Thunder facts

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On average, we have thunderstorms 10 days a year in Denmark.

Each year, Denmark is struck by lightning some 40,000 to 1,000,000 times.

One of the most severe thunderstorms in Denmark so far was on June 29, 1994, where 1,000,000 strokes of lightning were registered. That is, approximately the same amount of lightning that is usually registered during a 12 month period.

On average, the earth is struck by lightning 100 times per second.

Certain regions in Africa experience thunderstorms 180 days a year on average.

In Denmark, Southern Jutland experience more thunderstorms than any other region in the country.

Differences in voltage may be up to many millions volts and the intensity of the electricity may be several hundred thousand amperes.

Lightning typically has a temperature of about 30,000 degrees centigrade (five times hotter than the surface of the sun!)

Thursday is named after the old Nordic god, Thor, of whom the legend tells that he made thunder when traveling across the skies in his chariot pulled by male goats. They would run so fast that their hooves created sparks and the rumble of the chariot would sound like thunder.

Statistics show that on average one Dane dies each year as a result of lightning.

You can count the seconds from you see the lightning until you hear the thunder if you want to know how the distance between yourself and the lightning. Three seconds corresponds to one kilometer.