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Baqa

Next 7 daysHigh47%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
early May – early July
Record year
2014121
Trend
−34%/ 10significant · on raw data: +65%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
200165
200284
200340
200453
200548
200663
200750
200844
200940
201039
201154
201238
2013111
2014121
201536
201626
201717
201815
201914
202018
202127
202249
202329
202458
202532
202667

Next 7 days

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Expected detections: ~2.0

  • This year is more active than normal↑
  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • An active part of the fire season↑
  • Rain expected (4 mm)↓
Sat33°
Sun33°
Mon30°
Tue30°
Wed31°
Thu26°
Fri28°

Right now

late October

This week5.0

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

Year to date67
#4 of 26 yearsNormal: 34

Season

early May – mid January

Onset
early May
Peak
late May
End
mid January

Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn

Critical windows

  • early May – early July

    30% of annual activity

  • late September – early October

    5% 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: −34%/10Raw: +65%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

9

  • 2012

    38

    season began 6 weeks late

  • 2013

    111

    2.8× the normal annual activity

    season ended 6 weeks early

  • 2014

    121

    3.0× the normal annual activity

  • 2017

    17

    season began 7 weeks early

  • 2018

    15

    only 0.4× the normal annual activity

  • 2019

    14

    only 0.3× the normal annual activity

  • 2020

    18

    season ended 12 weeks early

  • 2023

    29

    season ended 6 weeks late

  • 2025

    32

    season ended 8 weeks early

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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

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

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