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Al Khurmah

Next 7 daysLow2%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
early November – mid December
Record year
202416
Trend
+2%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +108%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
20018
20027
20037
20046
20057
20067
20077
20088
20097
20106
20117
20123
20137
20148
20157
20167
20177
20186
20194
20209
20219
202214
20237
202416
20254
20263

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↓
Sat33°
Sun33°
Mon33°
Tue32°
Wed32°
Thu32°
Fri32°

Right now

mid October

This week0.0

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

Year to date3
#22 of 26 yearsNormal: 5

Season

early March – early December

Onset
early March
Peak
mid November
End
early December

Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn

Critical windows

  • early November – mid December

    25% of annual activity

  • late September – mid October

    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: +2%/10Raw: +108%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

12

  • 2012

    3

    only 0.5× the normal annual activity

    season began 36 weeks late

    season ended 3 weeks late

  • 2013

    7

    season began 9 weeks late

    season ended 3 weeks late

  • 2015

    7

    season ended 5 weeks early

  • 2016

    7

    season began 7 weeks late

  • 2017

    7

    season began 7 weeks early

    season ended 4 weeks early

  • 2018

    6

    season began 7 weeks early

    season ended 10 weeks early

  • 2019

    4

    only 0.6× the normal annual activity

    season ended 19 weeks early

  • 2020

    9

    season ended 23 weeks early

  • 2022

    14

    2.0× the normal annual activity

    season ended 4 weeks early

  • 2024

    16

    2.3× the normal annual activity

  • 2025

    4

    only 0.6× the normal annual activity

    season began 14 weeks late

  • 2026

    3

    only 0.4× the normal annual activity

    season began 26 weeks late

    season ended 4 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

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