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Table 1 Number of lightning strikes by year and bioregion in California, 1985 through 2000.

From: Temporal and Spatial Distribution of Lightning Strikes in California in Relation to Large-Scale Weather Patterns

Year

North Coast

Klamath Mountains

Cascade Range

Northeast Plateaus

Sierra Nevada

Central Valley

Central Coast

South Coast

Southeast Deserts

Total

1985

327

3 800

1 070

2 345

8 323

832

274

1 270

13 409

31 650

1986

412

1 972

3 609

5 554

10 438

1 504

332

2 317

27 352

53 490

1987

539

1 550

2 788

4 241

12 963

2 705

645

4 551

26 880

56 862

1988

517

1 692

4 326

7 432

24 435

3 863

3 993

4 610

56 739

107 607

1989

3 049

2 080

3 095

2 622

16 554

6 355

845

1 286

23 169

59 055

1990

2 193

5 331

6 586

6 445

21 594

2 405

2 110

4 405

33 563

84 632

1991

578

4 069

5 680

6 736

14 262

1 589

1 670

4 676

27 476

66 736

1992

1 237

5 944

6 206

5 614

15 585

1 385

698

6 999

35 912

79 580

1993

350

1 437

1 796

2 715

3 431

1 184

195

1 575

8 985

21 668

1994

471

2 341

2 901

4 064

6 407

1 550

703

2 577

13 439

34 453

1995

614

2 626

2 566

1 985

6 399

1 048

221

1 691

9 094

26 244

1996

287

2 759

3 486

4 936

9 668

880

241

1 424

10 726

34 407

1997

1 175

2 663

5 744

5 375

13 186

2 413

1 452

4 373

33 155

69 536

1998

1 761

3 311

4 897

7 848

19 465

3 771

1 814

10 553

62 153

115 573

1999

1 546

1 782

2 236

3 025

13 029

2 281

2 815

9 512

62 674

98 900

2000

474

2 830

1 574

2 250

14 538

1 423

256

6 546

35 947

65 838

Total

15 530

46 187

58 560

73 187

210 277

35 188

18 264

68 365

480 673

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