Fire season: about 25 weeks left
Fire clock
| Year | Harmonized | Raw |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 22 | 0 |
| 2002 | 25 | 2 |
| 2003 | 35 | 10 |
| 2004 | 55 | 13 |
| 2005 | 28 | 6 |
| 2006 | 34 | 10 |
| 2007 | 34 | 4 |
| 2008 | 46 | 10 |
| 2009 | 47 | 12 |
| 2010 | 16 | 0 |
| 2011 | 22 | 3 |
| 2012 | 40 | 39 |
| 2013 | 42 | 42 |
| 2014 | 36 | 36 |
| 2015 | 39 | 39 |
| 2016 | 22 | 22 |
| 2017 | 74 | 74 |
| 2018 | 12 | 18 |
| 2019 | 22 | 46 |
| 2020 | 57 | 109 |
| 2021 | 25 | 47 |
| 2022 | 15 | 33 |
| 2023 | 15 | 36 |
| 2024 | 24 | 61 |
| 2025 | 10 | 36 |
| 2026 | 1 | 7 |
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: ~0.1
What's ahead
Next 7 days
Low~0.1 expected · usual 0.3
Next 3 months
Quieter than usual
~0.3 expected · usual 3.0
likely 0.0–2.6 · usual 0.0–7.0
Season
Season
Critical windows
late February – early May
56% of annual activity
late January – early February
7% of annual activity
The normal year vs 2026
25-year history
Jump test (Pettitt): the raw record jumps in 2012 to 7.2× its earlier level (p < 0.001). ODLAR's record has none (p 0.16).
Unusual years
2014
36
season ended 6 weeks early
2017
74
2.6× the normal annual activity
2022
15
season ended 10 weeks late
2025
10
only 0.4× the normal annual activity
season ended 6 weeks early
Right now
This week is more active than 26% of past years at this time