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RegionsSaudi Arabia

Samtah

Next 7 daysLow4%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
late February – mid April
Record year
201412
Trend
−14%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +104%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
200110
20027
20036
20046
20056
20066
20076
20086
20096
20106
20115
20124
20137
201412
20158
20164
20178
20184
20191
20204
20216
20225
20234
20244
20258
202620

Next 7 days

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0%

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Expected detections: ~0.1

  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • This year is more active than normal↑
  • Rain expected (6 mm)↓
Sat37°
Sun35°
Mon37°
Tue37°
Wed36°
Thu36°
Fri36°

Right now

late October

This week0.0

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

Year to date20
#1 of 26 yearsNormal: 5

Season

mid September – late May

Onset
mid September
Peak
early April
End
late May

Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn

Critical windows

  • late February – mid April

    29% of annual activity

  • late October – early November

    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: −14%/10Raw: +104%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

15

  • 2012

    4

    season ended 4 weeks late

  • 2013

    7

    season ended 13 weeks early

  • 2014

    12

    2.1× the normal annual activity

  • 2015

    8

    season began 7 weeks early

  • 2016

    4

    season began 6 weeks early

    season ended 10 weeks early

  • 2017

    8

    season began 7 weeks late

    season ended 6 weeks late

  • 2018

    4

    season began 14 weeks late

    season ended 7 weeks early

  • 2019

    1

    only 0.2× the normal annual activity

    season began 37 weeks late

  • 2020

    4

    season began 10 weeks late

    season ended 14 weeks early

  • 2021

    6

    season ended 17 weeks early

  • 2022

    5

    season began 12 weeks late

  • 2023

    4

    season ended 3 weeks late

  • 2024

    4

    season began 23 weeks late

    season ended 6 weeks early

  • 2025

    8

    season began 6 weeks late

  • 2026

    20

    3.5× the normal annual activity

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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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