Quiet now. The season usually starts mid April
Fire clock
| Year | Harmonized | Raw |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 223 | 37 |
| 2002 | 40 | 10 |
| 2003 | 10 | 0 |
| 2004 | 76 | 29 |
| 2005 | 44 | 14 |
| 2006 | 30 | 10 |
| 2007 | 43 | 16 |
| 2008 | 38 | 18 |
| 2009 | 19 | 5 |
| 2010 | 11 | 2 |
| 2011 | 20 | 6 |
| 2012 | 24 | 24 |
| 2013 | 8 | 8 |
| 2014 | 53 | 53 |
| 2015 | 74 | 74 |
| 2016 | 125 | 125 |
| 2017 | 109 | 109 |
| 2018 | 56 | 127 |
| 2019 | 233 | 424 |
| 2020 | 16 | 40 |
| 2021 | 70 | 161 |
| 2022 | 118 | 257 |
| 2023 | 7 | 13 |
| 2024 | 3 | 14 |
| 2025 | 8 | 19 |
| 2026 | 3 | 6 |
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 24% of past years at this time
What's ahead
Next 7 days
Low<0.1 expected · usual 0.1
Next 3 months
About usual
~0.1 expected · usual 0.6
likely 0.0–2.3 · usual 0.0–1.3
Season
Season
Critical windows
early July – late September
85% of annual activity
The normal year vs 2026
25-year history
Jump test (Pettitt): the raw record jumps in 2014 to 8.6× its earlier level (p 0.005). ODLAR's record has none (p 0.42).
Unusual years
2001
223
season began 20 weeks late
2004
76
season began 18 weeks late
2010
11
season ended 10 weeks late
2015
74
season began 19 weeks late
2016
125
season began 21 weeks late
2018
56
season began 21 weeks late
2019
233
season began 19 weeks late
2020
16
season ended 9 weeks late
2022
118
season began 18 weeks late
2023
7
season ended 11 weeks late