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RegionsBurkina Faso

Kouritenga

Next 7 daysLow2%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
early December – early March
Record year
2004109
Trend
−70%/ 10significant · on raw data: +31%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
200169
200233
200359
2004109
200577
200656
200734
200827
200938
201077
201157
201258
201366
201436
201542
201629
201750
201813
201921
202015
202118
202219
20232
20246
20250
20260

Next 7 days

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Expected detections: ~0.1

  • An active part of the fire season↑
  • Dry air (26%)↑
  • No fires in recent days↓
Sat34°
Sun35°
Mon37°
Tue36°
Wed37°
Thu38°
Fri38°

Right now

late October

This week0.0

This week is more active than 26% of past years at this time

Year to date0
#25 of 26 yearsNormal: 25

Season

early December – early March

Onset
early December
Peak
late December
End
early March

Critical windows

  • early December – early March

    79% 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: −70%/10Raw: +31%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

10

  • 2001

    69

    season ended 12 weeks late

  • 2003

    59

    season began 3 weeks early

  • 2004

    109

    peak 3.8× stronger than normal

  • 2005

    77

    season ended 6 weeks late

  • 2006

    56

    season began 3 weeks early

  • 2011

    57

    season began 4 weeks early

  • 2015

    42

    season began 4 weeks late

  • 2019

    21

    season ended 6 weeks early

  • 2022

    19

    season began 4 weeks late

  • 2024

    6

    only 0.2× the normal annual activity

    season ended 13 weeks late

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ODLAR

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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