Quiet now. The season usually starts late July
Fire clock
| Year | Harmonized | Raw |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 299 | 64 |
| 2002 | 39 | 15 |
| 2003 | 29 | 11 |
| 2004 | 78 | 27 |
| 2005 | 63 | 15 |
| 2006 | 17 | 3 |
| 2007 | 68 | 18 |
| 2008 | 95 | 26 |
| 2009 | 33 | 9 |
| 2010 | 70 | 20 |
| 2011 | 74 | 15 |
| 2012 | 10 | 10 |
| 2013 | 51 | 51 |
| 2014 | 23 | 23 |
| 2015 | 70 | 70 |
| 2016 | 23 | 23 |
| 2017 | 226 | 226 |
| 2018 | 8 | 24 |
| 2019 | 50 | 85 |
| 2020 | 14 | 32 |
| 2021 | 298 | 601 |
| 2022 | 63 | 124 |
| 2023 | 4 | 7 |
| 2024 | 2 | 10 |
| 2025 | 3 | 12 |
| 2026 | 0 | 4 |
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
Quieter than usual
~0.0 expected · usual 3.1
likely 0.0–0.0 · usual 0.0–1.6
Season
Season
Critical windows
early July – late September
89% of annual activity
The normal year vs 2026
25-year history
Jump test (Pettitt): the raw record has no abrupt jump (p 0.22). ODLAR's record has none (p 0.29).
Unusual years
2001
299
peak 8.6× stronger than normal
2012
10
season began 33 weeks late
2017
226
peak 8.4× stronger than normal
2021
298
peak 9.3× stronger than normal
Right now
This week is more active than 28% of past years at this time