Fire season: about 19 weeks left
Fire clock
| Year | Harmonized | Raw |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 7 | 0 |
| 2002 | 6 | 0 |
| 2003 | 10 | 3 |
| 2004 | 6 | 1 |
| 2005 | 5 | 0 |
| 2006 | 5 | 0 |
| 2007 | 47 | 17 |
| 2008 | 5 | 0 |
| 2009 | 5 | 0 |
| 2010 | 5 | 0 |
| 2011 | 5 | 0 |
| 2012 | 11 | 11 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 8 | 8 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6 | 6 |
| 2017 | 8 | 8 |
| 2018 | 7 | 8 |
| 2019 | 2 | 9 |
| 2020 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 81 | 131 |
| 2022 | 4 | 9 |
| 2023 | 2 | 5 |
| 2024 | 12 | 28 |
| 2025 | 3 | 10 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
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
Right now
This week is more active than 26% of past years at this time
What's ahead
Next 7 days
Low<0.1 expected · usual <0.1
Next 3 months
About usual
~0.1 expected · usual 0.5
likely 0.0–13 · usual 0.0–0.7
Season
Season
Critical windows
late December – early February
53% of annual activity
mid March – early April
11% of annual activity
late July – early August
7% of annual activity
The normal year vs 2026
25-year history
Jump test (Pettitt): the raw record jumps in 2012 to 8.9× its earlier level (p 0.02). ODLAR's record has none (p 0.79).
Unusual years
2002
6
season ended 3 weeks early
2003
10
season ended 7 weeks early
2007
47
8.8× the normal annual activity
peak 21× stronger than normal
season began 27 weeks late
season ended 8 weeks early
2013
1
only 0.2× the normal annual activity
season began 6 weeks early
season ended 41 weeks early
2018
7
season began 35 weeks late
2019
2
season began 22 weeks late
season ended 13 weeks early
2021
81
15× the normal annual activity
peak 38× stronger than normal
season began 24 weeks late
season ended 9 weeks early
2022
4
season ended 8 weeks early
2023
2
season began 36 weeks late
2024
12
season began 6 weeks late
season ended 3 weeks early
2025
3
season ended 19 weeks early