Fire season: about 17 weeks left
Fire clock
| Year | Harmonized | Raw |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 100 | 28 |
| 2002 | 47 | 11 |
| 2003 | 27 | 6 |
| 2004 | 65 | 22 |
| 2005 | 24 | 2 |
| 2006 | 28 | 3 |
| 2007 | 34 | 8 |
| 2008 | 44 | 17 |
| 2009 | 25 | 5 |
| 2010 | 33 | 9 |
| 2011 | 59 | 19 |
| 2012 | 20 | 19 |
| 2013 | 49 | 49 |
| 2014 | 20 | 20 |
| 2015 | 44 | 44 |
| 2016 | 61 | 61 |
| 2017 | 49 | 49 |
| 2018 | 56 | 99 |
| 2019 | 84 | 189 |
| 2020 | 39 | 93 |
| 2021 | 18 | 35 |
| 2022 | 39 | 69 |
| 2023 | 30 | 62 |
| 2024 | 35 | 93 |
| 2025 | 32 | 117 |
| 2026 | 29 | 101 |
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 0.2
Next 3 months
Busier than usual
~3.8 expected · usual 2.3
likely 0.0–11 · usual 0.0–6.4
Season
Season
Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn
Critical windows
early July – late August
42% of annual activity
early February – early March
21% of annual activity
The normal year vs 2026
25-year history
Jump test (Pettitt): the raw record jumps in 2013 to 6.1× its earlier level (p < 0.001). ODLAR's record has none (p 1.00).
Unusual years
2001
100
season ended 8 weeks early
2014
20
season began 26 weeks late
2015
44
season ended 26 weeks early
2018
56
season ended 25 weeks early
2023
30
season began 31 weeks late
2024
35
season began 6 weeks late
2025
32
season began 18 weeks late
Right now
This week is more active than 28% of past years at this time