Lightning strikes in Connecticut by county
The detection network has located 10,644 lightning strikes in Connecticut since the archive began, including 5,308 in the last 7 days. The table counts every strike the network placed inside a county boundary. Another 2 strikes fell inside Connecticut but outside every county polygon, mostly over coastal or lake water.
| # | County | Strikes | Last 7 days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fairfield County | 3,715 | 291 | 34.9% |
| 2 | New Haven County | 2,541 | 1,569 | 23.9% |
| 3 | Litchfield County | 1,967 | 1,269 | 18.5% |
| 4 | Hartford County | 1,064 | 999 | 10.0% |
| 5 | Middlesex County | 953 | 831 | 9.0% |
| 6 | New London County | 227 | 179 | 2.1% |
| 7 | Tolland County | 104 | 101 | 1.0% |
| 8 | Windham County | 71 | 68 | 0.7% |
Strike positions carry the network's mean location error of about 5.6 km, so strikes near a county line can be filed one county over. Method and caveats are on the data hub; the full state table is on the United States page.
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