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RegionsSaudi Arabia

Bishah

Next 7 daysVery high73%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
early November – mid December
Record year
202168
Trend
+3%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +124%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
200140
200237
200335
200435
200540
200635
200739
200835
200937
201042
201138
201227
201317
201424
201530
201636
201744
201841
201937
202037
202168
202262
202332
202434
202553
202668

Next 7 days

Very high

Full risk view

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Very high

Expected detections: ~4.1

  • This year is more active than normal↑
  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • An active part of the fire season↑
Sat31°
Sun31°
Mon31°
Tue31°
Wed31°
Thu31°
Fri31°

Right now

mid October

This week4.0

This week is more active than 100% of past years at this time

Year to date68
#1 of 26 yearsNormal: 27

Season

mid September – late June

Onset
mid September
Peak
early October
End
late June

Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn

Critical windows

  • early November – mid December

    16% of annual activity

  • mid September – mid October

    13% of annual activity

  • mid January – late January

    6% 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: +3%/10Raw: +124%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

13

  • 2012

    27

    season ended 4 weeks early

  • 2013

    17

    only 0.5× the normal annual activity

  • 2014

    24

    only 0.7× the normal annual activity

  • 2016

    36

    season began 4 weeks late

    season ended 5 weeks late

  • 2018

    41

    season ended 3 weeks early

  • 2019

    37

    season began 3 weeks early

  • 2020

    37

    season ended 5 weeks late

  • 2021

    68

    1.8× the normal annual activity

    season ended 3 weeks early

  • 2022

    62

    1.7× the normal annual activity

  • 2023

    32

    season began 5 weeks late

    season ended 5 weeks late

  • 2024

    34

    season began 11 weeks late

  • 2025

    53

    season began 5 weeks late

  • 2026

    68

    1.8× the normal annual activity

    peak 3.8× stronger than normal

    season began 3 weeks early

    season ended 3 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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