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Fire clock
| Year | Harmonized | Raw |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | 4 | 0 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 |
| 2004 | 5 | 1 |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 |
| 2007 | 4 | 1 |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 6 | 6 |
| 2018 | 7 | 15 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 4 | 9 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5 |
| 2022 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 3 | 6 |
| 2024 | 4 | 13 |
| 2025 | 9 | 18 |
| 2026 | 10 | 33 |
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
~0.8 expected · usual 1.7
likely 0.0–4.3 · usual 0.0–1.3
Season
Season
Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn
Critical windows
early February – late March
36% of annual activity
early June – late June
10% of annual activity
late December – early January
8% of annual activity
The normal year vs 2026
25-year history
Jump test (Pettitt): the raw record jumps in 2016 to 14.8× its earlier level (p 0.001). ODLAR's record has none (p 0.68).
Unusual years
2012
1
only 0.4× the normal annual activity
season ended 20 weeks early
2013
3
season ended 17 weeks early
2014
2
season began 12 weeks late
season ended 18 weeks early
2016
2
season ended 8 weeks early
2017
6
peak 4.0× stronger than normal
season ended 19 weeks early
2018
7
2.2× the normal annual activity
peak 4.0× stronger than normal
2019
2
season ended 22 weeks early
2020
4
season ended 12 weeks early
2022
1
only 0.3× the normal annual activity
season began 16 weeks late
season ended 15 weeks early
2023
3
season ended 22 weeks early
2024
4
peak 4.0× stronger than normal
season ended 28 weeks early
2025
9
2.8× the normal annual activity
peak 5.0× stronger than normal
2026
10
3.1× the normal annual activity
season began 13 weeks early