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Al Aqiq

Next 7 daysLow4%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
early October – late October
Record year
201741
Trend
−31%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +37%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
200110
200214
200312
200416
200515
200620
200712
20089
20099
201019
201129
201231
20137
201413
201518
201618
201741
201816
201916
20207
20210
20220
20234
20241
20253
20264

Next 7 days

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Expected detections: ~0.2

  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • An active part of the fire season↑
  • No rain expected in the coming days↑
  • This year is quieter than normal↓
Sat31°
Sun31°
Mon31°
Tue31°
Wed31°
Thu31°
Fri31°

Right now

mid October

This week0.0

This week is more active than 22% of past years at this time

Year to date4
#21 of 26 yearsNormal: 12

Season

mid July – late March

Onset
mid July
Peak
mid October
End
late March

Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn

Critical windows

  • early October – late October

    16% of annual activity

  • early February – mid February

    10% of annual activity

  • early January – mid January

    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: −31%/10Raw: +37%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

10

  • 2001

    10

    season ended 3 weeks late

  • 2008

    9

    season ended 3 weeks late

  • 2011

    29

    season ended 5 weeks early

  • 2013

    7

    season began 12 weeks early

  • 2014

    13

    season ended 5 weeks early

  • 2015

    18

    season ended 4 weeks late

  • 2017

    41

    3.1× the normal annual activity

    season ended 9 weeks early

  • 2019

    16

    season ended 5 weeks late

  • 2025

    3

    only 0.2× the normal annual activity

    season ended 20 weeks early

  • 2026

    4

    season began 27 weeks late

    season ended 5 weeks late

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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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