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U.S. Lightning Deaths in 2018: 5**

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No.

Date

Day

ST

City

Age

Sex

Location

Activity

Victim
1 2/6 Tue TX Honey Island 22 M Outside Repairing fencing Sebastian Ramos
2 4/7 Sat FL White Springs 23 F Standing near tree under gooseneck of trailer Mud bogging Kourtney Lambert
3 5/16 Wed FL Parkland 53 F Produce farm field Produce farm field Maria Francisco Pascua
4 5/28 Mon TN McKenzie 7 M Under tree Playing Levi Yoder
5 6/8 Fri AR Maumelle 27 M Near tree In yard Construction Tyler Grisham

 

Lightning Fatalities 2018 by State

lightning fatalities by state for 2018, see list below for text equivalent

 

2018 Lightning Fatality Demographics
State
Gender
Age*
Day Of Week*
By Month
AR 1 F 2 (40%) 0-9 1 (20%) Sun 0 (0%)   2018 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10
09
08
10 Yr Avg
FL 2 M 3 (60%) 10-19 0 (0%) Mon 1 (20%) Jan
0
 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
TN 1   20-29 3 (60%) Tue 1 (20%) Feb 1 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
TX 1   30-39 0 (0%) Wed 1 (20%) Mar 0 0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
      40-49 0 (0%) Thu 0 (0%) Apr 1 0
4
2
0
1
2
0
0
1
0
1
      50-59 1 (20%) Fri 1 (20%) May 2 2
1
4
5
5
0
1
4
2
2
3
      60-69 0 (0%) Sat 1 (20%) Jun 1** 2
4
11
3
2
3
5
7
12
10
7
      70-79 0 (0%)     Jul   7
12
5
9
6
13
9
11
11
14
10
      80-89 0 (0%)     Aug   3
13
4
5
4
7
6
4
3
0
5
              Sep   2
3
2
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
              Oct
 
 0
0
 
1
 
1
1
1
1
0
1
              Nov
 
 0
0
 
0
 
 
0
0
0
0
0
              Dec
 
 0
1
 
 
 
 
0
0
0
0
0
              Year 5** 16
40
28
26
23
29
26
29
35
29
28**
*Due to rounding, percentages may not add up to 100 percent. ** Note: Data are considered preliminary. Refer to Storm Data at https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/IPS/sd/sd.html for official data.
Note: Monthly averages are based on a 10-year average from 2007 to 2016. Due to rounding, the sum of the monthly averages may not equal the yearly average.

 

Male_Female fatalties pictogram. See table above for list.

Fatality statistics for past years