Quiet now. The season usually starts late March
Fire clock
| Year | Harmonized | Raw |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 4 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 7 | 7 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 11 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 |
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: ~0.0
What's ahead
Next 7 days
Low<0.1 expected · usual 0.1
Next 3 months
About usual
~0.0 expected · usual 0.1
likely 0.0–0.5 · usual 0.0–0.2
Season
Season
Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn
Critical windows
late August – mid September
33% of annual activity
early August – mid August
14% of annual activity
late October – early November
12% of annual activity
The normal year vs 2026
25-year history
Jump test (Pettitt): the raw record jumps in 2013 to 29.5× its earlier level (p 0.04). ODLAR's record has none (p 0.16).
Unusual years
2004
4
3.5× the normal annual activity
peak 9.9× stronger than normal
2013
2
peak 7.9× stronger than normal
season began 26 weeks late
2014
2
peak 7.9× stronger than normal
season ended 11 weeks early
2016
1
season ended 12 weeks early
2017
7
6.3× the normal annual activity
peak 28× stronger than normal
2023
1
season ended 27 weeks early
2025
3
2.7× the normal annual activity
peak 12× stronger than normal
season began 24 weeks late
Right now
This week is more active than 28% of past years at this time