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  2. Meteorologists Confirm Longest Lightning Flash on Record

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    The WMO said the 477.2-mile-long flash broke the previous record for longest detected megaflash distance by about 37 miles (60 km).A second record was also confirmed, for the longest duration of a ...

  3. Longest lightning bolt record: 477 miles over 3 states

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    A bolt of lightning that stretched nearly 500 miles across three U.S. states is the new world record holder for longest flash. The single flash extended 477.2 miles (768 kilometers) across Texas ...

  4. World record for longest lightning flash confirmed in the US

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    Along the Gulf Coast in April of 2020, a flash of lightning stretched as far as the distance between New York City and Columbus, Ohio. World record for longest lightning flash confirmed in the US ...

  5. List of weather records - Wikipedia

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    Fastest ever recorded: ... Longest duration for a single lightning flash: 17.1 seconds on 18 June 2020 in Uruguay and northern Argentina. [326] Ultraviolet index

  6. Weather of 2020 - Wikipedia

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    January 2020 had an average global surface land and water temperature of 55.65 °F (13.14 °C), which was 2.05°F (1.14°C) above the 20th century average. This made January 2020 the warmest January on record, surpassing 2016 by 0.04°F (0.02°C). The month's departure from the average was the fourth highest of any month ever recorded.

  7. Lightning strike - Wikipedia

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    The flash of a lightning strike and resulting thunder occur at roughly the same time. But light travels 300,000 km/sec, almost a million times the speed of sound. Sound travels at the slower speed of about 340 m/sec (depending on the temperature), so the flash of lightning is seen before thunder is heard. A method to determine the distance ...

  8. 477-mile lightning bolt across Texas, Louisiana and ...

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    The flash covered a horizontal stretch equivalent to the distance between New York City and Columbus, Ohio. 477-mile lightning bolt across Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi sets new world record ...

  9. Roy Sullivan - Wikipedia

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    Between 1942 And 1977, Sullivan was claimed to have been struck by lightning on seven occasions, surviving all of them. For this reason, he gained the nicknames "Human Lightning Conductor" and "Human Lightning Rod". Sullivan is recognized by Guinness World Records as the person struck by lightning more recorded times than any other human being ...