Quiet now. The season usually starts late January
Fire clock
| Year | Harmonized | Raw |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 71 | 6 |
| 2002 | 60 | 7 |
| 2003 | 40 | 4 |
| 2004 | 57 | 8 |
| 2005 | 45 | 6 |
| 2006 | 60 | 11 |
| 2007 | 89 | 27 |
| 2008 | 55 | 12 |
| 2009 | 74 | 22 |
| 2010 | 61 | 14 |
| 2011 | 81 | 18 |
| 2012 | 152 | 149 |
| 2013 | 89 | 89 |
| 2014 | 100 | 100 |
| 2015 | 54 | 54 |
| 2016 | 67 | 67 |
| 2017 | 102 | 102 |
| 2018 | 65 | 127 |
| 2019 | 73 | 149 |
| 2020 | 164 | 309 |
| 2021 | 44 | 88 |
| 2022 | 156 | 310 |
| 2023 | 151 | 322 |
| 2024 | 85 | 285 |
| 2025 | 164 | 466 |
| 2026 | 90 | 292 |
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: ~0.2
What's ahead
Next 7 days
Low~0.2 expected · usual 0.6
Next 3 months
About usual
~7.4 expected · usual 6.9
likely 1.6–27 · usual 0.0–20
Season
Season
Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn
Critical windows
late January – early April
44% of annual activity
late June – late June
6% of annual activity
The normal year vs 2026
25-year history
Jump test (Pettitt): the raw record jumps in 2012 to 15.2× its earlier level (p < 0.001). ODLAR's record has none (p 0.08).
Unusual years
2012
152
2.1× the normal annual activity
season ended 12 weeks early
2014
100
season ended 13 weeks early
2017
102
season ended 10 weeks early
2020
164
2.3× the normal annual activity
season ended 11 weeks early
2021
44
season ended 9 weeks late
2022
156
2.1× the normal annual activity
2023
151
2.1× the normal annual activity
season ended 11 weeks early
2025
164
2.3× the normal annual activity
Right now
This week is more active than 26% of past years at this time