An expert talks about storms in our area and how to stay safe.
Lightning around the Washington Monument from a previous DC thunderstorm. Photograph by josephgruber, via iStock.was another instance of severe weather that seems to be intensifying in the DC area. To learn more about extreme weather in our area, we called up meteorologist and lightning expert Chris Vagasky of Vaisala, a Finnish company that specializes in weather-measurement instruments and software.
July and August are the peak months for lightning in the United States. July is the most frequent number of lightning deaths in the United States. June and August are on either side of that, because it’s lightning season in the US. And that’s when people are out of school, people are on vacations, they’re outside enjoying the nice summer weather and they’re not necessarily paying attention to the storms around them or whether a storm is moving in.
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