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Turayf

Next 7 daysVery high61%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
early April – late May
Record year
2019382
Trend
−4%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +49%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
200178
200277
200378
200477
200577
200677
200778
200878
200977
201077
201178
201242
201317
201486
201593
2016109
2017192
201878
2019382
202033
202114
202220
202330
202420
202520
202668

Next 7 days

Very high

Full risk view

0%

Very high

Expected detections: ~2.3

  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • An active part of the fire season↑
  • This year is more active than normal↑
Sat26°
Sun27°
Mon26°
Tue27°
Wed23°
Thu24°
Fri22°

Right now

late October

This week1.0

This week is more active than 36% of past years at this time

Year to date68
#5 of 26 yearsNormal: 65

Season

mid April – mid January

Onset
mid April
Peak
early May
End
mid January

Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn

Critical windows

  • early April – late May

    23% of annual activity

  • mid June – late June

    5% of annual activity

  • early September – mid September

    4% 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: +49%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

15

  • 2012

    42

    only 0.6× the normal annual activity

    peak 4.3× stronger than normal

  • 2013

    17

    only 0.2× the normal annual activity

    peak 2.0× stronger than normal

    season began 21 weeks late

    season ended 9 weeks early

  • 2014

    86

    peak 4.8× stronger than normal

  • 2015

    93

    peak 3.6× stronger than normal

    season ended 4 weeks late

  • 2016

    109

    peak 5.8× stronger than normal

    season ended 14 weeks early

  • 2017

    192

    2.5× the normal annual activity

    peak 9.4× stronger than normal

    season ended 4 weeks early

  • 2018

    78

    peak 3.6× stronger than normal

  • 2019

    382

    5.0× the normal annual activity

    peak 9.0× stronger than normal

  • 2020

    33

    only 0.4× the normal annual activity

    peak 2.2× stronger than normal

    season ended 8 weeks early

  • 2021

    14

    only 0.2× the normal annual activity

  • 2022

    20

    only 0.3× the normal annual activity

    season ended 5 weeks late

  • 2023

    30

    only 0.4× the normal annual activity

    peak 2.7× stronger than normal

  • 2024

    20

    only 0.3× the normal annual activity

  • 2025

    20

    only 0.3× the normal annual activity

    peak 2.6× stronger than normal

    season began 13 weeks late

  • 2026

    68

    peak 3.2× stronger than normal

    season ended 11 weeks early

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Data sources

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