From Eliot Abrams' Blog at Accuweather.com
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-blogs/abrams

The lightning record from the 24 hours ending around 7:30 AM EDT is spectacular, with almost a half-million strikes in the northeast third of the country. The pattern has a stunning northern edge... with Rochester, Syracuse and Buffalo missing the lightning, but only by a short distance.