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As Sulayyil

Next 7 daysModerate22%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
mid September – mid October
Record year
201839
Trend
−11%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +96%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
200121
200221
200323
200420
200520
200620
200722
200828
200922
201022
201121
201232
20139
201429
201525
201620
201724
201839
201915
202016
20218
202211
202316
202413
202528
202631

Next 7 days

Moderate

Full risk view

0%

Moderate

Expected detections: ~0.9

  • This year is more active than normal↑
  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • An active part of the fire season↑
Sat34°
Sun34°
Mon34°
Tue34°
Wed34°
Thu34°
Fri33°

Right now

mid October

This week1.0

This week is more active than 88% of past years at this time

Year to date31
#1 of 26 yearsNormal: 16

Season

late August – early May

Onset
late August
Peak
early October
End
early May

Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn

Critical windows

  • mid September – mid October

    12% of annual activity

  • mid December – early January

    8% of annual activity

  • late October – early November

    8% 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: +96%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

16

  • 2008

    28

    peak 2.5× stronger than normal

  • 2012

    32

    peak 3.0× stronger than normal

    season began 3 weeks early

    season ended 15 weeks early

  • 2013

    9

    only 0.4× the normal annual activity

    season ended 4 weeks early

  • 2014

    29

    peak 3.3× stronger than normal

    season began 3 weeks late

    season ended 3 weeks early

  • 2015

    25

    peak 2.3× stronger than normal

    season began 3 weeks late

    season ended 6 weeks late

  • 2016

    20

    season began 3 weeks early

    season ended 9 weeks early

  • 2017

    24

    season began 3 weeks late

    season ended 3 weeks late

  • 2018

    39

    1.9× the normal annual activity

    peak 2.7× stronger than normal

    season began 6 weeks late

  • 2019

    15

    season began 3 weeks early

    season ended 5 weeks late

  • 2020

    16

    season began 4 weeks early

    season ended 3 weeks early

  • 2021

    8

    only 0.4× the normal annual activity

    season began 5 weeks late

    season ended 8 weeks late

  • 2022

    11

    only 0.5× the normal annual activity

    season began 10 weeks late

  • 2023

    16

    season ended 5 weeks early

  • 2024

    13

    season began 10 weeks late

  • 2025

    28

    season began 6 weeks early

    season ended 8 weeks late

  • 2026

    31

    peak 3.0× stronger than normal

    season ended 7 weeks early

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Data sources

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