Based on the historical data of each July between 2012 and 2014 provided by the lightning location system of Hubei province, this paper reveals possible relationship between lightning and various environmental factors concerning meteorological conditions and terrains.Combined with the algorithm of density-based spatial clustering of applications with noise (DBSCAN) and the kernel density algorithm, insignifcant locations with rare lightning are eliminated.Qualitative and quantitative relations between lightning locations in Hubei with different peak currents and various factors such as terrains and meteorological factors are obtained using the a priori data mining algorithm for correlation rules.In Hubei, which is mainly a low-lying land, lightning strikes with low current of 10~75 kA are likely to occur in forests or farmlands.In these areas, lightning is strongly correlated with average values of air pressure, relative humidity, vapor pressure, precipitation, temperature and wind speed.Lightning with high current of more than 100 kA has a certain relation with wind speed, daily vapor pressure, daily average temperature and minimum temperature.Lightning with very high current of 157.9~250.7 kA is correlated with precipitation.