How hot can a bolt of lightning get?

50,000 degrees Fahrenheit
In fact, lightning can heat the air it passes through to 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit (5 times hotter than the surface of the sun).

Is anything hotter than lightning?

Yep, the answer is a bolt of lightning, which can reach temperatures of roughly 30,000 kelvins (53,540 degrees Fahrenheit). The sun, on the other hand, is eclipsed in this case – its surface temperature is just 6,000 kelvins (10,340 degrees Fahrenheit).

What is the hottest lightning in the world?

Lake Maracaibo
Lake Maracaibo tops out at an astonishing 233 lightning flashes per square kilometer per year, making it the absolute lightning hot spot of the world. Lake Maracaibo has a unique geography and climate, that favours very frequent formation of thunderstorms.

How fast is a lightning bolt in seconds?

Lightning travels at the speed of light, about 186,000 miles per second. This means that you see lightning pretty much when it happens. When lightning strikes, a noise is made which we call thunder. Thunder travels much slower, at the speed of sound, about 1088 feet per second.

What is the longest distance lightning bolt ever recorded?

440 miles
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) -The longest single lightning bolt ever was confirmed at 440 miles long, according to the World Meteorological Organization. This record breaking flash happened in South America on Halloween of 2018. It occurred when a big system of massive thunderstorms bubbled up over southern Brazil.

Who has gotten struck by lightning the most?

Roy Cleveland Sullivan
Roy Cleveland Sullivan (February 7, 1912 – September 28, 1983) was a United States park ranger in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. Between 1942 and 1977, Sullivan was hit by lightning on seven occasions and survived all of them….Roy Sullivan.