Fire season: about 14 weeks left
Fire clock
| Year | Harmonized | Raw |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 152 | 15 |
| 2002 | 321 | 98 |
| 2003 | 185 | 50 |
| 2004 | 373 | 145 |
| 2005 | 193 | 55 |
| 2006 | 347 | 124 |
| 2007 | 83 | 25 |
| 2008 | 51 | 16 |
| 2009 | 31 | 8 |
| 2010 | 145 | 47 |
| 2011 | 71 | 24 |
| 2012 | 126 | 124 |
| 2013 | 81 | 81 |
| 2014 | 140 | 140 |
| 2015 | 346 | 346 |
| 2016 | 230 | 230 |
| 2017 | 267 | 267 |
| 2018 | 179 | 310 |
| 2019 | 257 | 537 |
| 2020 | 104 | 166 |
| 2021 | 468 | 974 |
| 2022 | 61 | 141 |
| 2023 | 16 | 29 |
| 2024 | 97 | 272 |
| 2025 | 21 | 61 |
| 2026 | 31 | 74 |
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 22% of past years at this time
What's ahead
Next 7 days
Low~0.1 expected · usual 0.3
Next 3 months
About usual
~4.1 expected · usual 6.1
likely 1.0–18 · usual 0.0–14
Season
Season
Critical windows
mid June – early September
71% of annual activity
The normal year vs 2026
25-year history
Jump test (Pettitt): the raw record jumps in 2014 to 4.6× its earlier level (p 0.006). ODLAR's record has none (p 0.26).
Unusual years
2001
153
season began 7 weeks early
2002
321
season ended 14 weeks early
2015
346
season ended 20 weeks early
2019
257
season began 4 weeks early
2020
104
season began 11 weeks late
2021
468
season began 8 weeks early
season ended 28 weeks early
2024
97
season began 3 weeks late
season ended 23 weeks early
2026
31
season began 3 weeks late
season ended 25 weeks early