Quiet now. The season usually starts mid February
Fire clock
| Year | Harmonized | Raw |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 10 | 2 |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 |
| 2004 | 9 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 |
| 2007 | 8 | 2 |
| 2008 | 10 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 |
| 2011 | 9 | 2 |
| 2012 | 11 | 11 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 7 | 7 |
| 2015 | 5 | 5 |
| 2016 | 14 | 14 |
| 2017 | 8 | 8 |
| 2018 | 2 | 6 |
| 2019 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 3 | 9 |
| 2021 | 1 | 5 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 | 7 |
| 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
Right now
This week is more active than 28% of past years at this time
What's ahead
Next 7 days
Low<0.1 expected · usual <0.1
Next 3 months
About usual
~0.0 expected · usual 0.1
likely 0.0–1.8 · usual 0.0–0.2
Season
Season
Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn
Critical windows
late February – late March
31% of annual activity
mid July – early August
31% of annual activity
late September – early October
8% of annual activity
The normal year vs 2026
25-year history
Jump test (Pettitt): the raw record jumps in 2012 to 6.6× its earlier level (p 0.005). ODLAR's record has none (p 0.19).
Unusual years
2012
11
season ended 22 weeks early
2013
1
season ended 22 weeks early
2014
7
season began 7 weeks early
season ended 16 weeks early
2015
5
season began 17 weeks late
2018
2
season began 29 weeks late
2019
1
season ended 25 weeks early
2021
1
season began 14 weeks late
2025
3
season ended 23 weeks early