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Thar

Next 7 daysLow0%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
late September – late October
Record year
20179
Trend
0%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +56%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
20011
20021
20031
20041
20051
20061
20071
20081
20091
20101
20111
20120
20130
20142
20152
20164
20179
20183
20193
20202
20210
20223
20230
20240
20251
20261

Next 7 days

Low

Full risk view

0%

Low

Expected detections: ~0.1

  • Dry air (24%)↑
  • No rain expected in the coming days↑
  • Outside the fire season↓
Sat31°
Sun31°
Mon30°
Tue29°
Wed29°
Thu29°
Fri30°

Right now

late October

This week0.0

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

Year to date1
#10 of 26 yearsNormal: 1

Season

mid September – early April

Onset
mid September
Peak
mid October
End
early April

Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn

Critical windows

  • late September – late October

    27% of annual activity

  • late March – early April

    10% of annual activity

  • early February – late February

    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: 0%/10Raw: +56%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

10

  • 2014

    2

    peak 7.3× stronger than normal

    season began 6 weeks late

  • 2015

    2

    peak 15× stronger than normal

    season began 39 weeks late

    season ended 7 weeks late

  • 2016

    4

    peak 22× stronger than normal

    season began 12 weeks late

    season ended 15 weeks early

  • 2017

    9

    8.4× the normal annual activity

    peak 51× stronger than normal

    season began 5 weeks late

    season ended 17 weeks early

  • 2018

    3

    peak 15× stronger than normal

    season ended 3 weeks early

  • 2019

    3

    peak 7.3× stronger than normal

    season began 4 weeks late

    season ended 5 weeks early

  • 2020

    2

    peak 7.3× stronger than normal

    season ended 11 weeks early

  • 2022

    3

    peak 22× stronger than normal

    season began 23 weeks late

    season ended 9 weeks early

  • 2025

    1

    peak 7.3× stronger than normal

    season ended 34 weeks early

  • 2026

    1

    peak 7.3× stronger than normal

    season began 27 weeks late

    season ended 5 weeks early

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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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