Al Bukayriyah

Next 7 daysLow10%

Annual mean: 0detections
Peak period: early May – early June
Record year: 200283
Trend: +5%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +118%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
Year	Total
2001	27
2002	83
2003	41
2004	42
2005	22
2006	41
2007	25
2008	21
2009	24
2010	27
2011	22
2012	12
2013	21
2014	14
2015	23
2016	19
2017	20
2018	28
2019	24
2020	31
2021	30
2022	41
2023	32
2024	48
2025	44
2026	15

Next 7 days

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Full risk view

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Expected detections: ~0.5

Fires detected in recent days↑
An active part of the fire season↑
This year is more active than normal↑

Sat33°

Sun33°

Mon33°

Tue32°

Wed31°

Thu31°

Fri31°

Right now

mid October

This week0.0

This week is more active than 14% of past years at this time

Year to date15

#23 of 26 yearsNormal: 20

Season

mid October – late June

Onset: mid October
Peak: late May
End: late June

Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn

Critical windows

early May – early June
28% of annual activity
late December – late January
13% of annual activity
mid November – late November
5% of annual activity

The normal year vs 2026

Bands show the 25-year range; the white line is this year so far.

Compare with

25-year history

The raw record jumps in 2012 when VIIRS arrives; the harmonized record does not.

Harmonized: +5%/10Raw: +118%/10

HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

5

2002
83
3.0× the normal annual activity
peak 5.7× stronger than normal
season began 7 weeks late
2012
12
only 0.4× the normal annual activity
2021
30
season ended 20 weeks early
2022
41
season began 12 weeks late
2023
32
season ended 6 weeks early

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