# Lightning Strike Data from Station Observation API Call

**URL:** <https://community.tempest.earth/t/lightning-strike-data-from-station-observation-api-call/3980>\
**Category:** Developers\
**Created:** [July 28, 2019, 1:31pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/lightning-strike-data-from-station-observation-api-call/3980 "2019-07-28T13:31:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![jay.m.basen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@jay.m.basen](https://community.tempest.earth/u/jay.m.basen)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2019, 1:31pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/lightning-strike-data-from-station-observation-api-call/3980/1 "2019-07-28T13:31:20Z")

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I searched through the forum but couldn’t find this information.

1. It is obvious what the time frame of data in lightning\_strike\_count\_last\_3hr data element is. Can someone please explain what the time frame of the data is in the lightning\_strike\_count data element?

2. What is the format of lightning\_strike\_last\_distance? I’m guessing it is km but I want to make sure because even though units\_temp on my station is set to “f” I still have to convert the data from centigrade to fahrenheit. So, I’m expecting that the data for lightning\_strike\_last\_distance is also in metric format and I have to convert it to miles.

Thanks in advance for the help.

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**Author:** ![GaryFunk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/garyfunk/32/5729_2.png) [@GaryFunk](https://community.tempest.earth/u/GaryFunk)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2019, 1:40pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/lightning-strike-data-from-station-observation-api-call/3980/2 "2019-07-28T13:40:33Z")

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Item 1 is the number of strikes durning the last 60 seconds.

Item 2 is kilometers.

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**Author:** ![jay.m.basen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@jay.m.basen](https://community.tempest.earth/u/jay.m.basen)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2019, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/lightning-strike-data-from-station-observation-api-call/3980/3 "2019-07-28T13:51:28Z")

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Thanks Gary! I greatly appreciate the help