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Qilwah

Next 7 daysLow2%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
mid June – mid July
Record year
202416
Trend
−3%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +31%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
20013
20022
20032
20042
20052
20062
20072
20082
20094
20102
20112
20122
20130
20147
20151
20163
20170
20181
20190
20200
20210
20221
202311
202416
20253
20260

Next 7 days

Low

Full risk view

0%

Low

Expected detections: ~0.1

  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • An active part of the fire season↑
  • This year is quieter than normal↓
Sat36°
Sun35°
Mon35°
Tue34°
Wed34°
Thu34°
Fri32°

Right now

late October

This week0.0

This week is more active than 28% of past years at this time

Year to date0
#21 of 26 yearsNormal: 1

Season

mid April – early November

Onset
mid April
Peak
late June
End
early November

Critical windows

  • mid June – mid July

    42% of annual activity

  • early May – mid May

    12% of annual activity

  • late October – early November

    9% 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: +31%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

10

  • 2009

    4

    peak 13× stronger than normal

    season began 4 weeks late

    season ended 8 weeks early

  • 2012

    2

    peak 11× stronger than normal

    season began 12 weeks late

    season ended 18 weeks early

  • 2014

    7

    4.4× the normal annual activity

    peak 28× stronger than normal

    season began 26 weeks late

  • 2015

    1

    peak 5.5× stronger than normal

    season ended 29 weeks early

  • 2016

    3

    peak 17× stronger than normal

    season began 11 weeks late

    season ended 19 weeks early

  • 2018

    1

    peak 5.5× stronger than normal

    season began 21 weeks late

    season ended 9 weeks early

  • 2022

    1

    peak 5.5× stronger than normal

    season ended 28 weeks early

  • 2023

    11

    6.9× the normal annual activity

    peak 33× stronger than normal

    season ended 24 weeks early

  • 2024

    16

    10× the normal annual activity

    peak 89× stronger than normal

    season began 14 weeks late

    season ended 16 weeks early

  • 2025

    3

    peak 11× stronger than normal

    season began 12 weeks late

    season ended 12 weeks early

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Data sources

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

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