# Tempest lightning detection

**URL:** <https://community.tempest.earth/t/tempest-lightning-detection/9002>\
**Category:** Tempest Owners\
**Tags:** lightning, tempest\
**Created:** [August 29, 2020, 8:49am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/tempest-lightning-detection/9002 "2020-08-29T08:49:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![hgroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f8ce5/32.png) [@hgroth](https://community.tempest.earth/u/hgroth)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 8:49am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/tempest-lightning-detection/9002/1 "2020-08-29T08:49:17Z")

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After using the Tempest for about a month we finally got some less than sunny weather  
with rain and storms in the forecast. Without any thunderstorms noticeable, the  
lightning strike count is going off constantly. In the last 3 hrs it shows more than 4500  
lightning strikes some as close as 1- 5 miles and I have not seen anything nor did I hear  
any thunder.

 ![Tempest](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/sws/original/2X/3/3c876b1a1f94cdcce07904703feb724d7d8d6588.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![sunny](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/sunny/32/16368_2.png) [@sunny](https://community.tempest.earth/u/sunny)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 9:20am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/tempest-lightning-detection/9002/2 "2020-08-29T09:20:58Z")

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compare it with something like [https://map.blitzortung.org/#1/24.8/8](https://map.blitzortung.org/#1/24.8/8).  
Blitzortnung doesn’t show as much strikes as tempest cloud data, but at least it should tell you if there is lighning in your area.

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**Author:** ![hgroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f8ce5/32.png) [@hgroth](https://community.tempest.earth/u/hgroth)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 9:32am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/tempest-lightning-detection/9002/3 "2020-08-29T09:32:40Z")

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Great site thanks, it just started here with thunderstorms in the last 5 minutes, but  
Tempest shows over 7000 strikes within the last 3 hrs, while there was nothing  
going on.

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**Author:** ![sunny](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/sunny/32/16368_2.png) [@sunny](https://community.tempest.earth/u/sunny)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 11:20am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/tempest-lightning-detection/9002/4 "2020-08-29T11:20:33Z")

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can you share your data publicly so we can have a look?