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Makkah Al Mukarramah

Next 7 daysLow13%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
mid March – mid April
Record year
2015108
Trend
−2%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +70%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
200149
200247
200350
200448
200551
200648
200749
200859
200942
201055
201145
201252
201325
201463
2015108
201683
201765
201878
2019108
202091
202127
202234
202340
202419
202523
202631

Next 7 days

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Expected detections: ~0.6

  • An active part of the fire season↑
  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • Dry air (33%)↑
  • This year is quieter than normal↓
Sat37°
Sun37°
Mon36°
Tue36°
Wed36°
Thu35°
Fri35°

Right now

mid October

This week0.0

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

Year to date31
#21 of 26 yearsNormal: 40

Season

early November – early August

Onset
early November
Peak
late March
End
early August

Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn

Critical windows

  • mid March – mid April

    12% of annual activity

  • mid January – late January

    7% of annual activity

  • early July – mid July

    7% 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: −2%/10Raw: +70%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

13

  • 2002

    47

    season ended 3 weeks late

  • 2004

    48

    season ended 5 weeks late

  • 2012

    52

    peak 3.1× stronger than normal

  • 2013

    25

    only 0.5× the normal annual activity

    season began 3 weeks early

  • 2015

    108

    2.2× the normal annual activity

    peak 2.7× stronger than normal

  • 2016

    83

    season ended 4 weeks early

  • 2018

    78

    season began 3 weeks early

  • 2019

    108

    2.2× the normal annual activity

    season ended 4 weeks late

  • 2020

    91

    1.9× the normal annual activity

    peak 3.4× stronger than normal

    season began 9 weeks late

  • 2022

    34

    season began 4 weeks early

    season ended 5 weeks early

  • 2024

    19

    only 0.4× the normal annual activity

    season ended 5 weeks late

  • 2025

    23

    only 0.5× the normal annual activity

    season began 16 weeks late

    season ended 5 weeks early

  • 2026

    31

    season began 18 weeks late

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Data sources

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

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