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Kiambu

Next 7 daysLow18%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
early February – late March
Record year
2003190
Trend
−18%/ 10significant · on raw data: +95%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
200199
200286
2003190
2004106
2005120
200698
2007118
200875
200980
201064
201198
201287
201368
201460
201587
201699
201784
201852
201982
202061
2021112
202263
202380
202446
202592
2026110

Next 7 days

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Expected detections: ~1.4

  • An active part of the fire season↑
  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • This year is more active than normal↑
  • Rain expected (52 mm)↓
Sat22°
Sun24°
Mon23°
Tue23°
Wed24°
Thu23°
Fri22°

Right now

late October

This week4.0

This week is more active than 90% of past years at this time

Year to date110
#2 of 26 yearsNormal: 81

Season

mid August – mid March

Onset
mid August
Peak
early October
End
mid March

Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn

Critical windows

  • early February – late March

    29% of annual activity

  • early September – mid October

    26% 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: −18%/10Raw: +95%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

8

  • 2003

    189

    2.2× the normal annual activity

    peak 2.5× stronger than normal

  • 2008

    75

    season ended 4 weeks late

  • 2014

    60

    season ended 6 weeks early

  • 2018

    52

    only 0.6× the normal annual activity

  • 2019

    82

    season ended 4 weeks late

  • 2020

    61

    season ended 12 weeks early

  • 2024

    46

    only 0.5× the normal annual activity

  • 2026

    110

    season ended 5 weeks early

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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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