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Kisii County

Next 7 daysLow1%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
late January – mid March
Record year
202524
Trend
−25%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +96%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
200117
200221
200314
200415
200513
200615
200714
200813
200916
201011
201110
201211
20139
201418
201521
201612
20176
20186
201912
20206
202114
202219
20237
20246
202524
202615

Next 7 days

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Expected detections: ~0.1

  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • An active part of the fire season↑
  • Rain expected (45 mm)↓
Sat26°
Sun26°
Mon26°
Tue26°
Wed26°
Thu26°
Fri26°

Right now

mid October

This week0.0

This week is more active than 24% of past years at this time

Year to date15
#6 of 26 yearsNormal: 11

Season

late June – early March

Onset
late June
Peak
early February
End
early March

Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn

Critical windows

  • late January – mid March

    32% of annual activity

  • early August – mid August

    8% of annual activity

  • mid September – late September

    5% 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: −25%/10Raw: +96%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

11

  • 2002

    22

    season ended 3 weeks early

  • 2012

    11

    season ended 3 weeks early

  • 2013

    9

    season ended 3 weeks early

  • 2017

    6

    only 0.5× the normal annual activity

  • 2018

    6

    only 0.5× the normal annual activity

    season began 10 weeks late

    season ended 3 weeks early

  • 2020

    6

    only 0.5× the normal annual activity

    season ended 3 weeks late

  • 2021

    14

    season began 12 weeks late

  • 2023

    7

    season ended 7 weeks early

  • 2024

    6

    only 0.5× the normal annual activity

    season ended 5 weeks early

  • 2025

    24

    season ended 3 weeks early

  • 2026

    15

    season ended 5 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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