2006-09-13 06:47:12 · 9 answers · asked by noelleschemicalromance162 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
When you include observations of weather over the whole earth, you get
some pretty amazing numbers. Here are a couple-
Number of thunderstorms occurring at any given time: 2000
Number of lightning strikes over the earth per second: 100
(The above numbers from this web site:
http://www.lightningstalker.com/weather/lightningstalker/more.html)
2006-09-13 06:48:11 · answer #1 · answered by god knows and sees else Yahoo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Around the earth there are 100 lightning strikes per second, or 8,640,00 times a day
Most lightning strikes occur either at the beginning or end of a storm.
The average lightning strike is six miles long.
Lightning reaches 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit, fours times as hot as the sun's surface.
A cloud-to-ground lightning channel can be 2 to 10 miles long.
Voltage in a cloud-to-ground strike is 100 million to 1 billion volts
source website:
http://www.strikealert.com/LightningFacts.htm
2006-09-13 07:13:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know about lighting blots, but LIGHTNING BOLTS hit the earth several times per second. There are estimated to be approximately 30 lightning flashes per second around the world. Many lightning bolts are cloud-to-cloud, and do not strike the earth.
2006-09-13 06:49:13 · answer #3 · answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
There's no correct answer for this question. Sometimes, lightning will strike more than at other times. It probably depends on the season, time, and a few other factors as to how many lightning strikes there are on earth at any given second.
2006-09-13 06:52:28 · answer #4 · answered by Felix Arcanus 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
i had a light blot hit me about a minute ago
2006-09-13 06:55:00 · answer #5 · answered by Luci 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
wikipedia says about 100 times every second
2006-09-13 06:59:43 · answer #6 · answered by ♫ sf_ca ღ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-15 07:26:48 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
10 times i think
2006-09-17 00:46:18 · answer #8 · answered by david w 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
don't know if any blots do
2006-09-13 06:49:21 · answer #9 · answered by Spadesboffin 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋