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There were 29 fatalities in 19 states in 2010
Alabama and Georgia numbered three lightning deaths

No.

Date

Day

ST

City

Age

Sex

Location

Activity

Victim

1

5/1 Sat IN New Haven 18 M In yard Sheltering under tree James Bryan Mitchell

2

5/8 Sat CT Bridgeport 29 M On jetty fishing Headed to shore Romeo Briscol
3 5/30 Sun LA Baton Rouge 8 M In yard near tree Family gathering Evan Elwood
4 5/31 Mon OH Clairsville 33 M Prison yard Headed to building Dalin Anderson
5 6/4 Fri NC Madison Cty 25 F Near mountain top Hiking Bethany Lott
6 6/12 Sat CO Chaffee Cty 53 M Highway Riding motorcycle William Carr
7 6/15 Tue MO Jennings 34 F Under tree Delivering mail Christina Jones
8 6/15 Tue NC Graham 19 M Under tree Had been playing soccer Horacio Alejo-Ascensio
9 6/20 Sun WY Meeteese 70 M Open hilltop Getting better cell phone reception Robert Jesse Gurney
10 6/24 Thu TX Stowell 37 M On Boat Crabbing Charles Franklin Weaver Jr.
11 6/29 Tue GA McDonough 14 M Outside home Sheltering under tree Eric Jarrell West
12 7/10 Sat AZ Tucson 53 M Golf course Golfing Francisco Juarez
13 7/11 Sun WY Sheridan Cty 63 M In mountains Running David Westlake
14 7/13 Tue GA Austell 16 F Outside apartment Sheltering under tree Chaquille Hunter
15 7/13 Tue GA Austell 14 F Under tree Walking home Theresa Seabrum
16 7/19 Mon NJ Middletown 49 M Under tree Watching house fire Anthony Forte
17 7/25 Sun AL New Hope 15 F In Lake Swimming Elizabeth Montalvo
18 7/25 Sun FL St. Joe Beach 40 M Beach Walking David Eugene Lee
19 7/25 Sun MD Rockville 48 M Near Tree Community gathering Carl Henn
20 7/25 Sun MD Annapolis 63 M On bay Jet Skiing Warren Douglas Smith
21 7/27 Tue KY Ft. Knox 18 F Military Field Seeking shelter Carmela Kirkland
22 7/28 Wed IL Pontiac 57 M On road Biking Ted Lambert
23 8/5 Thu KY Russelville 16 F Open field Digging potatoes Mary Ella Leid
24 8/5 Thu MA Castle Island 50 M   Walking Stephen O’Brien
25 8/7 Sat AL Bay Minette 34 M On river Boating Brian A. Pack
26 8/10 Tue ID Salmon 37 M On horse Herding cattle Michael Haslett
27 9/8 Wed MA Plymouth 29 M Under Tree Unknown Michael Pasakarnis
28 9/9 Thu TX Porter 21 M Soccer Field Coaching soccer Franco Emmanuel Olascoaga
29 10/24 Sun AL Barton 41 M Coal Barge Assembling barges Warren Mullens

 

Lightning Fatalities for 2010 by State

 

2010 Lightning Fatality Demographics

State
Gender
Age
Day Of Week
By Month
AL 3 Mal 22 (76%) 0- 9 1 (3%) Sun 8 (28%)   10
09
08
07
06 
Norm*
AZ 1 Fem 7 (24%) 10-19 8 (28%) Mon 2 (7%) Jan 0
0
1
0
1
0
CO 1   20-29 4 (14%) Tue 7 (24%) Feb 0
0
1
0
0
0
CT
1
  30-39 5 (17%) Wed 2 (7%) Mar 0
1
0
1
0
1
FL 1   40-49 4 (14%) Thu 4 (14%) Apr 0
1
0
1
3
3
GA 3   50-59 4 (14%) Fri 1 (3%) May 4
2
2
5
5
6
ID 1   60-69 2 (7%) Sat 5 (17%) Jun 7
12
10
14
10
12
IL 1   70-79 1 (3%)     Jul 11
11
14
10
16
17
IN
1
  80-89 0 (0%)     Aug 4
3
0
9
7
12
KY 2           Sep 2
4
1
5
4
5
LA 1           Oct 1
1
0
2
2
1
MA 2           Nov    
0
0
0
0
MD 2           Dec    
0
0
0
0
MO 1           Year 29*
35
29
47
48
57
NC 2                        
NJ 1                        
OH 1                        
TX 2                        
WY 2                        
Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. * - Known Fatalities to date

Note: Monthly normals are based on the 30-year average of 57 deaths per year (1980-2009) multiplied by the average monthly percentage of annual deaths from 1959-1994 as documented in NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS SR-193 with Dec 1961 plane crash fatalities removed from the data.

Fatality statistics for past years