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Kitui County

Next 7 daysLow6%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
early August – late October
Record year
20053,686
Trend
−45%/ 10significant · on raw data: +65%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
20011548
20022087
20033010
20042830
20053686
20061072
20071422
20082426
2009659
20102082
2011481
20121749
2013807
2014758
2015796
2016876
2017587
2018524
2019300
20201748
2021669
2022501
2023752
20241087
20251413
2026685

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Expected detections: ~3.4

  • Fires detected in recent days↑
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  • Rain expected (69 mm)↓
Sat28°
Sun29°
Mon30°
Tue29°
Wed29°
Thu29°
Fri31°

Right now

late October

This week3.0

This week is more active than 30% of past years at this time

Year to date685
#19 of 26 yearsNormal: 1,056

Season

early August – early October

Onset
early August
Peak
late September
End
early October

Critical windows

  • early August – late October

    89% 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: −45%/10Raw: +65%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

11

  • 2001

    1,548

    season began 22 weeks early

    season ended 3 weeks late

  • 2002

    2,087

    season began 12 weeks early

  • 2003

    3,010

    peak 3.7× stronger than normal

  • 2005

    3,686

    peak 5.3× stronger than normal

  • 2009

    659

    season began 7 weeks early

  • 2011

    481

    season began 28 weeks early

  • 2012

    1,749

    season began 20 weeks early

  • 2019

    300

    season began 25 weeks early

  • 2020

    1,748

    season began 7 weeks early

  • 2021

    669

    season began 18 weeks early

  • 2022

    501

    season began 22 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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