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RegionsBurkina Faso

Nayala

Next 7 daysHigh58%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
mid October – early January
Record year
20031,943
Trend
−20%/ 10significant · on raw data: +94%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
20011939
20021349
20031943
20041560
20051509
20061286
20071084
20081425
20091593
20101792
20111450
20121428
20131469
20141398
20151181
20161284
20171372
20181070
20191164
2020840
20211256
20221064
20231196
2024798
20251511
2026529

Next 7 days

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Expected detections: ~130.2

  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • An active part of the fire season↑
  • Dry air (32%)↑
Sat35°
Sun35°
Mon36°
Tue36°
Wed36°
Thu38°
Fri38°

Right now

late October

This week97

This week is more active than 72% of past years at this time

Year to date529
#10 of 26 yearsNormal: 430

Season

late October – early February

Onset
late October
Peak
late November
End
early February

Critical windows

  • mid October – early January

    83% 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: −20%/10Raw: +94%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

7

  • 2001

    1,939

    peak 1.9× stronger than normal

  • 2003

    1,943

    peak 1.6× stronger than normal

  • 2010

    1,792

    peak 1.9× stronger than normal

  • 2020

    840

    only 0.6× the normal annual activity

  • 2024

    798

    only 0.6× the normal annual activity

  • 2025

    1,511

    peak 1.6× stronger than normal

  • 2026

    529

    only 0.4× the normal annual activity

    season ended 8 weeks late

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One fire history for the Land of Fire.

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Data sources

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

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