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Table 6 Number of strokes per strike and percent of strikes by polarity in California, 1997 through 2000.

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

Strokes

Positive

Negative

Strikes

%

Strikes

%

1

21 541

93.5

187 073

57.2

2

1 232

5.3

71 394

21.8

3

177

0.8

33 859

10.4

4

48

0.2

16 980

5.2

5

24

0.1

8 614

2.6

6

6

0.0

4 560

1.4

7

5

0.0

2 315

0.7

8

2

0.0

1 189

0.4

9

0

0.0

618

0.2

10

1

0.0

91

0.0

11

0

0.0

61

0.0

12

0

0.0

26

0.0

13

0

0.0

16

0.0

14

0

0.0

7

0.0

15

0

0.0

6

0.0

Total

23 036

100.0

326 811

100.0