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Lamu

Next 7 daysLow11%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
mid January – early April
Record year
20013,462
Trend
−21%/ 10significant · on raw data: +87%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
20013462
20021577
20032198
20041712
20052451
20061333
20072522
20082299
20091821
20101483
20111451
20121668
20131193
20141800
20152151
20162027
2017728
2018955
20192210
20201898
20211700
2022773
20231255
20241790
20251293
2026639

Next 7 days

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Expected detections: ~7.0

  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • An active part of the fire season↑
  • Rain expected (28 mm)↓
Sat33°
Sun33°
Mon35°
Tue34°
Wed33°
Thu33°
Fri34°

Right now

late October

This week0.0

This week is more active than 4% of past years at this time

Year to date639
#25 of 26 yearsNormal: 1,658

Season

mid September – early April

Onset
mid September
Peak
mid March
End
early April

Critical windows

  • mid January – early April

    61% 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: −21%/10Raw: +87%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

10

  • 2001

    3,462

    season ended 5 weeks late

  • 2002

    1,577

    season ended 4 weeks late

  • 2004

    1,712

    season ended 6 weeks late

  • 2012

    1,668

    season ended 3 weeks late

  • 2017

    728

    only 0.4× the normal annual activity

  • 2019

    2,210

    season began 15 weeks late

  • 2022

    773

    only 0.5× the normal annual activity

  • 2023

    1,255

    season began 14 weeks late

  • 2024

    1,790

    season began 8 weeks early

  • 2026

    639

    only 0.4× the normal annual activity

    season began 6 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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