One thing Texas is known for are some pretty crazy weather events. In the spring and early summer months, we are prone to a lot of severe thunderstorms around the area.

High winds, driving rain, booming thunder, even tornadoes. One of the things that we love about these storms though is the lightning.

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There is something absolutely fascinating about watching these big strikes come down, and the lightning that just kind of rolls through the sky lighting it up.

A recent study shows that Texas is the number one state when it comes to getting these lightning strikes, and it's not even close.

In 2024, it was reported that Texas had 40 MILLION lightning strikes across the state. How big is that number? Well, it's bigger than the number two, three, AND four states behind it.

Florida, Oklahoma, and Kansas combined for 38 million lightning strikes, so it's safe to say we lead that category by a large margin. It makes sense though considering we are the second largest in land mass in the United States, so naturally we'd get more than the smaller states.

The irony in all this? The city that leads the way in most lightning strikes is one of the smaller cities in Texas. I mean, you'd think the larger, more populous areas would be receiving more of these strikes, right?

Teague, TX. is your leader in the clubhouse with 735 lightning events per square kilometer. That number is just shy of the amount of events that Orlando, FL. and Kingsland, GA. had...combined.

So if it's a lightning show you want, you're in the right state. If you want to see it truly light up the sky, take a trip to Teague sometime during storm season. Just take pics for me please.

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