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RegionsBurkina Faso

Gourma

Next 7 daysExtreme90%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
late October – mid January
Record year
20253,714
Trend
−10%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +87%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
20012423
20021335
20031984
20042540
20052290
20062318
20071839
20081638
20091757
20102151
20111703
20121283
20131128
2014931
2015893
20161237
20171127
2018943
2019984
20201715
20212074
20221652
20232146
20243269
20253714
20261648

Next 7 days

Extreme

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Extreme

Expected detections: ~295.0

  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • An active part of the fire season↑
  • This year is more active than normal↑
Sat35°
Sun36°
Mon37°
Tue37°
Wed37°
Thu38°
Fri38°

Right now

late October

This week213

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

Year to date1,648
#1 of 26 yearsNormal: 730

Season

early November – early March

Onset
early November
Peak
early November
End
early March

Critical windows

  • late October – mid January

    65% 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: −10%/10Raw: +87%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

12

  • 2002

    1,335

    season ended 4 weeks late

  • 2004

    2,540

    season began 3 weeks early

  • 2006

    2,318

    season ended 4 weeks late

  • 2011

    1,703

    season ended 3 weeks late

  • 2015

    893

    season ended 3 weeks late

  • 2017

    1,127

    season ended 3 weeks late

  • 2018

    943

    season ended 5 weeks late

  • 2020

    1,715

    season ended 3 weeks early

  • 2023

    2,146

    season ended 3 weeks early

  • 2024

    3,269

    peak 2.4× stronger than normal

    season ended 6 weeks early

  • 2025

    3,714

    peak 2.4× stronger than normal

  • 2026

    1,648

    season ended 3 weeks late

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Data sources

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

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