Lightning strikes in Minnesota by county

The detection network has located 56,425 lightning strikes in Minnesota since the archive began, including 9,949 in the last 7 days. The table counts every strike the network placed inside a county boundary. Another 1,892 strikes fell inside Minnesota but outside every county polygon, mostly over coastal or lake water.

#	County	Strikes	Last 7 days	Share
1	St. Louis County	6,848	245	12.1%
2	Cook County	3,194	79	5.7%
3	Marshall County	3,065	0	5.4%
4	Beltrami County	2,759	42	4.9%
5	Roseau County	2,471	0	4.4%
6	Koochiching County	2,401	113	4.3%
7	Lake County	2,332	160	4.1%
8	Martin County	1,838	1,085	3.3%
9	Blue Earth County	1,586	1,477	2.8%
10	Lake of the Woods County	1,507	0	2.7%
11	Itasca County	1,397	93	2.5%
12	Cass County	1,386	0	2.5%
13	Faribault County	1,352	982	2.4%
14	Nobles County	1,337	2	2.4%
15	Jackson County	1,306	419	2.3%
16	Freeborn County	1,116	522	2.0%
17	Otter Tail County	1,039	39	1.8%
18	Polk County	1,026	1	1.8%
19	Mower County	873	401	1.5%
20	Becker County	776	2	1.4%
21	Watonwan County	750	663	1.3%
22	Wabasha County	729	73	1.3%
23	Kittson County	666	0	1.2%
24	Grant County	649	9	1.2%
25	Hubbard County	577	0	1.0%
26	Stearns County	549	493	1.0%
27	Pennington County	527	2	0.9%
28	Olmsted County	519	75	0.9%
29	Waseca County	511	151	0.9%
30	Clearwater County	502	15	0.9%
31	Steele County	485	155	0.9%
32	Dodge County	471	167	0.8%
33	Nicollet County	464	344	0.8%
34	Yellow Medicine County	408	1	0.7%
35	Rock County	407	0	0.7%
36	Le Sueur County	396	236	0.7%
37	Aitkin County	360	0	0.6%
38	Redwood County	330	9	0.6%
39	Chippewa County	313	0	0.6%
40	Fillmore County	294	215	0.5%
41	Goodhue County	293	60	0.5%
42	Sibley County	273	176	0.5%
43	Douglas County	262	22	0.5%
44	Wadena County	257	0	0.5%
45	Traverse County	235	9	0.4%
46	Crow Wing County	215	0	0.4%
47	Lac qui Parle County	202	0	0.4%
48	Norman County	199	0	0.4%
49	Clay County	185	142	0.3%
50	Cottonwood County	182	105	0.3%
51	Washington County	160	53	0.3%
52	Benton County	158	136	0.3%
53	Rice County	156	78	0.3%
54	Mahnomen County	143	0	0.3%
55	Anoka County	136	89	0.2%
56	Brown County	133	52	0.2%
57	Renville County	128	9	0.2%
58	Isanti County	122	116	0.2%
59	Dakota County	122	26	0.2%
60	Winona County	119	59	0.2%
61	Pipestone County	113	0	0.2%
62	Chisago County	106	99	0.2%
63	Sherburne County	101	95	0.2%
64	Houston County	84	69	0.1%
65	Todd County	83	54	0.1%
66	Wilkin County	80	8	0.1%
67	Scott County	78	8	0.1%
68	Murray County	74	4	0.1%
69	Hennepin County	56	20	0.1%
70	Pine County	55	0	0.1%
71	Big Stone County	47	0	0.1%
72	Lyon County	45	4	0.1%
73	Kandiyohi County	44	2	0.1%
74	Wright County	43	30	0.1%
75	McLeod County	43	2	0.1%
76	Carlton County	42	0	0.1%
77	Kanabec County	40	0	0.1%
78	Carver County	36	3	0.1%
79	Mille Lacs County	34	12	0.1%
80	Stevens County	32	0	0.1%
81	Ramsey County	30	27	0.1%
82	Red Lake County	27	0	0.0%
83	Lincoln County	19	1	0.0%
84	Swift County	13	0	0.0%
85	Morrison County	7	5	0.0%
86	Meeker County	4	0	0.0%
87	Pope County	1	1	0.0%

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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