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RegionsSaudi Arabia

Sabya

Next 7 daysLow4%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
late March – mid April
Record year
202150
Trend
−5%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +107%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
200126
200222
200320
200428
200530
200623
200723
200829
200923
201021
201126
201210
201315
201410
201519
201621
201722
201819
201910
202036
202150
202231
202321
202422
202520
202632

Next 7 days

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0%

Low

Expected detections: ~0.3

  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • This year is more active than normal↑
  • An active part of the fire season↑
  • Humid air (55%)↓
Sat38°
Sun36°
Mon37°
Tue37°
Wed36°
Thu36°
Fri36°

Right now

late October

This week0.0

This week is more active than 16% of past years at this time

Year to date32
#2 of 26 yearsNormal: 19

Season

late September – mid June

Onset
late September
Peak
mid April
End
mid June

Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn

Critical windows

  • late March – mid April

    14% of annual activity

  • mid October – mid October

    6% of annual activity

  • mid December – late December

    5% 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: −5%/10Raw: +107%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

10

  • 2005

    30

    peak 2.1× stronger than normal

  • 2012

    10

    only 0.5× the normal annual activity

    season began 13 weeks late

  • 2013

    15

    season began 7 weeks early

  • 2014

    10

    only 0.5× the normal annual activity

  • 2016

    21

    season ended 10 weeks early

  • 2018

    19

    season began 7 weeks late

  • 2019

    10

    only 0.5× the normal annual activity

    season ended 6 weeks early

  • 2020

    36

    1.6× the normal annual activity

    peak 2.3× stronger than normal

    season ended 6 weeks early

  • 2021

    50

    2.3× the normal annual activity

    peak 2.8× stronger than normal

  • 2026

    32

    peak 2.5× stronger than normal

    season ended 7 weeks late

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One fire history for the Land of Fire.

Built for the NASA Space Apps Challenge 2026.

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Data sources

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

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