Lightning strikes in Russia
The detection network has located 120,994 lightning strikes in Russia since the archive began, including 48,264 in the last 7 days. That is 1.30% of all detected strikes worldwide, ranking Russia #11 of 143 countries with recorded lightning. Russia is counted under Europe in the continent totals.
Daily strikes, last 14 days
| Day (UTC) | Detected strikes |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | 397 |
| 2026-08-13 | 1,292 |
| 2026-08-12 | 8,435 |
| 2026-08-11 | 4,639 |
| 2026-08-10 | 4,381 |
| 2026-08-09 | 11,379 |
| 2026-08-08 | 17,741 |
| 2026-08-07 | 3,834 |
| 2026-08-06 | 10,200 |
| 2026-08-05 | 11,103 |
| 2026-08-04 | 8,019 |
| 2026-08-03 | 4,895 |
| 2026-08-02 | 10,460 |
| 2026-08-01 | 12,469 |
Strikes by state or province
Regions follow Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries. "Unassigned" counts strikes inside Russia's territory but outside every region polygon, mostly coastal water and lakes.
| # | State / province | Strikes | Last 7 days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Voronezh | 8,765 | 8,583 | 7.2% |
| 2 | Amur | 7,873 | 2,658 | 6.5% |
| 3 | Zabaykalsky Krai | 7,491 | 3,214 | 6.2% |
| 4 | Pskov | 7,060 | 337 | 5.8% |
| 5 | Rostov | 4,602 | 4,399 | 3.8% |
| 6 | Kaliningrad | 4,536 | 0 | 3.7% |
| 7 | Tambov | 4,265 | 2,510 | 3.5% |
| 8 | Primorsky Krai | 3,830 | 109 | 3.2% |
| 9 | Krasnodar Krai | 3,819 | 2,847 | 3.2% |
| 10 | Volgograd | 3,592 | 3,454 | 3.0% |
| 11 | Unassigned | 3,447 | 654 | 2.8% |
| 12 | Arkhangelsk | 3,256 | 72 | 2.7% |
| 13 | Belgorod | 3,239 | 2,839 | 2.7% |
| 14 | Karelia | 3,136 | 102 | 2.6% |
| 15 | Smolensk | 3,056 | 56 | 2.5% |
| 16 | Khabarovsk Krai | 3,002 | 742 | 2.5% |
| 17 | Lipetsk | 2,994 | 1,350 | 2.5% |
| 18 | Moscow | 2,958 | 372 | 2.4% |
| 19 | Tver | 2,925 | 123 | 2.4% |
| 20 | Novgorod | 2,881 | 52 | 2.4% |
| 21 | Saratov | 2,772 | 2,240 | 2.3% |
| 22 | Ryazan | 2,765 | 1,119 | 2.3% |
| 23 | Leningrad | 2,349 | 233 | 1.9% |
| 24 | Kursk | 2,202 | 1,352 | 1.8% |
| 25 | Penza | 2,023 | 1,783 | 1.7% |
| 26 | Vologda | 1,948 | 52 | 1.6% |
| 27 | Oryol | 1,500 | 262 | 1.2% |
| 28 | Ulyanovsk | 1,357 | 1,081 | 1.1% |
| 29 | Nizhny Novgorod | 1,326 | 349 | 1.1% |
| 30 | Kaluga | 1,144 | 133 | 0.9% |
| 31 | Stavropol Krai | 1,033 | 622 | 0.9% |
| 32 | Jewish | 1,023 | 14 | 0.8% |
| 33 | Yaroslavl | 1,008 | 62 | 0.8% |
| 34 | Kostroma | 940 | 12 | 0.8% |
| 35 | Republic of Mordovia | 887 | 541 | 0.7% |
| 36 | Bryansk | 821 | 531 | 0.7% |
| 37 | Vladimir | 625 | 39 | 0.5% |
| 38 | Republic of Buryatia | 614 | 200 | 0.5% |
| 39 | Sakha Republic | 613 | 84 | 0.5% |
| 40 | Republic of Tatarstan | 611 | 334 | 0.5% |
| 41 | Republic of Adygea | 609 | 357 | 0.5% |
| 42 | Samara | 536 | 395 | 0.4% |
| 43 | Ivanovo | 516 | 6 | 0.4% |
| 44 | Karachay-Cherkess Republic | 486 | 378 | 0.4% |
| 45 | Republic of Kalmykia | 428 | 420 | 0.4% |
| 46 | Murmansk | 406 | 1 | 0.3% |
| 47 | Irkutsk | 379 | 105 | 0.3% |
| 48 | Astrakhan | 351 | 323 | 0.3% |
| 49 | Chuvash Republic | 275 | 76 | 0.2% |
| 50 | Krasnoyarsk Krai | 253 | 73 | 0.2% |
| 51 | Saint Petersburg | 239 | 12 | 0.2% |
| 52 | Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship | 215 | 0 | 0.2% |
| 53 | Mari El Republic | 176 | 9 | 0.1% |
| 54 | Komi Republic | 172 | 10 | 0.1% |
| 55 | Kirov | 163 | 6 | 0.1% |
| 56 | Tula | 163 | 45 | 0.1% |
| 57 | Sverdlovsk | 162 | 57 | 0.1% |
| 58 | Bashkortostan | 158 | 80 | 0.1% |
| 59 | Kabardino-Balkaria | 121 | 45 | 0.1% |
| 60 | Orenburg | 106 | 51 | 0.1% |
| 61 | Chelyabinsk | 101 | 61 | 0.1% |
| 62 | Republic of Dagestan | 91 | 71 | 0.1% |
| 63 | Perm Krai | 84 | 19 | 0.1% |
| 64 | Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug | 84 | 2 | 0.1% |
| 65 | Tuva Republic | 66 | 35 | 0.1% |
| 66 | Republic of North Ossetia-Alania | 46 | 24 | 0.0% |
| 67 | Sakhalin | 41 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 68 | Kurgan | 33 | 15 | 0.0% |
| 69 | Nenets Autonomous Okrug | 29 | 10 | 0.0% |
| 70 | Heilongjiang | 22 | 8 | 0.0% |
| 71 | Altai Republic | 21 | 5 | 0.0% |
| 72 | Tomsk | 20 | 9 | 0.0% |
| 73 | Marijampolė | 16 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 74 | Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug | 16 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 75 | Chechen Republic | 16 | 7 | 0.0% |
| 76 | Kemerovo | 12 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 77 | Udmurt Republic | 12 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 78 | Republic of Khakassia | 9 | 6 | 0.0% |
| 79 | Tyumen | 8 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 80 | Inner Mongolia | 7 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 81 | Magadan | 7 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 82 | Luhansk | 7 | 7 | 0.0% |
| 83 | Republic of Ingushetia | 5 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 84 | Vitebsk | 5 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 85 | Jilin | 4 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 86 | Tartu | 3 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 87 | Dornod | 3 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 88 | Abkhazia | 3 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 89 | Novosibirsk | 3 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 90 | Kainuu | 2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 91 | Jõgeva | 2 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 92 | Klaipėda | 2 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 93 | Khentii | 2 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 94 | Bayan-Ölgii | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 95 | Zaqatala | 1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 96 | Kamchatka Krai | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 97 | Kharkiv | 1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 98 | Sumy | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 99 | Atyrau | 1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 100 | Kakheti | 1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 101 | Cibla | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 102 | Selenge | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 103 | Zilupe | 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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