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Next 7 daysExtreme96%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
mid October – late December
Record year
20232,593
Trend
+9%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +7%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
200137
200229
200352
200419
200518
200618
200719
200823
200924
201041
201119
20127
201312
20142
20154
20167
20172
201828
201979
20201758
20211633
20221673
20232593
20241769
20252431
20261179

Next 7 days

Extreme

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Extreme

Expected detections: ~408.0

  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • An active part of the fire season↑
  • This year is more active than normal↑
Sat38°
Sun38°
Mon39°
Tue39°
Wed40°
Thu41°
Fri40°

Right now

late October

This week136

This week is more active than 80% of past years at this time

Year to date1,179
#2 of 26 yearsNormal: 15

Season

late October – mid February

Onset
late October
Peak
early November
End
mid February

Critical windows

  • mid October – late December

    75% 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: +9%/10Raw: +7%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

10

  • 2013

    12

    season began 8 weeks late

  • 2015

    4

    season began 24 weeks late

  • 2019

    79

    peak 6.8× stronger than normal

  • 2020

    1,758

    73× the normal annual activity

    peak 120× stronger than normal

    season ended 18 weeks early

  • 2021

    1,633

    68× the normal annual activity

    peak 112× stronger than normal

    season ended 10 weeks early

  • 2022

    1,673

    69× the normal annual activity

    peak 121× stronger than normal

    season ended 15 weeks early

  • 2023

    2,593

    107× the normal annual activity

    peak 208× stronger than normal

    season ended 15 weeks early

  • 2024

    1,769

    73× the normal annual activity

    peak 157× stronger than normal

    season ended 20 weeks early

  • 2025

    2,431

    101× the normal annual activity

    peak 207× stronger than normal

    season began 7 weeks early

    season ended 12 weeks early

  • 2026

    1,179

    49× the normal annual activity

    peak 106× stronger than normal

    season ended 13 weeks early

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Data sources

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