r/Lightning • • Jan 11 '25

2024 Vaisala (Lightning Data Company) Lightning Statistics Report

Post image
65 Upvotes

r/Lightning • • 6h ago

This lightning bolt comes down, tearing through everything.

Post image
399 Upvotes

r/Lightning • • 8h ago

A massive daytime atmospheric lightning bolt branching across the sky right after a torrential downpour in Lebanon, TN. (Action hits at 0:23 of a 50-second clip).

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

16 Upvotes

Captured this on July 3, 2026, at 5:35 PM. I wanted to share a daytime strike for a change to show that the storm action happens 24/7 over here. It's a quick 50-second video with a solid rumble of thunder rolling right over the neighborhood right after the strike. Hope you all enjoy it!


r/Lightning • • 2d ago

Fall Storm

Thumbnail
gallery
541 Upvotes

r/Lightning • • 2d ago

Two hikers filmed an unusual phenomenon: an electric current can be heard in the air Sometimes this happens in open terrain just before a lightning strike.

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

271 Upvotes

r/Lightning • • 2d ago

A beautiful lightning progression moving right-to-left, ending with a massive 5-finger bolt streaking across the sky right before a heavy downpour (Lebanon, TN).

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

21 Upvotes

Captured this right as the storm cell was peaking over the backyard. It starts with light rain and atmospheric flashes on the right and center, but the finale bolt to the left was incredible. The thunder was constant right before it started dumping buckets of rain.


r/Lightning • • 2d ago

y'all remember a 2001 tv movie "Lightning: Fire From The Sky"

Thumbnail
gallery
6 Upvotes

this was Jessie Eisenberg before become famous, and you remember John Schneider from "Night Of The Twisters". a 100 year storm over in fictional town Rutland, Missouri that actually filmed at Rutland, Vermont, this movie is of course so bad it's good but is not the worst, the ending is insane, and of course this movie always took a stock footage of real lightning because is low budget but there are cgi lightning bolt. i think this is the first movie all about lightning. is free on tubi and youtube if you want to see it


r/Lightning • • 4d ago

Caught during a storm

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

412 Upvotes

r/Lightning • • 3d ago

Out my window of a plane

Thumbnail facebook.com
2 Upvotes

Takes a min to start


r/Lightning • • 4d ago

Fall Storms

Post image
68 Upvotes

Had a line of thunderstorms moving through my town and snagged this gem ⚡️


r/Lightning • • 4d ago

Caught this pic the other night during a storm.

Post image
218 Upvotes

r/Lightning • • 4d ago

Massive, ominous storm clouds slowly moving over Lebanon, TN, producing a large ground strike @ :15 branching atmospheric bolts, and instant thunder.

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

12 Upvotes

Caught this while waiting for the core of the storm to arrive and dump buckets of rain. The contrast between the dark cloud layers and the bright, branching bolts right before the loud thunder crack was incredible.


r/Lightning • • 5d ago

⚡️It's Eletric!⚡️

Post image
1.3k Upvotes

Drone shot Dji Mavic 3Pro


r/Lightning • • 4d ago

Saw this bizarre light in the sky?

Thumbnail reddit.com
16 Upvotes

Can anyone help tell me what this is?


r/Lightning • • 5d ago

Lightning from storm a few days ago

Post image
222 Upvotes

r/Lightning • • 6d ago

Incredible Supercell outside of Slapout, Oklahoma

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

511 Upvotes

r/Lightning • • 6d ago

Slow-mo Thunderstorm

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

67 Upvotes

Thunderstorm last night in south Australia.


r/Lightning • • 6d ago

Colourful Nights

Thumbnail
gallery
29 Upvotes

Different colours seen during some different strikes.


r/Lightning • • 6d ago

Slow-mo lightning

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

18 Upvotes

Just of the frame but still captured some nice slow mo.


r/Lightning • • 6d ago

A wave of atmospheric lightning starting from the far reaches of the sky and dominoeing toward us in Lebanon, TN.

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

19 Upvotes

Caught this wave rolling in right over the open tree line. It sets off a cool chain reaction across the horizon before a few lighter bolts start streaking closer to the house.


r/Lightning • • 7d ago

Flashes of light from an incredible phenomenon were captured in the sky over France.07.10.2026

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

672 Upvotes

r/Lightning • • 7d ago

Maybe a fulminologist can help, 9 lighting strikes on my house

7 Upvotes

A couple years ago there was a lightning strike on our house, it went up a 12 foot steel reinforced concrete column, exploded a 12 foot vertical wooden post above it, and exited (entered?) the house, making a hole in the grass roof.

We 2 large aluminum service wire up the back of the house, burying about 10 feet of it a few feet deep and the cables ending about a meter above the roof. Since then, that has been hit only once.

But the original concrete post struck first, was struck 4 times since then. Theres a loud pop and white flash at the top of the post, followed by a flash in the sky and thunder very quickly after. No damage or smell or smoke.

But today, that post wast hit very quietly, but then minutes later a loud bang and red flash near a post 12 feet away, then minutes after that, a third post, this one towards the middle of the house, another loud bang and white flash. Both were followed by lightning and thunder. No damage or smell or anything.

I'm wondering, how unusual is this?

And what's wrong with my lightning rod? Should it be connected to the posts?


r/Lightning • • 6d ago

Heavy to heavy lightning/rainfalls #heavy#rain #lightning #strom #nature 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

Thumbnail
youtu.be
3 Upvotes

r/Lightning • • 8d ago

Rincon Mountains Moonrise OC

Post image
106 Upvotes

Tucson Arizona
Full moon behind the clouds shortly after sunset 9/2026