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Faifa

Next 7 daysLow0%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
late March – late April
Record year
20172
Trend
−1%/ 10not significant · on raw data: 0%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
20011
20021
20030
20040
20051
20060
20070
20080
20090
20100
20110
20120
20130
20140
20150
20161
20172
20180
20191
20201
20211
20222
20230
20240
20250
20261

Next 7 days

Low

Full risk view

0%

Low

Expected detections: ~0.0

  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • Dry air (33%)↑
  • Outside the fire season↓
Sat30°
Sun30°
Mon30°
Tue31°
Wed31°
Thu30°
Fri29°

Right now

late October

This week0.0

This week is more active than 26% of past years at this time

Year to date1
#3 of 26 yearsNormal: 0

Season

late October – mid April

Onset
late October
Peak
mid April
End
mid April

Critical windows

  • late March – late April

    48% of annual activity

  • mid October – late November

    24% of annual activity

  • mid December – late December

    8% 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: −1%/10Raw: 0%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

7

  • 2016

    1

    peak 12× stronger than normal

    season began 5 weeks late

    season ended 25 weeks early

  • 2017

    2

    peak 24× stronger than normal

    season began 26 weeks late

    season ended 4 weeks early

  • 2019

    1

    peak 12× stronger than normal

    season began 11 weeks late

    season ended 19 weeks early

  • 2020

    1

    peak 12× stronger than normal

    season ended 28 weeks early

  • 2021

    1

    peak 12× stronger than normal

    season began 25 weeks late

    season ended 5 weeks early

  • 2022

    2

    peak 12× stronger than normal

    season began 24 weeks late

    season ended 3 weeks early

  • 2026

    1

    peak 12× stronger than normal

    season ended 29 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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