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Isiolo

Next 7 daysHigh47%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
early January – late February
Record year
20252,269
Trend
+33%/ 10significant · on raw data: +50%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
2001149
2002180
2003215
2004203
2005251
2006173
2007277
2008293
2009160
2010252
2011246
2012778
2013483
20141032
2015257
2016434
2017297
201883
20191493
2020545
20211166
2022226
202365
2024320
20252269
2026432

Next 7 days

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Expected detections: ~8.1

  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • An active part of the fire season↑
  • This year is more active than normal↑
Sat36°
Sun35°
Mon36°
Tue37°
Wed37°
Thu36°
Fri36°

Season

mid January – early October

Onset
mid January
Peak
mid January
End
early October

Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn

Critical windows

  • early January – late February

    33% of annual activity

  • early June – mid June

    7% of annual activity

  • late August – late August

    6% 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: +33%/10Raw: +50%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

7

  • 2012

    778

    peak 4.7× stronger than normal

  • 2014

    1,032

    4.0× the normal annual activity

  • 2018

    83

    season ended 6 weeks late

  • 2019

    1,493

    5.8× the normal annual activity

    peak 8.5× stronger than normal

    season ended 11 weeks early

  • 2021

    1,166

    4.5× the normal annual activity

    peak 5.3× stronger than normal

  • 2023

    65

    only 0.3× the normal annual activity

  • 2025

    2,269

    8.8× the normal annual activity

    peak 30× stronger than normal

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ODLAR

One fire history for the Land of Fire.

Built for the NASA Space Apps Challenge 2026.

Data sources

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

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Right now

late October

This week2.0

This week is more active than 36% of past years at this time

Year to date432
#7 of 26 yearsNormal: 228
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