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RegionsSaudi Arabia

Yanbu

Next 7 daysVery high68%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
early December – mid February
Record year
2014164
Trend
−10%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +98%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
200193
2002106
200384
200495
2005119
2006101
200799
200894
200997
2010128
2011150
201248
201371
2014164
2015115
201696
201774
201871
201962
2020105
202179
202289
202362
202468
2025137
2026177

Next 7 days

Very high

Full risk view

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Very high

Expected detections: ~5.8

  • This year is more active than normal↑
  • An active part of the fire season↑
  • Fires detected in recent days↑
Sat36°
Sun38°
Mon39°
Tue38°
Wed38°
Thu36°
Fri35°

Right now

late October

This week3.0

This week is more active than 80% of past years at this time

Year to date177
#1 of 26 yearsNormal: 72

Season

mid October – late June

Onset
mid October
Peak
mid January
End
late June

Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn

Critical windows

  • early December – mid February

    36% of annual activity

  • early November – mid November

    5% 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: −10%/10Raw: +98%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

13

  • 2010

    128

    season began 3 weeks early

  • 2012

    48

    only 0.5× the normal annual activity

  • 2014

    164

    season ended 15 weeks early

  • 2015

    115

    season began 5 weeks late

  • 2016

    96

    season began 5 weeks late

  • 2017

    74

    season began 8 weeks late

  • 2018

    71

    season began 4 weeks late

  • 2019

    62

    season began 3 weeks late

  • 2021

    79

    season began 4 weeks early

  • 2023

    62

    season began 4 weeks late

  • 2024

    68

    season began 5 weeks late

  • 2025

    137

    season ended 15 weeks early

  • 2026

    177

    1.9× the normal annual activity

    peak 3.1× stronger than normal

    season began 5 weeks early

    season ended 7 weeks late

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Data sources

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