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RegionsBurkina Faso

Tapoa

Next 7 daysHigh51%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
late October – mid January
Record year
20017,918
Trend
−8%/ 10significant · on raw data: +87%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
20017918
20025628
20035532
20045823
20055828
20066343
20075638
20085824
20095526
20105955
20115526
20125131
20135270
20144736
20154758
20165246
20175151
20184986
20195066
20205354
20215374
20224070
20235493
20245529
20255134
20261298

Next 7 days

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Expected detections: ~561.7

  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • Dry air (29%)↑
  • No rain expected in the coming days↑
Sat35°
Sun37°
Mon38°
Tue38°
Wed38°
Thu38°
Fri38°

Right now

late October

This week211

This week is more active than 68% of past years at this time

Year to date1,298
#20 of 26 yearsNormal: 1,676

Season

early November – mid February

Onset
early November
Peak
mid November
End
mid February

Critical windows

  • late October – mid January

    78% 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: −8%/10Raw: +87%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

7

  • 2006

    6,342

    season ended 3 weeks late

  • 2008

    5,824

    season ended 3 weeks late

  • 2011

    5,526

    season ended 6 weeks late

  • 2013

    5,270

    season ended 4 weeks early

  • 2018

    4,986

    season ended 3 weeks late

  • 2023

    5,493

    season ended 3 weeks early

  • 2026

    1,298

    only 0.2× the normal annual activity

    season ended 6 weeks late

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Data sources

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

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