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RegionsSaudi Arabia

Baysh

Next 7 daysLow15%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
early February – late April
Record year
2022468
Trend
−6%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +51%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
200175
200258
200358
200454
200564
200653
200755
200853
200959
201054
201155
20127
201327
201429
201513
201630
201727
201865
201921
202049
2021209
2022468
202357
202467
202528
202688

Next 7 days

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Full risk view

0%

Low

Expected detections: ~1.4

  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • An active part of the fire season↑
  • Humid air (57%)↓
Sat37°
Sun35°
Mon35°
Tue36°
Wed35°
Thu35°
Fri35°

Right now

late October

This week0.0

This week is more active than 10% of past years at this time

Year to date88
#3 of 26 yearsNormal: 42

Season

early October – early May

Onset
early October
Peak
late March
End
early May

Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn

Critical windows

  • early February – late April

    43% 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: −6%/10Raw: +51%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

15

  • 2001

    75

    peak 2.7× stronger than normal

  • 2013

    27

    only 0.5× the normal annual activity

  • 2014

    29

    only 0.5× the normal annual activity

    season began 3 weeks early

    season ended 11 weeks early

  • 2015

    13

    only 0.2× the normal annual activity

    season ended 13 weeks early

  • 2016

    30

    only 0.6× the normal annual activity

    season began 3 weeks late

  • 2017

    27

    only 0.5× the normal annual activity

    season ended 4 weeks late

  • 2018

    65

    peak 3.5× stronger than normal

    season began 10 weeks late

  • 2019

    21

    only 0.4× the normal annual activity

  • 2020

    49

    season ended 4 weeks early

  • 2021

    209

    3.9× the normal annual activity

    peak 11× stronger than normal

    season began 5 weeks late

    season ended 5 weeks early

  • 2022

    468

    8.6× the normal annual activity

    peak 19× stronger than normal

    season began 18 weeks late

    season ended 3 weeks early

  • 2023

    57

    season began 5 weeks late

  • 2024

    67

    season began 11 weeks late

    season ended 3 weeks late

  • 2025

    28

    only 0.5× the normal annual activity

  • 2026

    88

    peak 7.8× stronger than normal

    season began 8 weeks early

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Data sources

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