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Wadi Al Fara

Next 7 daysLow1%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
mid February – late March
Record year
201911
Trend
−6%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +72%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
20015
20026
20035
20045
20055
20065
20077
20085
20095
20105
20118
20126
20139
20146
20156
20165
20179
20189
201911
20202
20212
20226
20233
20240
20250
202615

Next 7 days

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Full risk view

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Expected detections: ~0.1

  • This year is more active than normal↑
  • No rain expected in the coming days↑
  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • Outside the fire season↓
Sat36°
Sun36°
Mon35°
Tue35°
Wed35°
Thu35°
Fri34°

Right now

mid October

This week0.0

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

Year to date15
#1 of 26 yearsNormal: 4

Season

mid November – mid July

Onset
mid November
Peak
early March
End
mid July

Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn

Critical windows

  • mid February – late March

    20% of annual activity

  • early January – late January

    13% of annual activity

  • mid July – mid July

    7% 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: −6%/10Raw: +72%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

12

  • 2012

    6

    season ended 18 weeks early

  • 2013

    9

    1.7× the normal annual activity

    season ended 7 weeks late

  • 2014

    6

    season began 15 weeks late

  • 2015

    6

    season began 6 weeks early

    season ended 20 weeks early

  • 2017

    9

    1.7× the normal annual activity

  • 2018

    9

    1.7× the normal annual activity

    peak 5.0× stronger than normal

    season ended 14 weeks early

  • 2019

    11

    2.1× the normal annual activity

    peak 5.0× stronger than normal

    season ended 10 weeks early

  • 2020

    2

    only 0.4× the normal annual activity

    season began 15 weeks late

  • 2021

    2

    only 0.4× the normal annual activity

    season began 11 weeks late

    season ended 13 weeks early

  • 2022

    6

    season began 8 weeks late

  • 2023

    3

    only 0.6× the normal annual activity

    season began 10 weeks late

    season ended 8 weeks early

  • 2026

    15

    2.8× the normal annual activity

    peak 14× stronger than normal

    season began 42 weeks late

    season ended 7 weeks late

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One fire history for the Land of Fire.

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Data sources

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