Nova Scotia saw the most lightning ever recorded in the province in the month of July, and almost all of it came from a single weather event.
The latest climate report from Environment Canada shows 26,194 lightning strikes were recorded in Nova Scotia in July.
A massive, lingering storm sparked 23,008 of those strikes between July 21 and 22 when record rainfall led to the deaths of four people and brought historic flooding to the province.
The average number of July lightning strikes in the province is 7,172.
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—@claybears
“Everyone knows how exceptional that [storm] was
