Quiet now. The season usually starts early February
Fire clock
| Year | Harmonized | Raw |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5 | 0 |
| 2002 | 5 | 1 |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 |
| 2004 | 5 | 0 |
| 2005 | 4 | 0 |
| 2006 | 4 | 0 |
| 2007 | 4 | 0 |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 |
| 2010 | 4 | 0 |
| 2011 | 7 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4 |
| 2015 | 6 | 6 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 6 | 14 |
| 2019 | 13 | 23 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 7 | 22 |
| 2022 | 3 | 11 |
| 2023 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 3 | 8 |
| 2025 | 6 | 22 |
| 2026 | 3 | 9 |
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 0.3
likely 0.0–0.9 · usual 0.0–0.6
Season
Season
Critical windows
mid June – early September
70% of annual activity
The normal year vs 2026
25-year history
Jump test (Pettitt): the raw record jumps in 2013 to 57.2× its earlier level (p < 0.001). ODLAR's record has none (p 1.00).
Unusual years
2011
7
peak 3.4× stronger than normal
2014
4
season ended 6 weeks early
2016
2
season began 23 weeks late
2017
2
season began 30 weeks late
2018
6
peak 6.0× stronger than normal
season began 21 weeks late
season ended 8 weeks early
2019
13
3.3× the normal annual activity
peak 9.0× stronger than normal
season began 22 weeks late
2020
2
season began 21 weeks late
season ended 9 weeks early
2021
7
peak 4.0× stronger than normal
2022
3
season ended 6 weeks late
2024
3
season ended 10 weeks early
2025
6
peak 3.0× stronger than normal