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This dataset was first added to MfE Data Service on 16 Oct 2017.
Lightning strikes, 2001–2016
New Zealand's Environment Reporting Series: The Ministry for the Environment and Statistics New Zealand
Lightning is the discharge of electricity from thunderstorms and can occur within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the ground. By international standards, lightning does not occur frequently around New Zealand. However, ground strikes can injure or kill people and livestock, damage property and infrastructure, and, although rarely in New Zealand, spark forest fires. Thunderstorms are often associated with other severe weather events, such as strong wind gusts and hail. Thunderstorms may increase in frequency and intensity with climate change.
More information on this dataset and how it relates to our environmental reporting indicators and topics can be found in the attached data quality pdf.
MetService courtesy of Transpower New Zealand Limited
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2001–2016; national
https://data.mfe.govt.nz/table/89470-lightning-strikes-20012016/
AC17/087
Dataset
eng-nz
climate, extreme weather, Environmental reporting series: Our atmosphere and climate 2017