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RegionsSaudi Arabia

Al Badai

Next 7 daysLow3%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
early February – early March
Record year
202117
Trend
−4%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +106%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
20018
200210
20038
200410
20058
20068
20078
200815
200915
20108
20118
20123
20138
20142
20156
201615
20176
20186
20195
202012
202117
20224
202315
20245
202515
20269

Next 7 days

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Expected detections: ~0.2

  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • No rain expected in the coming days↑
  • Outside the fire season↓
Sat34°
Sun34°
Mon34°
Tue33°
Wed32°
Thu32°
Fri32°

Right now

mid October

This week0.0

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

Year to date9
#6 of 26 yearsNormal: 6

Season

early November – mid July

Onset
early November
Peak
late April
End
mid July

Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn

Critical windows

  • early February – early March

    14% of annual activity

  • mid April – early May

    12% of annual activity

  • mid January – late January

    7% 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: +106%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

13

  • 2008

    15

    season began 4 weeks late

  • 2009

    15

    season began 4 weeks late

  • 2012

    3

    only 0.3× the normal annual activity

    season began 9 weeks late

    season ended 13 weeks early

  • 2014

    2

    only 0.3× the normal annual activity

    season ended 9 weeks early

  • 2017

    6

    season began 10 weeks late

  • 2018

    6

    season began 7 weeks early

  • 2019

    5

    season began 5 weeks late

  • 2020

    12

    season began 4 weeks late

  • 2021

    17

    2.2× the normal annual activity

    season ended 7 weeks early

  • 2022

    4

    season began 3 weeks early

    season ended 36 weeks early

  • 2023

    15

    season began 16 weeks late

  • 2025

    15

    season began 7 weeks late

    season ended 8 weeks early

  • 2026

    9

    season began 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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