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Al Khafji

Next 7 daysExtreme99%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
mid December – mid January
Record year
2021621
Trend
−18%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +36%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
2001156
2002152
2003111
2004108
2005140
2006100
2007141
200899
2009133
2010128
2011110
201239
2013344
201446
201517
201620
201717
201819
201934
2020318
2021621
2022109
2023107
202455
2025186
20261499

Next 7 days

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Expected detections: ~53.6

  • This year is more active than normal↑
  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • An active part of the fire season↑
Sat36°
Sun39°
Mon34°
Tue32°
Wed32°
Thu29°
Fri33°

Right now

late October

This week30

This week is more active than 100% of past years at this time

Year to date1,499
#1 of 26 yearsNormal: 91

Season

mid October – early July

Onset
mid October
Peak
early January
End
early July

Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn

Critical windows

  • mid December – mid January

    16% of annual activity

  • early May – early June

    15% 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: −18%/10Raw: +36%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

11

  • 2013

    344

    3.2× the normal annual activity

    season began 27 weeks late

  • 2015

    17

    only 0.2× the normal annual activity

    season began 3 weeks early

  • 2016

    20

    only 0.2× the normal annual activity

  • 2017

    17

    only 0.2× the normal annual activity

    season began 13 weeks late

    season ended 24 weeks early

  • 2018

    19

    only 0.2× the normal annual activity

    season began 5 weeks early

    season ended 15 weeks early

  • 2019

    34

    only 0.3× the normal annual activity

  • 2020

    318

    2.9× the normal annual activity

  • 2021

    621

    5.7× the normal annual activity

  • 2022

    109

    season ended 14 weeks early

  • 2023

    107

    season began 8 weeks late

  • 2026

    1,499

    14× the normal annual activity

    peak 18× stronger than normal

    season began 4 weeks early

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Data sources

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