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Next 7 daysLow0%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
mid April – mid May
Record year
201121
Trend
−11%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +63%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
20018
20026
20035
20045
20057
20067
20075
20089
20097
20106
201121
20124
20136
201410
201512
20163
201719
201819
20195
202013
20212
20221
20236
20244
20254
20265

Next 7 days

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0%

Low

Expected detections: ~0.0

  • Outside the fire season↓
Sat36°
Sun34°
Mon34°
Tue35°
Wed34°
Thu34°
Fri34°

Right now

late October

This week0.0

This week is more active than 26% of past years at this time

Year to date5
#14 of 26 yearsNormal: 5

Season

late October – late May

Onset
late October
Peak
early May
End
late May

Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn

Critical windows

  • mid April – mid May

    24% of annual activity

  • early February – mid February

    14% of annual activity

  • early March – early March

    8% 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: −11%/10Raw: +63%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

13

  • 2009

    7

    season began 12 weeks early

  • 2011

    21

    3.6× the normal annual activity

    peak 8.3× stronger than normal

    season began 12 weeks late

    season ended 9 weeks early

  • 2014

    10

    season ended 9 weeks late

  • 2016

    3

    season began 20 weeks late

  • 2017

    19

    3.2× the normal annual activity

    peak 3.9× stronger than normal

    season ended 6 weeks late

  • 2018

    19

    3.2× the normal annual activity

  • 2019

    5

    season ended 8 weeks early

  • 2020

    13

    season ended 6 weeks early

  • 2021

    2

    only 0.3× the normal annual activity

    season began 22 weeks late

  • 2022

    1

    only 0.2× the normal annual activity

    season began 31 weeks late

  • 2023

    6

    season ended 6 weeks early

  • 2024

    4

    season began 21 weeks late

  • 2026

    5

    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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