-09 | 65 |
| 2026-08-08 | 7 |
| 2026-08-06 | 8 |
| 2026-08-05 | 6 |
| 2026-08-04 | 11 |
| 2026-08-03 | 4 |
| 2026-08-02 | 1 |
| 2026-07-31 | 12 |
| 2026-07-29 | 2 |
Strikes by state or province
Regions follow Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries. "Unassigned" counts strikes inside Papua New Guinea's territory but outside every region polygon, mostly coastal water and lakes.
| # | State / province | Strikes | Last 7 days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unassigned | 96 | 75 | 56.1% |
| 2 | Sandaun | 35 | 23 | 20.5% |
| 3 | East Sepik | 26 | 18 | 15.2% |
| 4 | Southern Highlands | 3 | 3 | 1.8% |
| 5 | Western Highlands | 3 | 3 | 1.8% |
| 6 | Enga | 3 | 3 | 1.8% |
| 7 | Western | 2 | 0 | 1.2% |
| 8 | Chimbu | 1 | 1 | 0.6% |
| 9 | of Bougainville | 1 | 0 | 0.6% |
| 10 | Central | 1 | 1 | 0.6% |
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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