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Mandera County

Next 7 daysLow1%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
mid February – mid March
Record year
2012196
Trend
−18%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +41%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
200128
200219
200317
200420
200524
200616
2007110
200835
200913
201012
201112
2012196
201381
201411
20156
20167
20178
20183
20199
202024
202111
202223
20236
202492
202519
202613

Next 7 days

Low

Full risk view

0%

Low

Expected detections: ~0.1

  • This year is more active than normal↑
  • Dry air (47%)↑
  • Outside the fire season↓
Sat33°
Sun34°
Mon35°
Tue35°
Wed36°
Thu35°
Fri34°

Right now

late October

This week0.0

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

Year to date13
#15 of 26 yearsNormal: 16

Season

mid January – mid September

Onset
mid January
Peak
early March
End
mid September

Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn

Critical windows

  • mid February – mid March

    27% of annual activity

  • late August – mid September

    14% of annual activity

  • mid January – late January

    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: −18%/10Raw: +41%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

10

  • 2007

    110

    6.3× the normal annual activity

    peak 18× stronger than normal

    season ended 18 weeks early

  • 2008

    35

    peak 4.4× stronger than normal

  • 2012

    196

    11× the normal annual activity

    peak 14× stronger than normal

  • 2013

    81

    4.6× the normal annual activity

    peak 8.0× stronger than normal

    season ended 12 weeks early

  • 2014

    11

    season began 8 weeks late

  • 2017

    8

    season began 6 weeks early

  • 2018

    3

    only 0.2× the normal annual activity

  • 2019

    9

    season began 9 weeks early

  • 2022

    23

    season ended 9 weeks early

  • 2024

    92

    5.3× the normal annual activity

    peak 9.3× stronger than normal

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One fire history for the Land of Fire.

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Data sources

NASA FIRMS, NASA POWER, Open-Meteo, OpenStreetMap, geoBoundaries, OpenFreeMap

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