Fire season: about 17 weeks left
Fire clock
| Year | Harmonized | Raw |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 79 | 7 |
| 2002 | 156 | 9 |
| 2003 | 85 | 23 |
| 2004 | 168 | 41 |
| 2005 | 83 | 19 |
| 2006 | 44 | 7 |
| 2007 | 46 | 7 |
| 2008 | 51 | 11 |
| 2009 | 86 | 22 |
| 2010 | 50 | 8 |
| 2011 | 92 | 23 |
| 2012 | 79 | 79 |
| 2013 | 67 | 67 |
| 2014 | 112 | 112 |
| 2015 | 90 | 90 |
| 2016 | 100 | 100 |
| 2017 | 83 | 83 |
| 2018 | 77 | 139 |
| 2019 | 208 | 380 |
| 2020 | 225 | 426 |
| 2021 | 84 | 159 |
| 2022 | 176 | 326 |
| 2023 | 99 | 202 |
| 2024 | 86 | 263 |
| 2025 | 140 | 430 |
| 2026 | 74 | 237 |
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
Right now
This week is more active than 20% of past years at this time
What's ahead
Next 7 days
Low~0.1 expected · usual 0.3
Next 3 months
Quieter than usual
~5.3 expected · usual 9.3
likely 1.0–33 · usual 0.0–19
Season
Season
Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn
Critical windows
late January – mid March
40% of annual activity
early August – late August
18% of annual activity
The normal year vs 2026
25-year history
Jump test (Pettitt): the raw record jumps in 2014 to 9.1× its earlier level (p < 0.001). ODLAR's record has none (p 0.10).
Unusual years
2002
156
1.8× the normal annual activity
season ended 3 weeks early
2003
85
season ended 9 weeks early
2004
168
1.9× the normal annual activity
season ended 21 weeks early
2006
44
only 0.5× the normal annual activity
2007
46
only 0.5× the normal annual activity
2008
51
only 0.6× the normal annual activity
2009
87
season ended 3 weeks late
2010
50
only 0.6× the normal annual activity
2014
112
season began 25 weeks late
2015
90
season ended 20 weeks early
2017
83
season began 31 weeks late
2018
77
season ended 19 weeks early
2019
208
2.4× the normal annual activity
2020
225
2.6× the normal annual activity
2022
176
2.0× the normal annual activity
2024
86
season began 21 weeks late
2025
140
1.6× the normal annual activity