A bolt of lightning can reach 53,540 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun, which is 10,340 degrees Fahrenheit.
100 Mind-Blowing Bolt Facts
A lightning bolt is five times hotter than the surface of the Sun. The charge carried by a bolt of lightning is so intense that it has a temperature of 30,000°C (54,000°F).
A single lightning bolt has enough energy to toast 100,000 slices of bread. One typical lightning strike could power a 1000-watt, 2-slice toaster for 84,000 minutes. During this time, you could make around 100,000 slices of toast.
Lightning strikes the Earth 100 times each second. Each bolt contains up to one billion volts of electricity. This calculates to about 8 million lightning strikes per day.
The fastest man in the world is not physically perfect. Usain Bolt suffers from scoliosis. However, he states that as long as he continues to keep his core and back strong, it does not bother him much.
A bolt of lightning is five times hotter than the sun.
A lightning bolt is five times hotter than the sun’s surface.
A lightning bolt is five times hotter than the surface of the Sun.