Fire season: about 6 weeks left
Fire clock
| Year | Harmonized | Raw |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 152 | 16 |
| 2002 | 319 | 56 |
| 2003 | 285 | 66 |
| 2004 | 338 | 93 |
| 2005 | 226 | 64 |
| 2006 | 212 | 65 |
| 2007 | 100 | 22 |
| 2008 | 124 | 31 |
| 2009 | 111 | 26 |
| 2010 | 440 | 120 |
| 2011 | 287 | 78 |
| 2012 | 113 | 109 |
| 2013 | 114 | 114 |
| 2014 | 41 | 41 |
| 2015 | 315 | 315 |
| 2016 | 107 | 107 |
| 2017 | 163 | 163 |
| 2018 | 282 | 594 |
| 2019 | 294 | 586 |
| 2020 | 514 | 954 |
| 2021 | 138 | 323 |
| 2022 | 49 | 114 |
| 2023 | 32 | 50 |
| 2024 | 11 | 39 |
| 2025 | 151 | 441 |
| 2026 | 39 | 164 |
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: ~0.3
What's ahead
Next 7 days
Low~0.3 expected · usual 6.5
Next 3 months
Quieter than usual
~5.1 expected · usual 19
likely 1.0–25 · usual 0.0–29
Season
Season
Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn
Critical windows
late June – late August
60% of annual activity
late October – early November
9% of annual activity
The normal year vs 2026
25-year history
Jump test (Pettitt): the raw record jumps in 2010 to 5.3× its earlier level (p 0.02). ODLAR's record has none (p 0.33).
Unusual years
2006
212
season began 4 weeks early
2008
124
season began 3 weeks late
2012
113
season began 3 weeks late
2015
315
season began 5 weeks early
2019
294
season began 4 weeks early
2020
514
peak 5.2× stronger than normal
season began 14 weeks late
Right now
This week is more active than 20% of past years at this time