U.S. Lightning Deaths in 2016: 40 |
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No. |
Date |
Day |
ST |
City |
Age |
Sex |
Location |
Activity |
Victim |
| 1 | 3/18 | Fri | LA | Larose | 28 | F | In tent | Attending music festival | Jacqui Stavis |
| 2 | 3/25 | Fri | FL | Hobe Sound | 41 | M | Grassy field | Family picnic | Farooq Mohammad |
| 3 | 4/15 | Fri | FL | Boynton Beach | 23 | M | Near tree | Working in yard | Bechelet Joseph |
| 4 | 4/21 | Thu | TX | Houston | 55 | M | Roof | Installing AC unit | ? |
| 5 | 4/27 | Wed | MS | Mantachie | 37 | M | Outside barn | Riding horse | Tim Edge |
| 6 | 4/27 | Wed | LA | Slidell | 36 | M | Construction site | Working | Elvin Arturo Castro-Santiago |
| 7 | 5/28 | Sat | FL | Naples | 32 | M | Roofing, getting nail gun | Working | Juan Carlos Vazquez Cadena |
| 8 | 6/13 | Mon | FL | Manatee County | 47 | M | Farm | Loading truck | Fleuridor Kercizan |
| 9 | 6/24 | Fri | FL | Daytona Beach | 33 | F | Beach | Standing in water | Janika Gardner |
| 10 | 6/25 | Sat | MO | Festus | 72 | M | Yard | Standing with dog | Daniel Kennedy |
| 11 | 6/27 | Mon | MS | Lumberton | 24 | M | Yard | Standing | Thomas Whorton, III |
| 12 | 7/10 | Sun | LA | Pineville | 45 | M | Parking lot | Walking to car | Scotty Rosier |
| 14 | 7/14 | Thu | TN | Dover | 65 | F | Under tree | Camping | Franceen Crowl |
| 14 | 7/14 | Thu | LA | Baton Rouge | 70 | M | Sheltering under tree | Roofing | Jose Humberto Vasconcelos |
| 15 | 7/14 | Thu | AL | Redstone Arsenal | 19 | M | Outside building | Outdoor Maintenance | Jacob York |
| 16 | 7/14 | Thu | VA | Bedford County | 23 | M | Along roadway | Walking | Robert Miller |
| 17 | 7/16 | Sat | NC | Yancey County | 54 | M | Putting on rain gear | Riding Motorcycle | Scott Pasour |
| 18 | 7/19 | Tue | CO | Arvada | 23 | M | Sheltering under tree | Golfing | Peter Hawkes |
| 19 | 7/19 | Tue | AL | Lawrence County | 20 | M | In yard under tree | Watching storm | Hunter Blankenship |
| 20 | 7/20 | Wed | AZ | Coconino County | 17 | M | Near mountain top | Hiking | Wade Young |
| 21 | 7/22 | Fri | UT | Flaming Gorge Reservoir | 14 | F | On reservoir | Riding jetski | Brooklyn Reynolds |
| 22 | 7/25 | Mon | FL | Bonita Springs | 29 | M | Lanai (6th floor) | Construction | Salomon Garcia-Martinez |
| 23 | 7/31 | Sun | NC | Currituck County | 5 | M | Beach | Walking to vehicle | Stephen Little |
| 24 | 8/5 | Fri | FL | Okaloosa Island | 22 | M | Beach | Attending umbellas | Zachary Fordem |
| 25 | 8/10 | Wed | NY | Batavia | 34 | M | Cemetery | not yet known | Richard Garlock |
| 26 | 8/10 | Wed | NY | Batavia | 32 | F | Cemetery | not yet known | Jenea Macleod |
| 27 | 8/10 | Wed | OH | Coshocton | 8 | M | Outside home | Bringing in horses | Noah Stutzman |
| 28 | 8/12 | Fri | NY | Poughkeepsie | 50 | M | In park under tree | Sheltering from storm | Richard Harbstreet |
| 29 | 8/12 | Fri | NY | Poughkeepsie | 46 | M | In park under tree | Sheltering from storm | Franklyn Mekeel |
| 30 | 8/13 | Sat | PA | Carbon County | 39 | M | Lake at state park | Swimming | Jose Lopez-Hernandez |
| 31 | 8/14 | Sun | FL | Charlotte County | 22 | M | Inter-coastal waterway | Jet skiing | William Coty Steffanni |
| 32 | 8/19 | Fri | CO | Larimer County | 45 | M | Outside cabin under tree | Standing | Chad Trover |
| 33 | 8/19 | Fri | MI | Presque Isle | 21 | F | Near beach house | Working as Lifeguard | Alyson Knenlein |
| 34 | 8/26 | Fri | FL | Sarasota | 50 | F | In park | Sheltering under gazebo | Fontella Span |
| 35 | 8/26 | Fri | MS | Granada | 51 | F | At lake | Searching for arrowheads | Donna Hendrix |
| 36 | 8/28 | Sun | TX | Slaton | 23 | M | In park by lake | Walking | Gabriel Ramos |
| 37 | 9/6 | Tue | MI | Manistee County | 71 | M | Trail | Hiking | Steven Olson |
| 38 | 9/6 | Tue | WI | Minocqua | 66 | M | Outside Home | Walking dog | Bryan Jennings |
| 39 | 9/25 | Sun | TX | Austin | 37 | F | Hiking trail | Hiking | Michelle Ann Wolfe |
| 40 | 12/13 | Tue | FL | Molino | 43 | M | Outside home | Walking to vehicle | Christopher Neidlinger |
2016 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 | 2 | M | 31 (77%) | 0-9 | 2 (5%) | Sun | 5 (13%) | 2016 | 15 | 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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10 Yr Avg
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| AZ | 1 | F | 9 (23%) | 10-19 | 4 (10%) | Mon | 3 (8%) | Jan | 0 | 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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| CO | 2 | 20-29 | 10 (28%) | Tue | 5 (13%) | Feb | 0 | 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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| FL | 10 | 30-39 | 7 (18%) | Wed | 6 (15%) | Mar | 2 | 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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| LA | 4 | 40-49 | 6 (15%) | Thu | 4 (13%) | Apr | 4 | 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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| MI | 2 | 50-59 | 4 (13%) | Fri | 12 (30%) | May | 1 | 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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| MO | 1 | 60-69 | 2 (5%) | Sat | 4 (10%) | Jun | 4 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
12
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10
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14
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10
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7
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| MS | 3 | 70-79 | 3 (8%) | Jul | 12 | 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 | 0 (0%) | Aug | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 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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| NY | 4 | Sep | 3 | 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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| OH | 1 | Oct | 0 | 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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| PA | 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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0
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| TN | 1 | Dec | 1** | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0
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0
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0
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0
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| TX | 3 | Year | 40** | 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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| UT | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| VA | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| WI | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| *Due to rounding, percentages may not add up to 100 percent. | ** Known Fatalities to date | |||||||||||||||||||
| Note: Monthly averages are based on a 10-year average from 2006 to 2015. Due to rounding, the sum of the monthly averages may not equal the yearly average | ||||||||||||||||||||
