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Al Ghat

Next 7 daysLow1%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
mid September – early October
Record year
202211
Trend
+11%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +100%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
20013
20024
20033
20043
20053
20063
20073
20085
20093
20103
20113
20122
20130
20145
20150
20161
20171
20182
20195
20204
20214
202211
202310
20243
20256
20266

Next 7 days

Low

Full risk view

0%

Low

Expected detections: ~0.1

  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • No rain expected in the coming days↑
  • Dry air (21%)↑
  • Outside the fire season↓
Sat35°
Sun35°
Mon35°
Tue32°
Wed33°
Thu33°
Fri33°

Right now

late October

This week0.0

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

Year to date6
#3 of 26 yearsNormal: 3

Season

mid June – early March

Onset
mid June
Peak
early October
End
early March

Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn

Critical windows

  • mid September – early October

    13% of annual activity

  • mid July – early August

    10% of annual activity

  • early March – mid March

    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: +11%/10Raw: +100%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

12

  • 2012

    2

    season began 20 weeks late

  • 2014

    5

    season began 16 weeks late

    season ended 11 weeks early

  • 2016

    1

    only 0.3× the normal annual activity

    season began 17 weeks late

    season ended 21 weeks early

  • 2017

    1

    only 0.3× the normal annual activity

    season began 26 weeks late

    season ended 12 weeks early

  • 2018

    2

    season began 28 weeks late

  • 2020

    4

    season ended 23 weeks early

  • 2021

    4

    season ended 23 weeks early

  • 2022

    11

    3.3× the normal annual activity

    peak 5.0× stronger than normal

    season began 11 weeks late

    season ended 5 weeks early

  • 2023

    10

    3.0× the normal annual activity

  • 2024

    3

    season began 16 weeks late

    season ended 5 weeks late

  • 2025

    6

    1.8× the normal annual activity

    peak 6.0× stronger than normal

    season ended 32 weeks early

  • 2026

    6

    1.8× the normal annual activity

    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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