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West Pokot

Next 7 daysModerate33%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
mid January – late March
Record year
2015760
Trend
−1%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +77%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
2001271
2002211
2003425
2004283
2005284
2006256
2007394
2008366
2009292
2010148
2011311
2012408
2013540
2014525
2015760
2016150
2017282
2018231
2019497
202059
2021485
2022281
2023200
2024102
2025390
2026114

Next 7 days

Moderate

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Expected detections: ~1.3

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  • This year is more active than normal↑
  • Rain expected (18 mm)↓
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Right now

mid October

This week3.0

This week is more active than 86% of past years at this time

Year to date114
#22 of 26 yearsNormal: 279

Season

early December – late March

Onset
early December
Peak
late February
End
late March

Critical windows

  • mid January – late March

    76% 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: −1%/10Raw: +77%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

8

  • 2002

    211

    season began 15 weeks early

  • 2004

    283

    season began 15 weeks early

  • 2013

    540

    season ended 3 weeks early

  • 2015

    760

    2.7× the normal annual activity

    peak 3.8× stronger than normal

  • 2018

    231

    season began 15 weeks early

    season ended 4 weeks early

  • 2020

    59

    only 0.2× the normal annual activity

    season ended 3 weeks late

  • 2024

    102

    only 0.4× the normal annual activity

  • 2026

    114

    season began 18 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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