Fire season: about 16 weeks left
Fire clock
| Year | Harmonized | Raw |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 50 | 1 |
| 2002 | 143 | 38 |
| 2003 | 89 | 20 |
| 2004 | 101 | 21 |
| 2005 | 75 | 12 |
| 2006 | 60 | 7 |
| 2007 | 64 | 12 |
| 2008 | 50 | 7 |
| 2009 | 71 | 13 |
| 2010 | 53 | 5 |
| 2011 | 58 | 7 |
| 2012 | 29 | 23 |
| 2013 | 77 | 77 |
| 2014 | 44 | 44 |
| 2015 | 51 | 51 |
| 2016 | 53 | 53 |
| 2017 | 42 | 42 |
| 2018 | 56 | 102 |
| 2019 | 72 | 140 |
| 2020 | 100 | 171 |
| 2021 | 55 | 109 |
| 2022 | 74 | 129 |
| 2023 | 78 | 167 |
| 2024 | 40 | 145 |
| 2025 | 88 | 234 |
| 2026 | 64 | 224 |
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
Right now
This week is more active than 26% of past years at this time
What's ahead
Next 7 days
Low~0.1 expected · usual 0.1
Next 3 months
About usual
~6.7 expected · usual 8.2
likely 1.0–35 · usual 0.0–19
Season
Season
Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn
Critical windows
mid June – late July
45% of annual activity
late January – early March
19% of annual activity
The normal year vs 2026
25-year history
Jump test (Pettitt): the raw record jumps in 2013 to 8.1× its earlier level (p < 0.001). ODLAR's record has none (p 0.53).
Unusual years
2002
143
2.4× the normal annual activity
peak 2.9× stronger than normal
2010
53
season ended 9 weeks early
2012
29
only 0.5× the normal annual activity
2013
77
season ended 6 weeks early
2015
51
season ended 23 weeks early
2018
56
season ended 13 weeks early