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Kirinyaga County

Next 7 daysLow0%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
early February – early March
Record year
2012142
Trend
−34%/ 10significant · on raw data: +28%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
200110
200230
2003102
200425
200531
200631
200717
200811
200918
20108
20117
2012142
201316
20146
20155
201614
201712
20180
2019105
202011
202111
20228
20233
20245
202512
20267

Next 7 days

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Expected detections: ~0.0

  • Outside the fire season↓
Sat23°
Sun24°
Mon23°
Tue23°
Wed24°
Thu23°
Fri23°

Right now

late October

This week0.0

This week is more active than 26% of past years at this time

Year to date7
#21 of 26 yearsNormal: 11

Season

mid September – late March

Onset
mid September
Peak
late February
End
late March

Critical windows

  • early February – early March

    40% of annual activity

  • mid January – late January

    17% of annual activity

  • mid March – late March

    11% 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: −34%/10Raw: +28%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

11

  • 2002

    30

    season ended 7 weeks early

  • 2003

    102

    8.5× the normal annual activity

    peak 8.8× stronger than normal

  • 2006

    31

    season began 13 weeks late

  • 2012

    142

    12× the normal annual activity

    peak 14× stronger than normal

    season began 18 weeks late

  • 2015

    5

    season began 17 weeks late

    season ended 6 weeks late

  • 2019

    105

    8.8× the normal annual activity

    peak 16× stronger than normal

    season began 23 weeks late

  • 2020

    11

    season ended 23 weeks early

  • 2021

    11

    season ended 8 weeks early

  • 2022

    8

    season began 9 weeks early

  • 2023

    3

    season began 22 weeks late

  • 2025

    12

    season ended 8 weeks early

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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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