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I'm quite enjoying my stay here in southern England, but I'm very disappointed that there are no springtime thunderstorms. It's mostly just a couple flashes a lightning, a rumble of thunder here and there, and that's it. And plenty of rain. I'm missing severe thunderstorm/tornado season back home. Which places in Europe (or the British Isles) have high thunderstorm activity in the spring?
Southern Europe, such as Greece, southern Italy and southern Spain, I believe, have the highest frequency of thunderstorms in Europe.
In the UK, Kent and East Anglia have over 14 days of thunder on average. There's been a lot of thunder/lightning in parts of England this spring.. some places have gotten nothing or little though.
Well yes you did come to just about one of the least thundery countries in the world, let alone Europe, so I'm not surprised you aren't happy with what most dumbos here consider a "super epic cool wicked better-than-anything-in-texas super violent thunderstorm", but is actually a weedy boring shower with about 2 minutes of stair-rod rain, one overhead thunderclap, a couple of flashes and then it's over.
The best place in Europe for storms is in the Eastern European countries, and also Northern Italy, around the southern part of the alps. At least, the NASA Google Earth lightning density map indicates such; with these places having by far the most lightning.
Is that so? I'm sure I read somewhere southern Europe has the most thunderstorms, around Greece and also Turkey (not Europe really), but hey, if I'm wrong I'm wrong
I recall reading a weather book somewhere that said that places in Eastern Europe had a lot of thunderstorms in spring, such as Romania, Bulgaria etc. near the Black Sea, but I don't know how much that compares to southern Europe.
I'm quite enjoying my stay here in southern England, but I'm very disappointed that there are no springtime thunderstorms. It's mostly just a couple flashes a lightning, a rumble of thunder here and there, and that's it. And plenty of rain. I'm missing severe thunderstorm/tornado season back home. Which places in Europe (or the British Isles) have high thunderstorm activity in the spring?
As far as I'm aware, there hasn't really been any thunderstorms in your area.
Here we got some rumbles of thunder back in March, but that's it.
Is that so? I'm sure I read somewhere southern Europe has the most thunderstorms, around Greece and also Turkey (not Europe really), but hey, if I'm wrong I'm wrong
Going by lightning density, the most lightning prone areas in descending order:
Romania
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Albania
Croatia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Southern Turkey
Western Greece
Northern Italy
Southern France
North East Spain
Least :
Iceland
Norway
Sweden
United Kingdom
I generally considered Greece and Turkey to be in Eastern Europe, but southern, whatever.
Eh and there was me thinking we'd had a lot of thunder activity this month, not by quality but by quantity - it's certainly been a thundery month by the northern English standards I'm used to with thunder events within earshot this year so far easily into double figures. I remember from my time in Poland that they had some really good ones in May and June - those where it would rain torrentially for an hour in the evening but dry out completely by the next morning. Here the ground hasn't had time to dry out between showers, they've come that often.
When I was on my placement in Romania (Summer 2008) there were some severe thunderstorms maybe 2-3 times per week. I was about 100km east of Timisoara.
That sucks. Most of the high thunderstorm activity are places I'm never going to live in, and the one country I would consider living in is in a depression. Just great glad I'm American then.
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Eh and there was me thinking we'd had a lot of thunder activity this month, not by quality but by quantity - it's certainly been a thundery month by the northern English standards I'm used to with thunder events within earshot this year so far easily into double figures. I remember from my time in Poland that they had some really good ones in May and June - those where it would rain torrentially for an hour in the evening but dry out completely by the next morning. Here the ground hasn't had time to dry out between showers, they've come that often.
No way. Those weren't thunderstorms, they were hiccups
Storm isn't exclusive in the monsoon region. I get these types of thunderstorms in the spring too. My fiancee was amazed when she visited for the first time and saw a storm like this in Pennsylvania
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glad I'm American then.
