What USA city has the most thunderstorms?

[mister__mister]

I currently live in Santa Fe, NM and I love thunderstorms! I'm considering moving to another state but don't want to be somewhere which doesn't have any intense thunderstorms like we do here in the summertime. Do you know what USA city has the most thunderstorms?

[feederband]

Any where in Florida...

[mister__mister]

Are there any other places besides Florida?

[Category 5]

Tampa has more lightning strikes then anywhere else in the world.

[mister__mister]

thanks for the info. does anyone know any other states/cities besides Florida that receive a lot of thunderstorms? (i don't know if i would move to florida )

[southerngale]

We have a lot here in Southeast Texas. If it's thunderstorms you're looking for, you won't be disappointed.


Btw, where are you now?

[mister__mister]

im in santa fe, nm. the summertime here is always a blast getting to enjoy the brief but intense thunderstorms.

hmm, is there anywhere on the west coast maybe that get's a lot of storms?

[Taffy]

What is wrong with Florida?

[Dionne]

What is wrong with Florida?

Crime, drugs, coastal population density, hurricanes, traffic.....should I continue?

mister_mister......if you really like storms....move to Sitka, Alaska.....they get some unreal storms rolling in off the north Pacific.

[JonathanBelles]

What is wrong with Florida?

Crime, drugs, coastal population density, hurricanes, traffic.....should I continue?

mister_mister......if you really like storms....move to Sitka, Alaska.....they get some unreal storms rolling in off the north Pacific.

We arent the only ones with all of that. Orlando and St. Pete also get a lot of thunderstorms

[jinftl]

You've got to be kidding....think Florida is the only place that has crime problems....let's not turn this into a political site!

No Florida city is in the top crime cities for 2007 by the way....although Coral Springs, FL is the 10th safest city in America...

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0921299.html

[mister__mister]

mister_mister......if you really like storms....move to Sitka, Alaska.....they get some unreal storms rolling in off the north Pacific.

thanks for the info, but wow, that's really in the middle of nowhere!
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Sitka,+Alaska&ie=UTF8&ll=57.047547,-135.333366&spn=0.059573,0.160675&z=13&om=1

does anyone know of a decent sized city that gets thunderstorms but doesn't have too much humidity? or is too tall of a meteorologic order?

[jinftl]

Maybe where you are now...Santa Fe

[WindRunner]

I was thinking Phoenix myself . . .

[Aslkahuna]

No, not Phoenix. In Arizona the best places for boomers are Tucson and Sierra Vista-the former is renowned as the Lightning Photography Capital of the World and the latter sits next to the Huachuca Mountains which is a Spanish transliteration of a Native phrase meaning "Place of Thunder". Both places are a relatively short drive from the NW end of the Huachucas and the San Rafael Valley which have some of the most intense Summer thunderstorms anywhere in the US (up to and including tornadoes). For Tucson, the areas on the East Side around Vail, the NW side around Oro Valley and west out towards Marana and Sells get some hellacious storms with downtown getting them less frequently (though the UofA did have gusts as high 75 mph in storms this year). For Sierra Vista, the areas around Hereford and Palominas to our south and Whetsone to our north get blitzed frequently. Cochise County as a whole is the core of the Summer monsoon of the SW US.

Steve

[tropicana]

In Canada, the city with the most thunderstorms per year is Windsor Ontario (southern-most city in Canada, located directly south of Detroit, just separated from that city by the Detroit River).

[chadtm80]

Tampa has more lightning strikes then anywhere else in the world.

Florida as a whole is lightning capital of the USA.. but NOT the world

[artist]

chad - I know this is off topic but when did you change your avitar?? Laughing here! lol

[Dionne]

You've got to be kidding....think Florida is the only place that has crime problems....let's not turn this into a political site!

No Florida city is in the top crime cities for 2007 by the way....although Coral Springs, FL is the 10th safest city in America...

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0921299.html

Your right about Coral Springs.....I am pleasantly surprised. To bad only the rich get to reside there.

Now travel just a little south to Miami....the sex offender ratio is 262-1. The crime index is 725.7 compared to the national average of 325.2.

[mister__mister]

Cochise County as a whole is the core of the Summer monsoon of the SW US.

great info steve! ill definitely have to mark it as a place to check out,.

We have a lot here in Southeast Texas. If it's thunderstorms you're looking for, you won't be disappointed.

how about houston, texas? seeing that it never freezes there, do they get good thunderstorms ALL year around?