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RegionsBurkina Faso

Boulgou

Next 7 daysHigh58%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
early November – late January
Record year
20011,721
Trend
−46%/ 10significant · on raw data: +68%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
20011721
20021248
20031304
20041425
20051445
2006995
2007899
2008998
20091141
20101356
20111183
2012969
2013797
2014825
2015716
2016686
2017823
2018548
2019466
2020341
2021493
2022230
2023866
20241330
20251058
2026443

Next 7 days

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Expected detections: ~80.0

  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • An active part of the fire season↑
  • No rain expected in the coming days↑
Sat34°
Sun34°
Mon35°
Tue35°
Wed36°
Thu36°
Fri36°

Right now

late October

This week62

This week is more active than 84% of past years at this time

Year to date443
#6 of 26 yearsNormal: 334

Season

early November – mid February

Onset
early November
Peak
late November
End
mid February

Critical windows

  • early November – late January

    78% 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: −46%/10Raw: +68%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

6

  • 2018

    548

    season ended 4 weeks late

  • 2019

    466

    season ended 3 weeks late

  • 2020

    341

    only 0.3× the normal annual activity

    season began 4 weeks late

    season ended 3 weeks late

  • 2021

    493

    season began 3 weeks late

  • 2022

    230

    only 0.2× the normal annual activity

    season began 5 weeks late

  • 2023

    866

    season ended 4 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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