Welcome to the Extreme Weather Sourcebook
Economic & Other Societal Impacts Related to
Hurricanes, Floods, Tornadoes, Lightning, & Other Weather Phenomena
Lightning
| Rank |
State |
Fatalities per million people per year |
| 1 |
New Mexico |
1.88 |
| 2 |
Wyoming |
1.47 |
| 3 |
Arkansas |
1.46 |
| 4 |
Florida |
1.10 |
| 5 (tie) |
Colorado |
1.04 |
| 5 (tie) |
Mississippi |
1.04 |
| 6 |
Oklahoma |
0.88 |
| 7 |
North Carolina |
0.84 |
| 8 |
Louisiana |
0.83 |
| 9 (tie) |
South Dakota |
0.81 |
| 9 (tie) |
Tennessee |
0.81 |
| 10 |
Maryland |
0.80 |
| 11 |
South Carolina |
0.78 |
| 12 |
Vermont |
0.76 |
| 13 (tie) |
Montana |
0.75 |
| 13 (tie) |
Nebraska |
0.75 |
| 14 (tie) |
Delaware |
0.74 |
| 14 (tie) |
Utah |
0.74 |
| 15 |
Arizona |
0.69 |
| 16 (tie) |
Idaho |
0.67 |
| 16 (tie) |
Kansas |
0.67 |
| 16 (tie) |
Kentucky |
0.67 |
| 17 (tie) |
Alabama |
0.64 |
| 17 (tie) |
Iowa |
0.64 |
| 18 |
Maine |
0.57 |
| 19 |
North Dakota |
0.48 |
| 20 |
Missouri |
0.46 |
| 21 |
Georgia |
0.44 |
| 22 |
Indiana |
0.39 |
| 23 |
Minnesota |
0.38 |
| 24 |
Puerto Rico |
0.36 |
| 25 |
Texas |
0.35 |
| 26 (tie) |
West Virginia |
0.30 |
| 26 (tie) |
Ohio |
0.30 |
| 27 (tie) |
Michigan |
0.28 |
| 27 (tie) |
Virginia |
0.28 |
| 27 (tie) |
Wisconsin |
0.28 |
| 28 (tie) |
New Hampshire |
0.26 |
| 28 (tie) |
Pennsylvania |
0.26 |
| 29 |
Nevada |
0.24 |
| 30 |
New Jersey |
0.22 |
| 31 |
Illinois |
0.21 |
| 32 (tie) |
D.C. |
0.20 |
| 32 (tie) |
New York |
0.20 |
| 33 (tie) |
Connecticut |
0.12 |
| 33 (tie) |
Massachusetts |
0.12 |
| 33 (tie) |
Rhode Island |
0.12 |
| 34 |
Oregon |
0.08 |
| 35 |
California |
0.03 |
| 36 |
Washington |
0.02 |
| 37 (tie) |
Alaska |
0 |
| 37 (tie) |
Hawaii |
0 |
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