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Embu

Next 7 daysLow2%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
late August – mid October
Record year
2006476
Trend
−27%/ 10significant · on raw data: +95%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
2001216
2002224
2003317
2004444
2005430
2006476
2007252
2008255
2009179
2010162
201191
2012240
2013155
201471
2015167
2016133
2017107
201899
2019192
2020153
2021106
2022149
2023203
2024214
2025323
2026205

Next 7 days

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Expected detections: ~0.3

  • Fires detected in recent days↑
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  • Rain expected (45 mm)↓
Sat25°
Sun26°
Mon26°
Tue26°
Wed26°
Thu26°
Fri26°

Right now

late October

This week0.0

This week is more active than 18% of past years at this time

Year to date205
#12 of 26 yearsNormal: 192

Season

late August – late February

Onset
late August
Peak
mid September
End
late February

Critical windows

  • late August – mid October

    70% of annual activity

  • early February – early March

    17% 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: −27%/10Raw: +95%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

8

  • 2004

    444

    2.3× the normal annual activity

    season ended 19 weeks early

  • 2005

    430

    peak 3.1× stronger than normal

    season ended 14 weeks early

  • 2006

    476

    2.5× the normal annual activity

  • 2014

    71

    only 0.4× the normal annual activity

    season began 3 weeks early

  • 2016

    133

    season ended 17 weeks early

  • 2020

    153

    season ended 19 weeks early

  • 2024

    214

    season ended 16 weeks early

  • 2026

    205

    season began 3 weeks early

    season ended 18 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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