Yes. Lightning can strike the same location repeatedly. The familiar saying that it never strikes twice is not a physical rule.
The National Weather Service explicitly rejects that myth and notes that tall, pointed, isolated objects can receive repeated strikes. The University of Geneva describes the Säntis tower in Switzerland as receiving roughly 100 lightning strikes per year, making it a useful research site.
That tower's frequency is specific to the site, not a rate that applies everywhere. The evidence establishes that repeat strikes occur; it does not predict when or where the next strike will happen.
Repeated lightning strikes at one location are documented. A previous strike does not rule out another.
National Weather Service
The agency identifies the assertion that lightning never strikes twice as a myth and states that repeated strikes occur, particularly at tall, pointed, isolated objects.
Based on: National Weather Service
University of Geneva
The university's Laser Lightning Rod project page describes the instrumented Säntis tower as receiving about 100 lightning strikes annually, providing a concrete example of repeated strikes at one location.
Based on: University of Geneva
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