Fire season: about 10 weeks left
Fire clock
| Year | Harmonized | Raw |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 136 | 20 |
| 2002 | 72 | 18 |
| 2003 | 153 | 39 |
| 2004 | 149 | 46 |
| 2005 | 110 | 31 |
| 2006 | 117 | 38 |
| 2007 | 35 | 9 |
| 2008 | 68 | 24 |
| 2009 | 24 | 4 |
| 2010 | 69 | 22 |
| 2011 | 42 | 11 |
| 2012 | 87 | 77 |
| 2013 | 20 | 20 |
| 2014 | 44 | 44 |
| 2015 | 97 | 97 |
| 2016 | 127 | 127 |
| 2017 | 105 | 105 |
| 2018 | 127 | 217 |
| 2019 | 152 | 271 |
| 2020 | 71 | 148 |
| 2021 | 24 | 45 |
| 2022 | 40 | 79 |
| 2023 | 18 | 41 |
| 2024 | 22 | 72 |
| 2025 | 80 | 192 |
| 2026 | 0 | 8 |
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 0.2
Next 3 months
Quieter than usual
~1.1 expected · usual 4.5
likely 0.0–11 · usual 0.0–9.5
Season
Season
Critical windows
mid July – late September
76% of annual activity
The normal year vs 2026
25-year history
Jump test (Pettitt): the raw record jumps in 2014 to 4.3× its earlier level (p 0.001). ODLAR's record has none (p 0.15).
Unusual years
2005
110
season ended 21 weeks early
2006
117
season ended 21 weeks early
2013
20
season began 3 weeks late
2018
127
season ended 21 weeks early
2019
152
season began 3 weeks early
2020
71
season began 6 weeks late
2025
80
season ended 24 weeks early
Right now
This week is more active than 28% of past years at this time