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Garissa

Next 7 daysLow5%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
late January – mid March
Record year
20031,135
Trend
−31%/ 10significant · on raw data: +57%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
2001612
2002475
20031135
2004362
2005492
2006338
2007952
2008840
2009315
2010770
2011199
20121077
2013217
2014212
2015270
2016427
201729
2018250
2019428
2020826
2021257
2022200
202396
2024584
2025264
2026163

Next 7 days

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Full risk view

0%

Low

Expected detections: ~1.2

  • An active part of the fire season↑
  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • This year is quieter than normal↓
Sat36°
Sun35°
Mon37°
Tue37°
Wed35°
Thu35°
Fri34°

Right now

late October

This week0.0

This week is more active than 8% of past years at this time

Year to date163
#24 of 26 yearsNormal: 350

Season

late January – mid October

Onset
late January
Peak
early February
End
mid October

Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn

Critical windows

  • late January – mid March

    31% of annual activity

  • late August – early September

    11% of annual activity

  • early October – mid October

    8% 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: −31%/10Raw: +57%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

7

  • 2011

    199

    season ended 6 weeks early

  • 2012

    1,077

    season ended 15 weeks early

  • 2016

    427

    season ended 7 weeks early

  • 2019

    428

    season ended 26 weeks early

  • 2020

    826

    peak 3.3× stronger than normal

    season began 9 weeks late

  • 2022

    200

    season began 8 weeks late

  • 2024

    584

    season began 6 weeks late

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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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