Lightning strikes in New York by county
The detection network has located 42,271 lightning strikes in New York since the archive began, including 26,744 in the last 7 days. The table counts every strike the network placed inside a county boundary. Another 1,036 strikes fell inside New York but outside every county polygon, mostly over coastal or lake water.
| # | County | Strikes | Last 7 days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Lawrence County | 3,399 | 3,221 | 8.0% |
| 2 | Suffolk County | 2,092 | 1,413 | 4.9% |
| 3 | Westchester County | 1,889 | 164 | 4.5% |
| 4 | Franklin County | 1,883 | 1,697 | 4.5% |
| 5 | Ulster County | 1,763 | 832 | 4.2% |
| 6 | Cattaraugus County | 1,596 | 1,451 | 3.8% |
| 7 | Rockland County | 1,506 | 35 | 3.6% |
| 8 | Orange County | 1,443 | 1,231 | 3.4% |
| 9 | Delaware County | 1,214 | 1,037 | 2.9% |
| 10 | Schoharie County | 1,158 | 130 | 2.7% |
| 11 | Putnam County | 1,110 | 438 | 2.6% |
| 12 | Albany County | 1,068 | 433 | 2.5% |
| 13 | Greene County | 1,018 | 476 | 2.4% |
| 14 | Erie County | 1,003 | 606 | 2.4% |
| 15 | Essex County | 1,000 | 711 | 2.4% |
| 16 | Dutchess County | 976 | 387 | 2.3% |
| 17 | Chautauqua County | 910 | 665 | 2.2% |
| 18 | Steuben County | 901 | 893 | 2.1% |
| 19 | Allegany County | 878 | 811 | 2.1% |
| 20 | Columbia County | 830 | 637 | 2.0% |
| 21 | Clinton County | 814 | 740 | 1.9% |
| 22 | Broome County | 801 | 618 | 1.9% |
| 23 | Sullivan County | 721 | 595 | 1.7% |
| 24 | Hamilton County | 700 | 693 | 1.7% |
| 25 | Livingston County | 689 | 636 | 1.6% |
| 26 | Otsego County | 613 | 335 | 1.5% |
| 27 | Nassau County | 601 | 360 | 1.4% |
| 28 | Genesee County | 599 | 593 | 1.4% |
| 29 | Niagara County | 598 | 116 | 1.4% |
| 30 | Herkimer County | 576 | 510 | 1.4% |
| 31 | Tioga County | 551 | 451 | 1.3% |
| 32 | Ontario County | 441 | 428 | 1.0% |
| 33 | Chemung County | 430 | 425 | 1.0% |
| 34 | Queens County | 425 | 102 | 1.0% |
| 35 | Rensselaer County | 418 | 203 | 1.0% |
| 36 | Tompkins County | 406 | 102 | 1.0% |
| 37 | Wyoming County | 405 | 218 | 1.0% |
| 38 | Oneida County | 372 | 355 | 0.9% |
| 39 | Kings County | 370 | 41 | 0.9% |
| 40 | Monroe County | 332 | 311 | 0.8% |
| 41 | Schenectady County | 281 | 0 | 0.7% |
| 42 | Orleans County | 261 | 215 | 0.6% |
| 43 | Chenango County | 216 | 153 | 0.5% |
| 44 | Cayuga County | 198 | 9 | 0.5% |
| 45 | Richmond County | 194 | 21 | 0.5% |
| 46 | Saratoga County | 176 | 125 | 0.4% |
| 47 | Cortland County | 148 | 35 | 0.4% |
| 48 | Schuyler County | 141 | 88 | 0.3% |
| 49 | Lewis County | 138 | 138 | 0.3% |
| 50 | Onondaga County | 137 | 33 | 0.3% |
| 51 | Wayne County | 119 | 49 | 0.3% |
| 52 | Warren County | 112 | 65 | 0.3% |
| 53 | Jefferson County | 108 | 92 | 0.3% |
| 54 | Montgomery County | 100 | 23 | 0.2% |
| 55 | Washington County | 86 | 85 | 0.2% |
| 56 | Fulton County | 73 | 68 | 0.2% |
| 57 | Yates County | 67 | 67 | 0.2% |
| 58 | New York County | 50 | 1 | 0.1% |
| 59 | Madison County | 46 | 35 | 0.1% |
| 60 | Seneca County | 45 | 45 | 0.1% |
| 61 | Bronx County | 27 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 62 | Oswego County | 13 | 7 | 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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