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This animated lightning map is updated every few minutes and reports strikes as they happen in the UK on a 3-hour cycle....

More about lightning

  • At any point of time there are about 1800 thunderstorms!
  • Every year, the Earth experiences an average of 25 million lightning strikes during some 100,000 thunderstorms. That’s more than a hundred lightning bolts per second.
  • An average instance of lightning lasts about a quarter of a second and consists of 3-4 strikes.
  • You can hear thunder from about 12 miles from the starting point.
  • Lightning bolts travel at speeds of up to 60,000 miles per second.
  • The average length of a single lightning bolt is 2-3 miles.
  • A single lightning bolt travels through twisted paths in the air that can be as wide as one of your fingers or between six and ten miles.
  • The temperature of a typical lightning bolt can reach 50,000 F degrees – that is 5 times greater than the temperature of the surface of the Sun.
  • The energy contained in a single lightning strike can power a 100 Watt light bulb for 90 days.
  • “Lightning never strikes twice” unfortunately is a myth. Lightning can strike the same location many times.
  • Trees sometimes can take direct hits from lightning and not get burnt – the electricity passes over their wet surface and goes straight into the ground.
  • Glass forms when lightning strikes into sandy soil. After a storm you can find strips of glass in the sand.
  • If you have wet clothes on, lightning will do you less harm.
  • The irrational fear of lightning is known as keraunophobia. The fear of thunder is termed brontophobia.
  • There are from 100 to 1000 instances of ball lightning at the same time on Earth, but the chance you’ll see at least one in your lifetime is just 0.01%.
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Sun & Moon Today

Day length 10 hrs 11 mins
Rise 7:16 am
Set 5:27 pm
MOON PHASE New Moon
Rise 7:43 am
Set 6:48 pm
There will be 3 mins 49sec more daylight tomorrow

Climate Extremes

Wednesday 18 February
High Temp4.61:55 PM
Low Temp1.312:04 AM
Rain Today 9.5 mm5:30 PM
High UV0.0 12:00 AM
Max Gust28.8 mph3:35 PM
Min Windchill11.1°C12:00 AM
So far this month
High Temp13.34/2/2026
Low Temp-1.514/2/2026
Wettest Day16.1mm9/2/2026
High UV3.04/2/2026
Max Gust30.8mph16/2/2026
Min Windchill-4.614/2/2026
So far this year
High Temp13.34/2/2026
Low Temp-7.36/1/2026
Wettest Day18.6mm8/1/2026
High UV3.023/1/2026
Max Gust32.2mph9/1/2026
Min Windchill-9.06/1/2026
All time records
High Temp35.911/7/2025
Low Temp-10.820/12/2010
Wettest Day80.2mm20/7/2007
High UV18.013/6/2022
Max Gust62.1mph23/2/2017
Min Windchill-21.1°C15/02/1963
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