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Dammam

Next 7 daysLow12%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
early April – early May
Record year
2005153
Trend
−17%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +85%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
200154
2002105
200356
200459
2005153
200658
2007120
200897
200975
201059
201158
201250
201337
201455
201550
201689
201732
201844
201975
202084
202187
202275
202341
202430
202542
202624

Next 7 days

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Expected detections: ~0.5

  • An active part of the fire season↑
  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • No rain expected in the coming days↑
  • This year is quieter than normal↓
Sat36°
Sun37°
Mon38°
Tue34°
Wed33°
Thu33°
Fri34°

Right now

late October

This week0.0

This week is more active than 18% of past years at this time

Year to date24
#25 of 26 yearsNormal: 48

Season

mid September – early July

Onset
mid September
Peak
mid April
End
early July

Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn

Critical windows

  • early April – early May

    17% of annual activity

  • late June – mid July

    8% of annual activity

  • mid September – mid September

    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: −17%/10Raw: +85%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

7

  • 2002

    105

    peak 4.6× stronger than normal

    season began 6 weeks late

  • 2004

    59

    season began 6 weeks early

  • 2005

    153

    2.6× the normal annual activity

    peak 8.2× stronger than normal

    season began 10 weeks late

  • 2016

    89

    season began 10 weeks late

  • 2019

    75

    season began 7 weeks late

  • 2023

    41

    season began 10 weeks late

  • 2026

    24

    only 0.4× the normal annual activity

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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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