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Az Zulfi

Next 7 daysLow0%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
late April – late June
Record year
202121
Trend
−4%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +94%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
20018
20025
20035
20045
20055
20065
20076
20088
20095
20105
20116
20123
20133
20142
20155
20164
20172
20183
20194
20206
202121
20226
20238
20244
20255
20262

Next 7 days

Low

Full risk view

0%

Low

Expected detections: ~0.0

  • No rain expected in the coming days↑
  • Dry air (21%)↑
  • Outside the fire season↓
Sat33°
Sun34°
Mon33°
Tue33°
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 date2
#24 of 26 yearsNormal: 4

Season

mid November – late June

Onset
mid November
Peak
late May
End
late June

Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn

Critical windows

  • late April – late June

    40% of annual activity

  • mid January – late January

    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: −4%/10Raw: +94%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

16

  • 2001

    8

    1.6× the normal annual activity

  • 2012

    3

    only 0.6× the normal annual activity

    season ended 8 weeks early

  • 2013

    3

    only 0.6× the normal annual activity

    season began 6 weeks early

    season ended 11 weeks early

  • 2014

    2

    only 0.4× the normal annual activity

    season ended 19 weeks early

  • 2015

    5

    season began 6 weeks late

    season ended 12 weeks early

  • 2016

    4

    season began 11 weeks late

  • 2017

    2

    only 0.4× the normal annual activity

    season began 23 weeks late

  • 2018

    3

    only 0.6× the normal annual activity

    season began 6 weeks late

    season ended 3 weeks early

  • 2019

    4

    season ended 4 weeks early

  • 2020

    6

    season began 10 weeks early

    season ended 7 weeks early

  • 2021

    21

    4.0× the normal annual activity

    peak 3.5× stronger than normal

    season began 23 weeks late

    season ended 8 weeks late

  • 2022

    6

    season began 8 weeks late

    season ended 6 weeks early

  • 2023

    8

    1.5× the normal annual activity

  • 2024

    4

    season ended 5 weeks early

  • 2025

    5

    season began 7 weeks early

    season ended 3 weeks early

  • 2026

    2

    only 0.4× the normal annual activity

    season began 20 weeks late

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Data sources

NASA FIRMS, NASA POWER, Open-Meteo, OpenStreetMap, geoBoundaries, OpenFreeMap

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