Kericho County · ODLAR

Kericho County

Next 7 daysLow18%

Annual mean: 0detections
Peak period: early January – late March
Record year: 20151,062
Trend: +4%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +61%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
Year	Total
2001	130
2002	150
2003	258
2004	142
2005	154
2006	152
2007	191
2008	289
2009	229
2010	165
2011	168
2012	187
2013	236
2014	320
2015	1062
2016	313
2017	453
2018	174
2019	431
2020	57
2021	125
2022	122
2023	193
2024	103
2025	130
2026	218

Next 7 days

Low

0%

Low

Expected detections: ~1.2

An active part of the fire season↑
Fires detected in recent days↑
This year is more active than normal↑
Rain expected (45 mm)↓

Sat26°

Sun26°

Mon26°

Tue26°

Wed26°

Thu26°

Fri26°

Season

late November – early May

Onset: late November
Peak: early March
End: early May

Critical windows

early January – late March
69% of annual activity

The normal year vs 2026

Bands show the 25-year range; the white line is this year so far.

Compare with

25-year history

The raw record jumps in 2012 when VIIRS arrives; the harmonized record does not.

Harmonized: +4%/10Raw: +61%/10

HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

5

2015
1,062
6.1× the normal annual activity
peak 14× stronger than normal
season ended 9 weeks early
2017
453
2.6× the normal annual activity
2018
174
season ended 12 weeks early
2019
431
2.5× the normal annual activity
peak 5.8× stronger than normal
2020
57
only 0.3× the normal annual activity

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