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RegionsSaudi Arabia

Khulays

Next 7 daysModerate22%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
late March – mid April
Record year
200117
Trend
−14%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +113%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
200117
20029
20037
20047
20058
200610
20078
200814
20097
20108
20117
20128
20139
20148
201512
20169
20175
20184
20199
202011
202111
20221
20239
20243
20255
202621

Next 7 days

Moderate

Full risk view

0%

Moderate

Expected detections: ~1.0

  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • This year is more active than normal↑
  • A dry month (22 mm)↑
  • Outside the fire season↓
Sat36°
Sun37°
Mon36°
Tue39°
Wed38°
Thu35°
Fri36°

Right now

late October

This week3.0

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

Year to date21
#1 of 26 yearsNormal: 6

Season

mid January – late October

Onset
mid January
Peak
early August
End
late October

Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn

Critical windows

  • late March – mid April

    11% of annual activity

  • early August – mid August

    7% of annual activity

  • late October – early November

    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: −14%/10Raw: +113%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

13

  • 2001

    17

    2.1× the normal annual activity

    peak 4.6× stronger than normal

    season began 6 weeks late

    season ended 5 weeks early

  • 2008

    14

    1.8× the normal annual activity

    season ended 4 weeks early

  • 2014

    8

    season ended 13 weeks early

  • 2015

    12

    season ended 13 weeks early

  • 2017

    5

    season began 6 weeks early

    season ended 18 weeks early

  • 2018

    4

    only 0.5× the normal annual activity

  • 2019

    9

    season ended 3 weeks late

  • 2020

    11

    season began 7 weeks late

  • 2021

    11

    season began 6 weeks late

  • 2023

    9

    season ended 3 weeks early

  • 2024

    3

    only 0.4× the normal annual activity

    season began 11 weeks late

    season ended 26 weeks early

  • 2025

    5

    season began 12 weeks late

    season ended 6 weeks early

  • 2026

    21

    2.6× the normal annual activity

    season began 23 weeks late

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Data sources

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

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