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Qaryah Al Ulya

Next 7 daysLow13%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
mid September – mid October
Record year
2023132
Trend
−3%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +68%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
200115
200216
200315
200414
200514
200613
200716
200813
200914
201014
201113
20124
201313
201419
201510
201610
20175
20186
20193
202026
202111
202214
2023132
202426
202532
202644

Next 7 days

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Expected detections: ~0.5

  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • An active part of the fire season↑
  • This year is more active than normal↑
Sat34°
Sun34°
Mon34°
Tue34°
Wed33°
Thu33°
Fri33°

Right now

mid October

This week0.0

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

Year to date44
#2 of 26 yearsNormal: 12

Season

early March – early November

Onset
early March
Peak
early October
End
early November

Critical windows

  • mid September – mid October

    32% of annual activity

  • late March – mid April

    9% of annual activity

  • early June – mid June

    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: −3%/10Raw: +68%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

12

  • 2012

    4

    only 0.3× the normal annual activity

    season began 8 weeks early

  • 2013

    13

    season ended 5 weeks early

  • 2014

    19

    season ended 7 weeks late

  • 2016

    10

    season began 7 weeks late

    season ended 16 weeks early

  • 2017

    5

    only 0.4× the normal annual activity

    season began 7 weeks early

    season ended 4 weeks early

  • 2018

    6

    only 0.4× the normal annual activity

    season began 10 weeks late

  • 2019

    3

    only 0.2× the normal annual activity

    season began 12 weeks late

  • 2020

    26

    1.9× the normal annual activity

  • 2023

    132

    9.5× the normal annual activity

    peak 27× stronger than normal

    season began 29 weeks late

  • 2024

    26

    1.9× the normal annual activity

  • 2025

    32

    2.3× the normal annual activity

  • 2026

    44

    3.2× the normal annual activity

    peak 9.2× stronger than normal

    season began 6 weeks late

    season ended 13 weeks early

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Data sources

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