Fire season: about 6 weeks left
Fire clock
| Year | Harmonized | Raw |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 51 | 10 |
| 2002 | 34 | 7 |
| 2003 | 35 | 21 |
| 2004 | 13 | 6 |
| 2005 | 6 | 2 |
| 2006 | 16 | 6 |
| 2007 | 25 | 12 |
| 2008 | 9 | 4 |
| 2009 | 6 | 1 |
| 2010 | 46 | 29 |
| 2011 | 9 | 6 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 9 | 9 |
| 2014 | 11 | 11 |
| 2015 | 18 | 18 |
| 2016 | 5 | 5 |
| 2017 | 95 | 95 |
| 2018 | 9 | 23 |
| 2019 | 10 | 16 |
| 2020 | 13 | 26 |
| 2021 | 7 | 13 |
| 2022 | 10 | 11 |
| 2023 | 4 | 10 |
| 2024 | 2 | 5 |
| 2025 | 3 | 8 |
| 2026 | 2 | 19 |
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
What's ahead
Next 7 days
Low<0.1 expected · usual <0.1
Next 3 months
About usual
~0.4 expected · usual 1.4
likely 0.0–3.7 · usual 0.0–1.0
Season
Season
Critical windows
late June – mid September
75% of annual activity
The normal year vs 2026
25-year history
Jump test (Pettitt): the raw record has no abrupt jump (p 0.25). ODLAR's record has none (p 0.24).
Unusual years
2001
51
5.0× the normal annual activity
2010
46
4.6× the normal annual activity
2017
95
9.5× the normal annual activity
peak 14× stronger than normal
2024
2
only 0.2× the normal annual activity
season began 39 weeks late
2026
2
only 0.2× the normal annual activity
season began 30 weeks late
Right now
This week is more active than 28% of past years at this time