Four Corners, Florida Named Lightning Capital of the United States
Central Florida is known as the tourism Mecca of the United States. From Walt Disney World, to Sea World and Universal Studios Orlando, there is never a shortage of things to do in the Orlando area.
Well, just when you think that Central Florida can’t get any more exciting, something shocking happens. Today for example, Four Corners, Florida was named the lightning capital of the United States for 2022!
Located just two miles from Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Four Corners had more lightning incidents then any other location in the country.
The town supplanted Flatonia, Texas as the lightning capital of the country. Last year the small town located halfway between Houston and San Antonio was awarded the honor.
Hurricane Ian
While Florida certainly gets its fair share of lightning, it was actually Texas that was the state which was hit the most this year. Texas was followed by Florida, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Mississippi.
Interestingly enough, Hurricane Ian may have been responsible for pushing Former Corners into the top spot. Meteorologists detected more than 34,000 lightning events associate with the hurricane between September 27 and 28.
The information comes from Vaisala Xweather, an environmental measurement company, who released its annual report for 2022. The company details lightning trends across the country, and how many bolts were observed in each state and town.
A Big Year For Lightning
There were 198,227,289 lightning events observed across the U.S. throughout the year. According to meteorologist Chris Vagasky, this is a trend in the right direction.
“One of the big things is that lightning trends or lightning counts are starting to return towards normal.” Vagasky noted that 2020 and 2021 featured a below-average number of lightning bolts in the United States.
It remains to be seen if Four Corners, or Central Florida will be able to retain their title as the lightning capital of the country, but have no fear. I will be dedicated to following this story and bringing you any updates!
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