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Kakamega County

Next 7 daysLow3%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
late December – late March
Record year
2005261
Trend
−56%/ 10significant · on raw data: +52%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
2001173
2002117
2003214
2004227
2005261
2006159
2007182
2008211
2009229
2010108
2011139
2012156
201381
201484
2015134
2016121
201780
201891
201955
202025
202181
202266
2023130
202434
202555
202649

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Expected detections: ~0.2

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  • Rain expected (47 mm)↓
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Mon24°
Tue24°
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Right now

mid October

This week1.0

This week is more active than 78% of past years at this time

Year to date49
#24 of 26 yearsNormal: 108

Season

late December – mid August

Onset
late December
Peak
early February
End
mid August

Critical windows

  • late December – late March

    60% 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: −56%/10Raw: +52%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

11

  • 2001

    173

    season began 5 weeks early

  • 2005

    261

    season began 3 weeks early

  • 2007

    182

    season began 4 weeks early

  • 2009

    229

    season began 3 weeks early

  • 2017

    80

    season ended 17 weeks early

  • 2018

    91

    season ended 20 weeks early

  • 2019

    55

    season ended 18 weeks early

  • 2020

    25

    only 0.2× the normal annual activity

    season began 7 weeks early

  • 2021

    81

    season began 4 weeks early

    season ended 20 weeks early

  • 2023

    130

    season ended 22 weeks early

  • 2024

    34

    only 0.3× the normal annual activity

    season began 3 weeks late

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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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