Quiet now. The season usually starts mid March
Fire clock
| Year | Harmonized | Raw |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 33 | 1 |
| 2002 | 29 | 5 |
| 2003 | 17 | 1 |
| 2004 | 36 | 6 |
| 2005 | 20 | 1 |
| 2006 | 34 | 8 |
| 2007 | 17 | 1 |
| 2008 | 24 | 2 |
| 2009 | 15 | 0 |
| 2010 | 49 | 13 |
| 2011 | 36 | 9 |
| 2012 | 27 | 26 |
| 2013 | 41 | 41 |
| 2014 | 14 | 14 |
| 2015 | 16 | 16 |
| 2016 | 39 | 39 |
| 2017 | 50 | 50 |
| 2018 | 43 | 73 |
| 2019 | 51 | 83 |
| 2020 | 24 | 47 |
| 2021 | 13 | 28 |
| 2022 | 23 | 38 |
| 2023 | 44 | 74 |
| 2024 | 22 | 62 |
| 2025 | 78 | 242 |
| 2026 | 25 | 80 |
Tap a week to see the detections behind it.
A detection is a heat signal seen from space, not burned area or a count of separate fires.
November vs a usual year
Weeks of 26 Oct – 8 Nov, compared with the same weeks of every year since 2001
Next 7 days
0%
Low
Expected detections: ~0.1
What's ahead
Next 7 days
Low~0.1 expected · usual 1.0
Next 3 months
About usual
~1.9 expected · usual 2.4
likely 0.2–5.3 · usual 0.0–6.0
Season
Season
Critical windows
early August – mid October
54% of annual activity
early March – mid March
4% of annual activity
The normal year vs 2026
25-year history
Jump test (Pettitt): the raw record jumps in 2012 to 13.9× its earlier level (p < 0.001). ODLAR's record has none (p 0.58).
Unusual years
2010
49
season began 9 weeks late
season ended 6 weeks late
2014
14
season ended 7 weeks early
2015
16
season began 13 weeks late
2016
39
season began 15 weeks late
2017
50
peak 4.3× stronger than normal
2018
43
season began 9 weeks late
2021
13
season ended 18 weeks early
2023
44
season began 10 weeks late
2024
22
season ended 7 weeks late
Right now
This week is more active than 20% of past years at this time