Fire season: about 17 weeks left
Fire clock
| Year | Harmonized | Raw |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 84 | 27 |
| 2002 | 48 | 17 |
| 2003 | 19 | 14 |
| 2004 | 73 | 49 |
| 2005 | 25 | 11 |
| 2006 | 73 | 45 |
| 2007 | 31 | 22 |
| 2008 | 19 | 2 |
| 2009 | 13 | 2 |
| 2010 | 17 | 3 |
| 2011 | 23 | 9 |
| 2012 | 21 | 20 |
| 2013 | 45 | 45 |
| 2014 | 27 | 27 |
| 2015 | 23 | 23 |
| 2016 | 44 | 44 |
| 2017 | 37 | 37 |
| 2018 | 30 | 64 |
| 2019 | 26 | 65 |
| 2020 | 23 | 45 |
| 2021 | 57 | 109 |
| 2022 | 4 | 15 |
| 2023 | 11 | 23 |
| 2024 | 10 | 31 |
| 2025 | 10 | 37 |
| 2026 | 5 | 10 |
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
~1.4 expected · usual 2.8
likely 0.0–6.2 · usual 0.0–6.7
Season
Season
Critical windows
mid July – early October
67% of annual activity
The normal year vs 2026
25-year history
Jump test (Pettitt): the raw record jumps in 2013 to 2.4× its earlier level (p 0.03). ODLAR's record has none (p 0.15).
Unusual years
2001
84
3.3× the normal annual activity
peak 4.9× stronger than normal
season ended 21 weeks early
2015
23
season ended 19 weeks early
2016
44
season ended 13 weeks early
2018
30
season ended 19 weeks early
2020
23
season began 6 weeks late
2021
57
peak 4.6× stronger than normal
season ended 27 weeks early
2022
4
only 0.2× the normal annual activity
season began 9 weeks early
2024
10
season began 11 weeks early
2026
5
only 0.2× the normal annual activity
Right now
This week is more active than 26% of past years at this time