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Mombasa County

Next 7 daysLow2%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
early January – late March
Record year
202133
Trend
−17%/ 10significant · on raw data: +107%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
200119
200217
200330
200419
200521
200616
200727
200825
200918
201016
201117
201223
20135
201416
201522
201621
20175
201822
201915
202017
202133
202211
202313
202412
202513
202624

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 (24 mm)↓
Sat32°
Sun33°
Mon32°
Tue32°
Wed32°
Thu32°
Fri32°

Right now

mid October

This week0.0

This week is more active than 20% of past years at this time

Year to date24
#3 of 26 yearsNormal: 15

Season

mid September – late March

Onset
mid September
Peak
early March
End
late March

Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn

Critical windows

  • early January – late March

    56% 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: −17%/10Raw: +107%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

9

  • 2003

    30

    peak 3.0× stronger than normal

  • 2012

    23

    season began 10 weeks late

  • 2013

    5

    only 0.3× the normal annual activity

    season began 12 weeks late

  • 2015

    22

    season began 18 weeks late

  • 2017

    5

    only 0.3× the normal annual activity

  • 2019

    15

    season began 16 weeks late

    season ended 11 weeks late

  • 2021

    33

    season began 9 weeks late

    season ended 9 weeks late

  • 2025

    13

    season ended 3 weeks early

  • 2026

    24

    season began 9 weeks early

    season ended 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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