How many volts in a lightning strike?

According to the National Severe Storm Laboratory, a single lightning bolt can have 100 million to 1 billion volts, and it contains billions of watts, depending on whether it is positive lightning or negative lightning. read more

Cloud-to-ground lightning bolts are a common phenomenon—about 100 strike Earth’s surface every single second—yet their power is extraordinary. Each bolt can contain up to one billion volts of electricity. read more

Lightning is known, as a standard, to have a voltage potential of 100million volts. Air’s dielectric breakdown limit is 3.0 million volts per meter. This is a well studied number. read more