NOAA STORM EVENTS · COMPLETE YEARS 2016–2025HISTORICAL REPORTS, NOT A FORECAST OR RISK SCORE
STORM EVENTLEDGERCOUNTY REPORTS · SEASONALITY · IMPACT
EVENT FILE / 13051MINIMUM 5 REPORTS

CHATHAM · GA

Lightning history

NOAA records coded as Lightning in Chatham during the ten complete years from 2016 through 2025.

Reports23NOAA county-coded rows
Population context7.6per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 300,879
Injuries5direct + indirect fields
Fatalities1direct + indirect fields
Not a probability

23 reports in ten years does not mean a 2.3-event annual forecast. Reporting units, event segmentation, coverage, and local exposure all affect the count.

01 / YEAR-BY-YEAR

How the record changed

20171
20181
20194
20206
20213
20221
20231
20244
20252
03 / RECORDED CONSEQUENCES

Impact fields on these rows

Damage estimates are nominal values as filed by the reporting source and retained by NOAA.

Property damage$2.6Mnot inflation-adjusted
Crop damage$0not inflation-adjusted
First report year2,017within selected window
Latest report year2,025within selected window
04 / RECENT ROW SAMPLE

Latest records in this slice

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DateEvent IDSourceMagnitude / scaleFiled damage
2025-07-11NOAA 1,286,263Emergency Manager$20K
2025-07-11NOAA 1,286,262Emergency Manager$20K
2024-07-26NOAA 1,202,106Emergency Manager$10K
2024-07-26NOAA 1,202,104Emergency Manager$10K
2024-07-26NOAA 1,202,101Emergency Manager$1K
2024-05-14NOAA 1,185,594Emergency Manager$10K
2023-07-17NOAA 1,124,047Broadcast Media$100K
2022-06-09NOAA 1,026,039Emergency Manager$1K
READING THE RECORD

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