Records show there were 18 years without any days of thunderstorms in Anchorage. The average is about 1.4 days of thunderstorms a year. This year there have already been four, and more over the Chugach.

9-1-12 Heat lightning - Kiska Island, Alaska, USA

4/20/14 Thunder and lightening - King Cove, Alaska, USA

Residents were amazed to see lightning actually arching down to the ground.

Nome experienced 2 lightning strikes and thunder Monday morning during a snow squall.A

There were lightning strike-caused fires at Paul's Creek and Coffee Creek north of King Salmon, AK.

Unusual weather event; thunderstorm and fluctuating temperatures