40 years of protecting Americans from lightning – Vaisala Xweather celebrates four decades of building the world’s most advanced lightning detection network
Since 1983, increased lightning safety awareness has helped decrease deaths by lightning by almost two thirds in the U.S. The economic impacts of lightning have also decreased, with improved, real-time lightning detection leading to significantly lower downtime for the electrical grid, utilities and air transport(June 1st, 2023) Vaisala’s U.S. National Lightning Detection Network (NLDN), the most accurate, reliable, and scientifically validated lightning detection network in the country, turns 40 years old on June 1, 2023. The lightning data provided by the NLDN has had a profound impact on