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Meru County

Next 7 daysLow11%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
late August – early October
Record year
2003761
Trend
−32%/ 10significant · on raw data: +60%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
2001291
2002366
2003761
2004738
2005639
2006292
2007528
2008544
2009544
2010394
2011362
2012487
2013633
2014246
2015269
2016293
2017264
2018148
2019483
2020471
2021171
2022538
2023155
2024293
2025278
2026343

Next 7 days

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Full risk view

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Expected detections: ~1.1

  • An active part of the fire season↑
  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • Rain expected (42 mm)↓
Sat25°
Sun27°
Mon27°
Tue28°
Wed26°
Thu25°
Fri25°

Right now

late October

This week4.0

This week is more active than 80% of past years at this time

Year to date343
#15 of 26 yearsNormal: 361

Season

mid February – early October

Onset
mid February
Peak
late September
End
early October

Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn

Critical windows

  • late August – early October

    35% of annual activity

  • mid February – late March

    26% 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: −32%/10Raw: +60%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

6

  • 2009

    544

    peak 2.8× stronger than normal

  • 2011

    362

    season ended 3 weeks early

  • 2019

    483

    peak 3.1× stronger than normal

    season ended 25 weeks early

  • 2020

    471

    season began 20 weeks late

  • 2022

    538

    peak 3.7× stronger than normal

  • 2026

    343

    season began 24 weeks late

    season ended 3 weeks early

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ODLAR

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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