<p>Absolutely: The <a href="http://en.blitzortung.org/live_lightning_maps.php" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Blitzortung project</a> has near real-time data for most if not all of the world.</p>

<p>I've also never taken the time to research how lightning detectors exactly work, but it's likely similar... and you can read about the Blitzortung instrument <a href="http://en.blitzortung.org/cover_your_area.php" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.windy.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Windy.com</a> also appears to now have lightning data over at least the largest part of the globe (perhaps using the Blitzortung source).  And though it's not for your region, GOES new satellites also have a lightning detector on them, which you can view at some data from on any of the GLM links on <a href="http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/goesdata.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this page</a>.</p>

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<p>I have an NASA <a href="http://theinspireproject.org/default.asp?contentID=1" rel="noreferrer">Inspire VLF-3</a> radio receiver kit that I'm going to put together. It amplifies VLF electromagnetic signals that are already in the audio frequency range and makes them audible. One of the interesting things that it may make audible are VLF <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whistler_(radio)" rel="noreferrer">whistlers</a>, signals that are triggered by lightning strikes and produced by the response of charged particles in the ionosphere orbiting around lines of the Earth's magnetic field.</p>

<p>I know that there are both spacecraft and ground stations that detect and report lightning activity, but are there websites where I can get "lightning frequency maps" in near-real time (worldwide)?  I live in Asia near 25 N latitude.</p>

<p>I've asked separately <a href="https://space.stackexchange.com/q/29609/12102">What are the optimal times and conditions to listen for whistlers?</a></p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/88r8t.jpg" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/88r8tm.jpg" alt="NASA Inspire VLF-3"></a> </p>

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Are there websites where I can get "lightning frequency maps" in near-real time (worldwide)?
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# Are there websites where I can get "lightning frequency maps" in near-real time (worldwide)?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-07-22)

I have an NASA [Inspire VLF-3](http://theinspireproject.org/default.asp?contentID=1) radio receiver kit that I'm going to put together. It amplifies VLF electromagnetic signals that are already in the audio frequency range and makes them audible. One of the interesting things that it may make audible are VLF [whistlers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whistler_(radio)), signals that are triggered by lightning strikes and produced by the response of charged particles in the ionosphere orbiting around lines of the Earth's magnetic field.

I know that there are both spacecraft and ground stations that detect and report lightning activity, but are there websites where I can get "lightning frequency maps" in near-real time (worldwide)? I live in Asia near 25 N latitude.

I've asked separately [What are the optimal times and conditions to listen for whistlers?](https://space.stackexchange.com/q/29609/12102)

[![NASA Inspire VLF-3](https://i.sstatic.net/88r8tm.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/88r8t.jpg)

Click for full size.

**Tags:** meteorology, lightning


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-07-22. Score: 5

Absolutely: The [Blitzortung project](http://en.blitzortung.org/live_lightning_maps.php) has near real-time data for most if not all of the world.

I've also never taken the time to research how lightning detectors exactly work, but it's likely similar... and you can read about the Blitzortung instrument [here](http://en.blitzortung.org/cover_your_area.php).

[Windy.com](http://www.windy.com) also appears to now have lightning data over at least the largest part of the globe (perhaps using the Blitzortung source). And though it's not for your region, GOES new satellites also have a lightning detector on them, which you can view at some data from on any of the GLM links on [this page](http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/goesdata.html).


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