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Ranyah

Next 7 daysLow1%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
mid February – mid March
Record year
202219
Trend
+4%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +102%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
20017
20027
20035
20045
200513
20065
20076
20085
20095
20105
20115
20121
20130
20142
20151
20160
20179
201813
20195
20204
202112
202219
202312
202413
20258
202623

Next 7 days

Low

Full risk view

0%

Low

Expected detections: ~0.1

  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • This year is more active than normal↑
  • No rain expected in the coming days↑
  • Outside the fire season↓
Sat33°
Sun33°
Mon32°
Tue31°
Wed30°
Thu31°
Fri32°

Right now

late October

This week0.0

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

Year to date23
#1 of 26 yearsNormal: 4

Season

mid July – late April

Onset
mid July
Peak
early March
End
late April

Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn

Critical windows

  • mid February – mid March

    24% of annual activity

  • late June – mid July

    10% of annual activity

  • mid January – early February

    10% 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: +4%/10Raw: +102%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

13

  • 2005

    13

    peak 7.2× stronger than normal

    season began 8 weeks late

    season ended 5 weeks early

  • 2012

    1

    only 0.3× the normal annual activity

    season began 19 weeks late

    season ended 15 weeks early

  • 2014

    2

    season ended 27 weeks early

  • 2015

    1

    only 0.2× the normal annual activity

    season began 16 weeks late

    season ended 24 weeks early

  • 2017

    9

    peak 6.0× stronger than normal

    season began 12 weeks late

    season ended 7 weeks early

  • 2018

    13

    peak 4.0× stronger than normal

    season ended 19 weeks early

  • 2019

    5

    peak 4.0× stronger than normal

    season began 40 weeks late

    season ended 5 weeks late

  • 2020

    4

    season ended 5 weeks late

  • 2021

    12

    peak 6.0× stronger than normal

    season ended 6 weeks early

  • 2022

    19

    3.5× the normal annual activity

    peak 12× stronger than normal

    season began 7 weeks late

  • 2024

    13

    peak 6.0× stronger than normal

    season began 14 weeks late

  • 2025

    8

    season began 21 weeks late

    season ended 5 weeks early

  • 2026

    23

    4.2× the normal annual activity

    peak 8.0× stronger than normal

    season began 6 weeks early

    season ended 5 weeks early

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Data sources

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