Closest Lightning Strike to Me
Check how close lightning is right now. Use your current location or a US zip code to see the nearest recent strike distance and how many strikes hit within 100 miles in the last 24 hours.
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Closest Strike Checker
Distances come from recent NOAA GOES-19 GLM detections within 100 miles (160 km) of the point you pick.
Live data from NOAA GOES-19 GLM. Distances are measured to recent detected flashes; storms move fast, so treat any strike inside 10 miles as a shelter signal.
No location? Search a city or state instead
Open a local page for last-24-hour strike counts, recent flashes, and a focused map.
The web check answers now. The app can monitor this radius after you close the page.
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Different searches need different answers. These routes match the strongest real query clusters.
See the recent-strike overview, then drill into your state or city.
Live map Lightning map near meStart here for state, city, and current-location checks.
Distance How far away is lightning?Use the flash-to-bang method when you can hear thunder but have no map.
Guide Closest strike explainedHow closest-strike distance works and what the data can and cannot show.