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Afif

Next 7 daysLow0%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
early March – late March
Record year
201018
Trend
−4%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +61%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
20013
20023
20032
20042
20054
20062
20072
20084
20092
201018
20112
20123
201310
201414
20150
20163
20170
20180
20190
20201
20219
20223
20233
202411
20251
20261

Next 7 days

Low

Full risk view

0%

Low

Expected detections: ~0.0

  • Dry air (19%)↑
  • Outside the fire season↓
Sat32°
Sun32°
Mon32°
Tue32°
Wed30°
Thu30°
Fri30°

Right now

late October

This week0.0

This week is more active than 28% of past years at this time

Year to date1
#20 of 26 yearsNormal: 2

Season

late August – mid June

Onset
late August
Peak
mid December
End
mid June

Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn

Critical windows

  • early March – late March

    12% of annual activity

  • late August – early September

    10% of annual activity

  • early October – mid October

    9% 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: −4%/10Raw: +61%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

12

  • 2005

    4

    season began 5 weeks late

  • 2008

    4

    season began 5 weeks late

  • 2010

    18

    7.0× the normal annual activity

    peak 9.5× stronger than normal

    season began 5 weeks early

    season ended 23 weeks early

  • 2012

    3

    season began 9 weeks early

  • 2013

    10

    peak 7.0× stronger than normal

    season began 9 weeks early

  • 2014

    14

    5.3× the normal annual activity

    peak 6.0× stronger than normal

  • 2020

    1

    season began 40 weeks late

  • 2021

    9

    peak 7.0× stronger than normal

    season began 10 weeks late

  • 2022

    3

    season began 6 weeks late

  • 2024

    11

    4.2× the normal annual activity

    peak 6.0× stronger than normal

    season ended 12 weeks early

  • 2025

    1

    season began 22 weeks late

    season ended 13 weeks early

  • 2026

    1

    season began 19 weeks late

    season ended 16 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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