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RegionsBurkina Faso

Bam

Next 7 daysExtreme96%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
early November – late January
Record year
20252,273
Trend
+11%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +8%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
200190
200230
200322
200439
200525
200645
200722
200837
200950
201024
201124
20127
201329
201414
201515
201620
201712
20187
201920
2020169
2021212
2022318
2023863
20242190
20252273
2026538

Next 7 days

Extreme

Full risk view

0%

Extreme

Expected detections: ~101.7

  • An active part of the fire season↑
  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • This year is more active than normal↑
Sat36°
Sun37°
Mon38°
Tue38°
Wed39°
Thu40°
Fri40°

Right now

late October

This week25

This week is more active than 96% of past years at this time

Year to date538
#3 of 26 yearsNormal: 18

Season

mid November – mid March

Onset
mid November
Peak
late November
End
mid March

Critical windows

  • early November – late January

    77% 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: +11%/10Raw: +8%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

10

  • 2013

    29

    season began 6 weeks late

  • 2014

    14

    season ended 16 weeks early

  • 2017

    12

    season began 8 weeks late

  • 2020

    169

    5.8× the normal annual activity

    season ended 22 weeks early

  • 2021

    212

    7.3× the normal annual activity

    season ended 11 weeks early

  • 2022

    318

    11× the normal annual activity

    peak 18× stronger than normal

    season ended 16 weeks early

  • 2023

    863

    30× the normal annual activity

    peak 39× stronger than normal

    season ended 11 weeks early

  • 2024

    2,190

    76× the normal annual activity

    peak 88× stronger than normal

    season ended 14 weeks early

  • 2025

    2,273

    78× the normal annual activity

    peak 92× stronger than normal

    season began 6 weeks early

    season ended 17 weeks early

  • 2026

    538

    19× the normal annual activity

    peak 24× stronger than normal

    season began 6 weeks early

    season ended 7 weeks early

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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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