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RegionsBurkina Faso

Balé

Next 7 daysLow7%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
early November – early February
Record year
20032,889
Trend
−48%/ 10significant · on raw data: +57%

Fire clock

Ring = year, slice = week. Click a ring to focus that year.

Total detections per year
YearTotal
20012735
20022567
20032889
20042388
20052016
20062065
20072091
20082101
20092612
20102493
20112295
20121533
20132006
20141631
20151248
20161868
20171703
20181337
20191287
20201138
20211055
2022644
2023787
2024826
2025720
2026510

Next 7 days

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Expected detections: ~31.4

  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • An active part of the fire season↑
  • No rain expected in the coming days↑
  • This year is quieter than normal↓
Sat34°
Sun35°
Mon36°
Tue35°
Wed36°
Thu37°
Fri36°

Right now

late October

This week4.0

This week is more active than 12% of past years at this time

Year to date510
#21 of 26 yearsNormal: 678

Season

early November – early February

Onset
early November
Peak
mid December
End
early February

Critical windows

  • early November – early February

    82% of annual activity

The normal year vs 2026

Bands show the 25-year range; the white line is this year so far.

25-year history

The raw record jumps in 2012 when VIIRS arrives; the harmonized record does not.

Harmonized: −48%/10Raw: +57%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

7

  • 2003

    2,889

    season ended 5 weeks early

  • 2005

    2,016

    season ended 4 weeks early

  • 2022

    644

    only 0.3× the normal annual activity

    season began 3 weeks late

  • 2023

    787

    season began 4 weeks late

    season ended 3 weeks late

  • 2024

    826

    season began 4 weeks late

  • 2025

    720

    only 0.4× the normal annual activity

    season began 3 weeks late

    season ended 3 weeks late

  • 2026

    510

    only 0.3× the normal annual activity

    season began 8 weeks late

    season ended 3 weeks late

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One fire history for the Land of Fire.

Built for the NASA Space Apps Challenge 2026.

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Data sources

NASA FIRMS, NASA POWER, Open-Meteo, OpenStreetMap, geoBoundaries, OpenFreeMap

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