Which is more prone to lightning in hot and humid areas or dry and hot areas?

Of course, lightning strikes are more likely to occur in hot and humid areas. Let's start with a little popular science.

The capital of thunder and lightning is actually in the lake (attached: the world's lightning-prone area)

In summer, lightning disasters occur frequently all over the world, but I don't know that Africa is actually the most serious region in the world. Although South America lags behind Africa in number, Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela deserves to be called "the lightning capital of the world". American scientists have found that there are 297 days of lightning in Lake Maracaibo every year on average. ?

The report released by NASA on 20 15 revealed the top ten lightning-prone places in the world. Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela ranks first with lightning density of 232.52 (the number of lightning detected per square kilometer every year), while the second and third places are located in Congo, with annual average lightning density of 205.3 1 and 176.338+0 respectively. ?

In terms of regional distribution, most of the top ten lightning-prone areas are located near the equator, and all of them are taken over by African and South American countries except Pakistan. ?

Global lightning high-incidence area

Although China is not in the high lightning incidence area in the world, lightning occurs quite frequently, especially from June to August. ?

According to the report of China Weather Network and China Meteorological News, the lightning-prone areas in China are mainly concentrated in Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, with an average annual thunderstorm days exceeding 70 days. From June to August, lightning occurs in these areas for more than one-third of the time every month on average. Haikou, Guangzhou and Lhasa are the three most frequently visited provincial capital cities in China. ?

On the contrary, in the northwest of China, such as Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia, lightning is scarce, and the average thunderstorm days are less than 20 days. ?

China Lightning Capital Ranking