Lightning strikes in Maryland by county
The detection network has located 24,298 lightning strikes in Maryland since the archive began, including 17,996 in the last 7 days. The table counts every strike the network placed inside a county boundary. Another 135 strikes fell inside Maryland but outside every county polygon, mostly over coastal or lake water.
| # | County | Strikes | Last 7 days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garrett County | 3,903 | 3,839 | 16.1% |
| 2 | Baltimore County | 3,813 | 2,307 | 15.7% |
| 3 | Harford County | 2,850 | 2,258 | 11.7% |
| 4 | Kent County | 2,096 | 1,543 | 8.6% |
| 5 | Allegany County | 1,187 | 1,163 | 4.9% |
| 6 | Queen Anne's County | 1,167 | 632 | 4.8% |
| 7 | Frederick County | 970 | 965 | 4.0% |
| 8 | Carroll County | 961 | 927 | 4.0% |
| 9 | Montgomery County | 910 | 297 | 3.7% |
| 10 | Cecil County | 796 | 563 | 3.3% |
| 11 | Prince George's County | 723 | 306 | 3.0% |
| 12 | Washington County | 715 | 715 | 2.9% |
| 13 | Dorchester County | 600 | 471 | 2.5% |
| 14 | Talbot County | 581 | 374 | 2.4% |
| 15 | Calvert County | 488 | 362 | 2.0% |
| 16 | Anne Arundel County | 455 | 144 | 1.9% |
| 17 | Charles County | 399 | 139 | 1.6% |
| 18 | St. Mary's County | 390 | 107 | 1.6% |
| 19 | Caroline County | 263 | 194 | 1.1% |
| 20 | Baltimore city | 258 | 170 | 1.1% |
| 21 | Howard County | 239 | 129 | 1.0% |
| 22 | Somerset County | 195 | 156 | 0.8% |
| 23 | Wicomico County | 139 | 79 | 0.6% |
| 24 | Worcester County | 65 | 63 | 0.3% |
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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