Lightning striking the Eiffel Tower – 2025 The Eiffel tower and lightning have a long history. Since its birth in 1889, the monument has “attracted” lightning during storms – there are on average 5 impacts every year. And yet, this doesn’t affect it, and it doesn’t pose any risk to the public either.
The Eiffel Tower is, by its structure, naturally connected to the ground. Being the highest point in Paris, it’s an easy target for lightning, which tends to take the easiest and quickest route to the earth. 
Gustave Eiffel had planned it!
However, right from its construction, Gustave Eiffel had planned for everything! He installed 4 lightning rods at the top, like copper brooms directed to the sky.
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For the preservation and proper functioning of the monument’s electrical systems, surge arresters were installed in the electrical panels and copper circuits or cables were added. This is to limit power surges that would disrupt the general operation and also comply with the recommendations of current electrical standards.
These earth circuits are equipped with lightning strike counters that allow the electricians of the Société d’Exploitation de la tour Eiffel (SETE) to carry out a verification of these links as soon as it is deemed necessary.
For each storm, this depends on the cloud mass and electrical activity in the sky near the high points of Paris.
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