Fire season: about 10 weeks left
Fire clock
| Year | Harmonized | Raw |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 |
| 2006 | 7 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 2 | 5 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 5 | 5 |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7 | 20 |
| 2021 | 8 | 16 |
| 2022 | 2 | 5 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 |
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~0.0 expected · usual <0.1
Next 3 months
About usual
~0.1 expected · usual 0.1
likely 0.0–1.1 · usual 0.0–0.3
Season
Season
Critical windows
late July – late August
48% of annual activity
mid October – early November
13% of annual activity
mid January – late January
9% of annual activity
The normal year vs 2026
25-year history
Jump test (Pettitt): the raw record has no abrupt jump (p 0.33). ODLAR's record has none (p 0.48).
Unusual years
2001
5
peak 5.0× stronger than normal
2006
7
3.6× the normal annual activity
peak 9.8× stronger than normal
season ended 20 weeks early
2014
5
peak 6.6× stronger than normal
2015
3
peak 5.0× stronger than normal
season ended 22 weeks early
2017
2
season ended 17 weeks early
2018
1
season ended 22 weeks early
2020
7
3.5× the normal annual activity
peak 12× stronger than normal
season began 11 weeks late
2021
8
4.0× the normal annual activity
peak 13× stronger than normal
season ended 22 weeks early
2022
2
peak 3.3× stronger than normal
season began 21 weeks late
2023
1
season began 28 weeks late
Right now
This week is more active than 28% of past years at this time