Lightning strikes in New Jersey by county
The detection network has located 9,246 lightning strikes in New Jersey since the archive began, including 1,413 in the last 7 days. The table counts every strike the network placed inside a county boundary. Another 22 strikes fell inside New Jersey but outside every county polygon, mostly over coastal or lake water.
| # | County | Strikes | Last 7 days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morris County | 1,539 | 111 | 16.6% |
| 2 | Bergen County | 992 | 14 | 10.7% |
| 3 | Hunterdon County | 896 | 13 | 9.7% |
| 4 | Middlesex County | 768 | 247 | 8.3% |
| 5 | Sussex County | 685 | 178 | 7.4% |
| 6 | Passaic County | 668 | 51 | 7.2% |
| 7 | Mercer County | 568 | 1 | 6.1% |
| 8 | Monmouth County | 459 | 64 | 5.0% |
| 9 | Atlantic County | 435 | 173 | 4.7% |
| 10 | Warren County | 429 | 192 | 4.6% |
| 11 | Somerset County | 338 | 20 | 3.7% |
| 12 | Union County | 295 | 16 | 3.2% |
| 13 | Essex County | 287 | 0 | 3.1% |
| 14 | Burlington County | 208 | 51 | 2.2% |
| 15 | Ocean County | 200 | 74 | 2.2% |
| 16 | Cumberland County | 163 | 78 | 1.8% |
| 17 | Hudson County | 106 | 6 | 1.1% |
| 18 | Salem County | 57 | 43 | 0.6% |
| 19 | Gloucester County | 53 | 31 | 0.6% |
| 20 | Cape May County | 45 | 38 | 0.5% |
| 21 | Camden County | 33 | 9 | 0.4% |
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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