Quiet now. The season usually starts early March
Fire clock
| Year | Harmonized | Raw |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 8 | 0 |
| 2002 | 9 | 1 |
| 2003 | 6 | 0 |
| 2004 | 7 | 0 |
| 2005 | 11 | 2 |
| 2006 | 6 | 0 |
| 2007 | 6 | 0 |
| 2008 | 6 | 0 |
| 2009 | 6 | 0 |
| 2010 | 6 | 0 |
| 2011 | 6 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 14 | 14 |
| 2014 | 17 | 17 |
| 2015 | 15 | 15 |
| 2016 | 7 | 7 |
| 2017 | 9 | 9 |
| 2018 | 3 | 7 |
| 2019 | 8 | 16 |
| 2020 | 6 | 13 |
| 2021 | 16 | 23 |
| 2022 | 6 | 16 |
| 2023 | 7 | 19 |
| 2024 | 5 | 21 |
| 2025 | 11 | 31 |
| 2026 | 1 | 12 |
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 0.2
likely 0.0–0.7 · usual 0.0–0.3
Season
Season
Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn
Critical windows
late February – late March
23% of annual activity
early August – mid August
9% of annual activity
late August – early September
7% of annual activity
The normal year vs 2026
25-year history
Jump test (Pettitt): the raw record jumps in 2013 to 64.0× its earlier level (p < 0.001). ODLAR's record has none (p 0.79).
Unusual years
2005
11
1.7× the normal annual activity
2013
14
2.1× the normal annual activity
2014
17
2.6× the normal annual activity
2015
15
2.3× the normal annual activity
season ended 9 weeks late
2016
7
season began 5 weeks late
2017
9
season began 5 weeks late
2018
3
only 0.5× the normal annual activity
season began 6 weeks late
season ended 10 weeks early
2021
16
2.5× the normal annual activity
season began 6 weeks late
2022
6
season ended 10 weeks early
2025
11
1.7× the normal annual activity
2026
1
only 0.1× the normal annual activity
season began 12 weeks late
season ended 17 weeks early
Right now
This week is more active than 28% of past years at this time