U.S. Lightning Deaths in 2015: 28 |
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No. |
Date |
Day |
ST |
City |
Age |
Sex |
Location |
Activity |
Victim |
| 1 | 4/9 | Thu | NC | Anderson Creek | 56 | F | Under tree, near home | Walking dogs | Frankie Roberts |
| 2 | 4/9 | Thu | NC | Cary | 28 | M | Parking Lot | Waiting for friend | Steven Bryan |
| 3 | 5/4 | Mon | IA | Moscow | 35 | M | On horse | Rounding up cattle | William Clevenger |
| 4 | 5/13 | Wed | FL | Bonita Springs | 36 | M | Roof | Roofing | Rigoberto Diaz-Segura |
| 5 | 5/15 | Fri | NM | Carrizozo | 40 | F | Road | Riding on Motorcycle | Kalina Jinzo |
| 6 | 5/21 | Thu | TX | Port Lavaca | 56 | M | Outside store | Jesus Herrera Alvarez | |
| 7 | 6/1 | Mon | WV | Fayette County | 17 | M | Near tree | Fishing | Jacob Neff |
| 8 | 6/13 | Sat | AR | Benton County | 22 | M | Boat on lake | Fishing | Connor Clayman |
| 9 | 6/19 | Fri | FL | Largo | 81 | M | Near home | Walking | Jay Freres |
| 10 | 6/20 | Sat | IA | Palo | 42 | F | Campground | Camping | Rebecca McCarty |
| 11 | 6/23 | Tue | AL | Opp | 42 | M | Outside home near tree | Covering chickens | Miguel Belnar |
| 12 | 6/23 | Tue | AL | Opp | 45 | F | Outside home near tree | Covering chickens | Sharon G. Fletcher |
| 13 | 6/26 | Fri | FL | Port Orange | 26 | M | Rooftop of home | Working on roof | Steven Lee Gang |
| 14 | 6/26 | Fri | MO | Seymour | 30 | M | In field | Cultivating field | Samuel H.K. Beechy |
| 15 | 6/27 | Sat | AZ | Forest Lakes | 24 | F | Under tree | Hiking | Christine Garcia |
| 16 | 6/27 | Sat | SC | Columbia | 52 | F | Airport tarmac | Deplaning | Sonya Dockett |
| 17 | 6/30 | Tue | AZ | Benson | 32 | M | Walking | Alvaro Montoya | |
| 18 | 7/5 | Sun | AL | Fort Morgan | 12 | F | Beach | Volleyball | Megan Nickell |
| 19 | 7/12 | Sun | SD | Spearfish | 21 | M | Disc golf course | Disc golf | Gage McSpadden |
| 20 | 7/17 | Fri | CO | Mt. Yale | 31 | F | Mountains | Hiking | Kathleen Bartlett |
| 21 | 7/18 | Sat | CA | Bakersfield | 62 | M | Under tree near house | Checking on home | Stephen Ermigarat |
| 22 | 7/23 | Thu | AL | Autauga County | 73 | F | Under tree near home | Picking blueberries | Sonya J. Jones |
| 23 | 8/1 | Sat | NM | Rio Arriba County | 37 | M | Highway | Riding motorcycle | Juan Trujillo |
| 24 | 8/8 | Sat | FL | Miami-Dade | 54 | M | Near park | Walking to vehicle | Jean Golbert Jean-Pierre |
| 25 | 8/20 | Thu | FL | Jacksonville | 56 | F | In car | In car driving, hit by tree | Barbara M. Pearson |
| 26 | 8/30 | Sun | UT | Lehi | 50 | F | Near tree | Family picnic | Carla Grow |
| 27 | 9/13 | Sun | AZ | Grand Canyon | 21 | M | Trail | Hiking | Jonathan Crowden |
| 28 | 9/25 | Fri | TX | San Antonio | 50 | M | Unfinished home | Installing decking | ? |
2015 Lightning Fatality Demographics |
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State
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Gender
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Age
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Day Of Week
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By Month
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| AL | 4 | M | 17 (61%) | 0-9 | 0 (0%) | Sun | 4 (15%) | 2015 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 |
09
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08
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07
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06
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Norm*
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| AR | 1 | F | 11 (39%) | 10-19 | 2 (7%) | Mon | 2 (7%) | Jan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0
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1
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0
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1
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0
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| AZ | 3 | 20-29 | 6 (21%) | Tue | 3 (11%) | Feb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0
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1
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0
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0
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0
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| CA | 1 | 30-39 | 6 (21%) | Wed | 1 (4%) | Mar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1
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0
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1
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0
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0
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| CO | 1 | 40-49 | 4 (14%) | Thu | 5 (19%) | Apr | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1
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0
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1
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3
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1
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| FL | 5 | 50-59 | 7 (25%) | Fri | 6 (21%) | May | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
2
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2
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5
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5
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3
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| IA | 2 | 60-69 | 1 (4%) | Sat | 7 (26%) | Jun | 11 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
12
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10
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14 |
10
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7
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| MO | 1 | 70-79 | 1 (4%) | Jul | 5 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 11 |
11
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14
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10
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16
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10
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| NC | 2 | 80-89 | 1 (4%) | Aug | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
3
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0
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9
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7
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5
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| NM | 2 | Sep | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
4
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1
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5
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4
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3
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| SC | 1 | Oct | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
1
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0
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2
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2
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1
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| SD | 1 | Nov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0
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0
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0
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0
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| TX | 2 | Dec | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0
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0
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0
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0
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| UT | 1 | Year | 28 | 26 | 23 | 29 | 26 | 29 |
35
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29
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47
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48
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31*
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| WV | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| *Due to rounding, numbers do add up to total or 100 percent. | ** Known Fatalities to date | ||||||||||||||||||
Note: Monthly normals are based on the 30-year average of 49 deaths per year (1985-2014) 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.
