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Al Lith

Next 7 daysExtreme85%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
late May – early July
Record year
2017125
Trend
−26%/ 10significant · on raw data: +78%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
200148
200242
200346
200445
200578
200640
200758
200838
200946
201044
201164
201229
201329
201461
201526
2016113
2017125
201830
201952
202036
202129
202228
202316
202412
202519
2026153

Next 7 days

Extreme

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Extreme

Expected detections: ~6.3

  • This year is more active than normal↑
  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • An active part of the fire season↑
Sat36°
Sun35°
Mon35°
Tue35°
Wed34°
Thu35°
Fri34°

Right now

late October

This week3.0

This week is more active than 94% of past years at this time

Year to date153
#1 of 26 yearsNormal: 33

Season

late September – late June

Onset
late September
Peak
early June
End
late June

Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn

Critical windows

  • late May – early July

    17% of annual activity

  • mid October – late November

    14% 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: −26%/10Raw: +78%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

8

  • 2005

    78

    peak 4.9× stronger than normal

  • 2011

    64

    peak 3.3× stronger than normal

  • 2016

    113

    season ended 6 weeks early

  • 2017

    125

    3.0× the normal annual activity

  • 2019

    52

    season ended 6 weeks early

  • 2023

    16

    season began 9 weeks late

    season ended 6 weeks late

  • 2024

    12

    only 0.3× the normal annual activity

    season began 18 weeks late

  • 2026

    153

    3.7× the normal annual activity

    peak 7.5× stronger than normal

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ODLAR

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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