At any particular time, there are approximately 1,800 thunderstorms occurring in the Earth's atmosphere.
A stroke of lightning discharges from 10 to 100 million volts of electricity.
A bolt of lightning is about 54,000 degrees Fahrenheit; six times hotter than the Sun.
The most rain to fall in a single 24-hour period is 74 inches on the island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean on March 16, 1952.
The amount of water held in the atmosphere at any time is sufficient to produce about 1 inch of rain over the surface of the earth.
-hightechscience.org and gungahlinweather.com
