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RegionsBurkina Faso

Loroum

Next 7 daysExtreme92%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
early November – early February
Record year
20241,034
Trend
+7%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +12%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
200131
200225
200320
200420
200518
200619
200717
200819
200917
201017
201122
20122
201317
20147
20158
201616
201714
20189
201928
2020293
2021177
202299
2023598
20241034
20251028
2026275

Next 7 days

Extreme

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Extreme

Expected detections: ~70.8

  • An active part of the fire season↑
  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • This year is more active than normal↑
Sat36°
Sun37°
Mon38°
Tue39°
Wed39°
Thu40°
Fri40°

Right now

late October

This week67

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

Year to date275
#4 of 26 yearsNormal: 14

Season

early November – mid March

Onset
early November
Peak
late November
End
mid March

Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn

Critical windows

  • early November – early February

    67% 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: +7%/10Raw: +12%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

13

  • 2013

    17

    peak 2.8× stronger than normal

    season began 7 weeks late

  • 2014

    7

    only 0.4× the normal annual activity

    season began 16 weeks late

  • 2015

    8

    season ended 3 weeks late

  • 2016

    16

    season began 10 weeks late

  • 2017

    14

    season began 4 weeks late

  • 2019

    28

    peak 2.8× stronger than normal

    season ended 4 weeks early

  • 2020

    293

    16× the normal annual activity

    peak 48× stronger than normal

    season ended 23 weeks early

  • 2021

    177

    9.4× the normal annual activity

    peak 14× stronger than normal

    season ended 8 weeks early

  • 2022

    99

    5.3× the normal annual activity

    peak 17× stronger than normal

    season ended 22 weeks early

  • 2023

    598

    32× the normal annual activity

    peak 51× stronger than normal

    season ended 11 weeks early

  • 2024

    1,034

    55× the normal annual activity

    peak 81× stronger than normal

    season ended 12 weeks early

  • 2025

    1,028

    55× the normal annual activity

    peak 66× stronger than normal

    season began 5 weeks early

    season ended 15 weeks early

  • 2026

    275

    15× the normal annual activity

    peak 22× stronger than normal

    season began 4 weeks early

    season ended 14 weeks early

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