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Lightning strikes the Earth 6,000 times every minute
Lightning strikes are electrical discharges on a massive scale between the atmosphere and an earth-bound object. Cloud-to-ground lightning bolts strike the Earth’s surface about 100 times every single second.
Categories : Nature
When lightning strikes it can reach up to 30,000 degrees Celsius (54,000 degrees Fahrenheit)
The temperature of the air around a bolt of lightning is about 54,000 Fahrenheit (30,000 Celsius), which is six times hotter than the surface of the sun.