Lightning Alerts

Live lightning map · iOS and Android

See where lightning struck in the last 7 days.

Strike history keeps the last 7 days of lightning around your location and your saved place. See each storm, the closest strike and strikes per hour, then replay a storm on the map.

The last 7 days. Storm by storm.

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Strike history features

The week at a glance

See how many storms and strikes there were within your alert distance, and how close the closest strike came.

Strikes per hour

Tap an hour in the chart, or slide along a day, to see only that hour's strikes on the map.

Replay a storm

Play a storm's strikes back on the map in time order, with the closest and strongest strike so far.

In the app

The map and places behind strike history

Strike history opens strike details like the live map, within the alert distance you set for My Location and your saved place.

Live lightning map screen in Lightning Alerts
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Live lightning map

Age colors and closest activity at a glance.

See what struck screen in Lightning Alerts
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See what struck

Type, polarity, strength, age, distance, and street context.

Saved-place alerts screen in Lightning Alerts
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Saved-place alerts

Monitor the places you care about.

Lightning strike history: quick answers

Open the last 7 days, find out where lightning struck and replay a storm.

How do I see past lightning strikes near me?

Open Lightning Alerts, tap Find, then the row under Strike history. You see the last 7 days around your location or your saved place: how many storms and strikes there were, the closest strike, strikes per hour, where they struck and a list of storms. With a saved place, choose My Location or the place at the top.

Read the strike history guide

Did lightning strike near me last night?

Open Strike history and tap one of last night's hours in Strikes per hour, or slide along the day. The map shows only the strikes from that hour. To see how far one strike was from My Location or your saved place, in which direction, and on which day and at what time it struck, tap Replay this hour, then tap the strike.

See how far away lightning is

Can I replay a storm?

Yes. Tap a storm in the list, or Replay this hour, to play its strikes back in time order around My Location or your saved place. As it plays, the panel counts the strikes of the last 10 minutes and shows the closest and the strongest strike so far. One storm replay every 30 days is free, and Pro replays every storm.

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How far back does strike history go?

Strike history covers the last 7 days, today included, in your local time. It shows the strikes within the alert distance you set for My Location and your saved place. The latest strikes are on the live map, which shows the last 60 minutes.

See the last hour of strikes on one map

Look back at storms with Lightning Alerts

The live map, strike history and alerts in one focused lightning app.

  • Backed by lightning data

    Enterprise-grade lightning data places each detected strike on the map.

  • Your location and a saved place

    Look back at the last 7 days around you and around one saved place, such as home.

  • Free to use

    The week summary, strikes per hour, map and storm list are free, with one storm replay every 30 days. Pro replays every storm.