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RegionsSaudi Arabia

Najran

Next 7 daysVery high69%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
late August – mid October
Record year
201440
Trend
−15%/ 10significant · on raw data: +106%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
200120
200230
200320
200427
200523
200621
200722
200833
200921
201040
201118
201220
201317
201440
20159
201620
20177
20185
201914
202021
202121
202215
202320
202421
202519
202690

Next 7 days

Very high

Full risk view

0%

Very high

Expected detections: ~3.0

  • This year is more active than normal↑
  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • An active part of the fire season↑
Sat28°
Sun28°
Mon27°
Tue26°
Wed26°
Thu28°
Fri28°

Right now

late October

This week4.0

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

Year to date90
#1 of 26 yearsNormal: 17

Season

early September – late June

Onset
early September
Peak
early October
End
late June

Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn

Critical windows

  • late August – mid October

    24% of annual activity

  • mid February – early March

    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: −15%/10Raw: +106%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

12

  • 2008

    33

    1.6× the normal annual activity

  • 2010

    40

    1.9× the normal annual activity

    peak 3.5× stronger than normal

  • 2012

    20

    season ended 9 weeks early

  • 2013

    17

    season ended 11 weeks early

  • 2014

    40

    2.0× the normal annual activity

  • 2015

    9

    only 0.4× the normal annual activity

  • 2017

    7

    only 0.3× the normal annual activity

    season ended 25 weeks early

  • 2018

    5

    only 0.3× the normal annual activity

    season began 14 weeks late

  • 2019

    14

    season began 6 weeks late

    season ended 9 weeks early

  • 2021

    21

    season began 11 weeks late

  • 2023

    20

    season ended 11 weeks early

  • 2026

    90

    4.4× the normal annual activity

    peak 3.8× stronger than normal

    season ended 17 weeks early

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One fire history for the Land of Fire.

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Data sources

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