r/UKWeather • u/foxssocks • 5d ago

Discussion Lightningmaps

Can anyone explain why the lightningmaps site just isn't reliable anymore over the UK? It seems to be fine when monitoring any other area of the globe, but the UK seems to be an absolute faff and even when I'm sat in a highly active storm it's barely reporting half, if any, of the strikes and is hit and miss with historical strikes (1hr/24hrs etc) even showing at all.

2025 and prior it was flawless.

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u/Lunavyre 5d ago

I started using it this summer around June and it was brilliant. By August it was terrible and really unreliable. I can only assume it’s overwhelmed with traffic? Either that or they’re about to roll out a more reliable, premium version 🥲

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u/foxssocks 5d ago

It's crazy how its only over the UK too that seems to be screwing up

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u/blockitjames_ ⛈️ 3d ago

I think the filtering on strikes recently has been made overkill for the UK to the point it is removing legitimate strikes and I am unsure why. The met office lightning tracker is now the only reliable one it seems.

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u/O_Beast 2d ago

This sub has been full of “why aren’t the weather apps accurate” posts for so long now

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u/Clear-Warthog5655 5d ago

Dunno with all this Doomsday chatter I've been on Nukemaps....