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Thadiq

Next 7 daysLow5%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
early May – late May
Record year
201811
Trend
+1%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +71%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
20015
20026
20035
20045
20055
20065
20075
20085
20095
20105
20115
20122
20130
20141
20151
20167
20175
201811
201910
202011
20216
20228
20235
20243
20256
202610

Next 7 days

Low

Full risk view

0%

Low

Expected detections: ~0.2

  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • This year is more active than normal↑
  • No rain expected in the coming days↑
Sat35°
Sun35°
Mon35°
Tue31°
Wed32°
Thu33°
Fri33°

Right now

late October

This week0.0

This week is more active than 24% of past years at this time

Year to date10
#1 of 26 yearsNormal: 4

Season

early October – mid June

Onset
early October
Peak
early January
End
mid June

Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn

Critical windows

  • early May – late May

    11% of annual activity

  • mid December – early January

    9% of annual activity

  • late November – early December

    8% 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: +1%/10Raw: +71%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

14

  • 2012

    2

    only 0.4× the normal annual activity

    season began 14 weeks late

    season ended 20 weeks early

  • 2014

    1

    only 0.2× the normal annual activity

    season began 12 weeks late

    season ended 26 weeks early

  • 2015

    1

    only 0.2× the normal annual activity

    season began 37 weeks late

  • 2016

    7

    season ended 3 weeks late

  • 2017

    5

    peak 4.0× stronger than normal

    season began 3 weeks late

    season ended 32 weeks early

  • 2018

    11

    2.1× the normal annual activity

    peak 4.0× stronger than normal

    season began 8 weeks late

    season ended 3 weeks early

  • 2019

    10

    1.9× the normal annual activity

    peak 4.0× stronger than normal

    season ended 10 weeks early

  • 2020

    11

    2.1× the normal annual activity

  • 2021

    6

    season ended 8 weeks early

  • 2022

    8

    1.5× the normal annual activity

    peak 5.0× stronger than normal

    season began 23 weeks late

    season ended 6 weeks early

  • 2023

    5

    peak 4.0× stronger than normal

    season began 3 weeks early

    season ended 30 weeks early

  • 2024

    3

    only 0.6× the normal annual activity

    season began 27 weeks late

    season ended 11 weeks early

  • 2025

    6

    peak 4.0× stronger than normal

    season began 12 weeks late

    season ended 6 weeks late

  • 2026

    10

    1.9× the normal annual activity

    peak 4.0× stronger than normal

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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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