LightningTracker: Global Lightning Data at Your Fingertips

From the strike happening right now to every strike that came before.

Real-time and historical lightning strike data, delivered through an API that takes minutes to integrate.

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Comprehensive Lightning Service

Lightning Detection service provides both live and historical information about lightning strikes worldwide.

Every record carries the exact time, location, detection quality, and location accuracy of a single strike, so your teams can act on storm activity while it is still developing.

It is widely used for operational safety, infrastructure protection, and weather-related risk management.

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Live Lightning Streaming
Every detected strike, pushed to you the instant it happens. A single always-on connection keeps your teams watching the storm as it develops, not catching up with it
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Historical Database
Leverage our comprehensive lightning archive with data spanning several years, perfect for trend analysis and forecasting.
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Lightning Data, End to End

The capabilities behind both the live stream and the historical archive.

Global coverage
Monitor lightning activity anywhere in the world, from remote locations to urban centers, with our high-precision detection network
Every coordinate on Earth : full ±90°, ±180° reach, including the places a sensor can't go.
Coverage arrives with the API key.
Complete data capture
The record that drives a live alert is the same record the archive returns months later.
The stream is unfiltered by design: every lightning the network detects goes out as it happens.
A complete archive for claims verification - every lightning since June 2023, risk modelling and trend analysis.
Seamless integration
Access data through our API, maps or as a live stream for your business, making it easy to integrate into your existing workflow.
Time, location, confidence and accuracy - everything an alert needs, ready to use without cleanup.
Live and historical return identical records. Integrated once, used across both.

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Who Can Benefit?

Energy & Utilities
Lightning strikes are a major cause of power outages and damage to electrical infrastructure such as substations, transformers, and transmission lines. Lightning detection data helps utilities monitor thunderstorm activity in real time and assess risks to the grid. Historical lightning records also support infrastructure planning, reliability analysis, and investigation of weather-related outages.
Insurance & Risk Assessment
Lightning data helps insurers evaluate weather-related damage claims with greater accuracy. Historical lightning records allow companies to verify whether lightning activity occurred at a specific location and time, providing objective evidence during claim assessment. The data can also support risk modelling and underwriting processes.
Telecommunications
Telecommunication towers, antennas, and related infrastructure are highly exposed to lightning strikes. Real-time lightning monitoring helps operators track nearby storm activity and anticipate potential service disruptions. Historical data can also support infrastructure planning and network reliability analysis.
Construction & Infrastructure
Construction sites often involve exposed environments and tall structures that increase lightning risk for workers. Lightning detection data enables site managers to monitor storm activity and respond quickly to hazardous conditions. This supports safer operations and better planning during severe weather.
Sports & Outdoor Events
Lightning poses a serious safety risk during outdoor events and large gatherings. Real-time lightning detection allows organisers to monitor approaching storms and issue timely safety alerts. This helps event managers make informed decisions about delays, evacuations, or event suspension to protect participants and spectators.

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