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RegionsBurkina Faso

Oudalan

Next 7 daysExtreme92%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
late September – late November
Record year
20253,714
Trend
+6%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +5%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
2001173
200230
2003123
200419
200518
200626
200757
200841
200917
201032
201120
201233
20131
20148
20150
20161
20178
20186
201915
2020247
2021331
2022890
20232448
20243358
20253714
2026387

Next 7 days

Extreme

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Extreme

Expected detections: ~269.0

  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • An active part of the fire season↑
  • This year is more active than normal↑
Sat38°
Sun38°
Mon39°
Tue40°
Wed40°
Thu41°
Fri40°

Right now

late October

This week248

This week is more active than 88% of past years at this time

Year to date387
#5 of 26 yearsNormal: 22

Season

mid October – mid January

Onset
mid October
Peak
late October
End
mid January

Critical windows

  • late September – late November

    79% of annual activity

  • mid December – late December

    6% 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: +6%/10Raw: +5%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

8

  • 2007

    57

    season began 9 weeks late

  • 2014

    8

    season began 22 weeks late

  • 2017

    8

    season began 13 weeks late

  • 2022

    890

    peak 44× stronger than normal

  • 2023

    2,448

    80× the normal annual activity

    peak 151× stronger than normal

  • 2024

    3,358

    110× the normal annual activity

    peak 126× stronger than normal

  • 2025

    3,714

    122× the normal annual activity

    peak 195× stronger than normal

  • 2026

    387

    peak 27× stronger than normal

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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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