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Trans-Nzoia County

Next 7 daysLow8%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
mid December – mid March
Record year
2015833
Trend
−19%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +80%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
2001299
2002378
2003450
2004388
2005475
2006670
2007271
2008735
2009578
2010167
2011738
2012599
2013311
2014264
2015833
2016208
2017358
2018351
2019406
2020176
2021260
2022243
2023304
202467
2025358
2026148

Next 7 days

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Expected detections: ~0.5

  • An active part of the fire season↑
  • This year is more active than normal↑
  • Humid air (82%)↓
Sat22°
Sun22°
Mon22°
Tue22°
Wed22°
Thu22°
Fri22°

Right now

mid October

This week1.0

This week is more active than 60% of past years at this time

Year to date148
#22 of 26 yearsNormal: 305

Season

mid December – early March

Onset
mid December
Peak
early February
End
early March

Critical windows

  • mid December – mid March

    87% 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: −19%/10Raw: +80%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

6

  • 2002

    378

    season ended 3 weeks late

  • 2006

    670

    season ended 3 weeks early

  • 2007

    271

    season ended 4 weeks late

  • 2010

    167

    season began 6 weeks early

    season ended 3 weeks early

  • 2024

    67

    only 0.2× the normal annual activity

    season began 10 weeks early

    season ended 9 weeks late

  • 2026

    148

    season began 18 weeks early

    season ended 4 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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