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Nakuru

Next 7 daysHigh45%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
early January – late March
Record year
2015887
Trend
−25%/ 10significant · on raw data: +69%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
2001398
2002495
2003773
2004288
2005609
2006394
2007382
2008613
2009711
2010214
2011662
2012428
2013335
2014379
2015887
2016196
2017521
2018201
2019393
2020148
2021358
2022230
2023461
2024154
2025286
2026426

Next 7 days

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Expected detections: ~2.5

  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • An active part of the fire season↑
  • This year is more active than normal↑
  • Rain expected (27 mm)↓
Sat26°
Sun27°
Mon28°
Tue26°
Wed29°
Thu28°
Fri25°

Right now

late October

This week13

This week is more active than 100% of past years at this time

Year to date426
#10 of 26 yearsNormal: 349

Season

early November – late March

Onset
early November
Peak
early March
End
late March

Critical windows

  • early January – late March

    74% 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: −25%/10Raw: +69%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

3

  • 2006

    394

    season ended 9 weeks late

  • 2010

    214

    season ended 9 weeks late

  • 2020

    148

    only 0.4× the normal annual activity

    season ended 7 weeks late

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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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