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There was not one thunderstorm in the years I lived in the PNW or the years I lived in Austin TX, it is more complicated than how far north you are. There was a
by ofalkaed 1y ago
There was not one thunderstorm in the years I lived in the PNW or the years I lived in Austin TX, it is more complicated than how far north you are. There was a very good thunderstorm during my vacation in Alaska a few years ago but I have no idea how common they are there, no one remarked on it being a rare occurrence, just that it was a good storm.
- duck 1y agoVery rare in the PNW (or at least Washington) and Alaska. Thankful for that as the chances of a fire starting from them seems high. Last summer we only had one lighting "storm" which had a total two lighting strikes and one of them started a fire.
- drcongo 1y agoI spend just one week per year in Austin and I've seen several there so I always assumed they were common. It's either me or my timing!
- apercu 1y ago> Austin TX Strange, in Dallas, where I grew up, we had severe thunderstorms every spring. I suppose Austin is further south, on a plateau and hillier, and not really a part of the Great Plains?
- vel0city 1y agoI don't exactly have solid data on it, but from what I've seen the big thunderstorms of Dallas don't often get further South than like Waco. Even Dallas seems to miss a lot of the big storm fronts or only get hit by the tail of them.