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RegionsBurkina Faso

Yatenga

Next 7 daysExtreme92%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
mid October – late December
Record year
20251,498
Trend
+11%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +39%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
2001111
200284
200397
200474
200585
2006103
200768
2008115
2009102
201073
201183
201242
201399
201474
201565
201662
201770
201869
201975
2020179
2021125
2022126
2023450
20241191
20251498
2026497

Next 7 days

Extreme

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Extreme

Expected detections: ~99.6

  • An active part of the fire season↑
  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • This year is more active than normal↑
Sat36°
Sun37°
Mon38°
Tue38°
Wed39°
Thu40°
Fri40°

Right now

late October

This week27

This week is more active than 92% of past years at this time

Year to date497
#2 of 26 yearsNormal: 62

Season

late October – late April

Onset
late October
Peak
early November
End
late April

Critical windows

  • mid October – late December

    55% of annual activity

  • mid January – mid January

    7% 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: +11%/10Raw: +39%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

12

  • 2005

    85

    season began 5 weeks early

  • 2012

    42

    only 0.5× the normal annual activity

    season began 4 weeks early

  • 2014

    74

    season began 6 weeks late

  • 2015

    65

    season began 3 weeks late

  • 2016

    62

    season began 4 weeks late

  • 2018

    69

    season began 3 weeks late

  • 2020

    179

    2.1× the normal annual activity

    peak 4.4× stronger than normal

    season ended 15 weeks early

  • 2022

    126

    season began 6 weeks early

  • 2023

    450

    5.3× the normal annual activity

    peak 9.3× stronger than normal

    season began 3 weeks early

    season ended 17 weeks early

  • 2024

    1,191

    14× the normal annual activity

    peak 18× stronger than normal

    season ended 10 weeks early

  • 2025

    1,498

    18× the normal annual activity

    peak 27× stronger than normal

    season began 5 weeks early

    season ended 14 weeks early

  • 2026

    497

    5.9× the normal annual activity

    peak 9.3× stronger than normal

    season began 4 weeks early

    season ended 11 weeks early

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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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