Fire season: about 9 weeks left
Fire clock
| Year | Harmonized | Raw |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 375 | 48 |
| 2002 | 209 | 52 |
| 2003 | 388 | 115 |
| 2004 | 353 | 97 |
| 2005 | 191 | 48 |
| 2006 | 543 | 151 |
| 2007 | 255 | 75 |
| 2008 | 162 | 51 |
| 2009 | 50 | 11 |
| 2010 | 425 | 130 |
| 2011 | 124 | 40 |
| 2012 | 265 | 260 |
| 2013 | 273 | 273 |
| 2014 | 142 | 142 |
| 2015 | 817 | 817 |
| 2016 | 107 | 107 |
| 2017 | 240 | 240 |
| 2018 | 181 | 390 |
| 2019 | 817 | 1455 |
| 2020 | 43 | 95 |
| 2021 | 506 | 1033 |
| 2022 | 77 | 183 |
| 2023 | 73 | 139 |
| 2024 | 68 | 170 |
| 2025 | 86 | 249 |
| 2026 | 91 | 212 |
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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 0.5
Next 3 months
About usual
~9.1 expected · usual 12
likely 1.0–29 · usual 0.0–37
Season
Season
Critical windows
early June – late August
73% of annual activity
The normal year vs 2026
25-year history
Jump test (Pettitt): the raw record jumps in 2012 to 5.3× its earlier level (p 0.002). ODLAR's record has none (p 0.26).
Unusual years
2001
375
season ended 23 weeks early
2003
388
season ended 21 weeks early
2010
425
season ended 19 weeks early
2012
265
season began 6 weeks late
2015
817
season ended 18 weeks early
2017
240
season ended 19 weeks early
2019
817
peak 7.4× stronger than normal
season ended 23 weeks early
2021
506
season ended 24 weeks early
2023
73
season began 21 weeks late
Right now
This week is more active than 26% of past years at this time