Fire season: about 16 weeks left
Fire clock
| Year | Harmonized | Raw |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 568 | 124 |
| 2002 | 164 | 41 |
| 2003 | 105 | 29 |
| 2004 | 273 | 87 |
| 2005 | 189 | 62 |
| 2006 | 135 | 38 |
| 2007 | 209 | 70 |
| 2008 | 181 | 60 |
| 2009 | 167 | 52 |
| 2010 | 137 | 35 |
| 2011 | 343 | 106 |
| 2012 | 181 | 176 |
| 2013 | 81 | 81 |
| 2014 | 134 | 134 |
| 2015 | 405 | 405 |
| 2016 | 314 | 314 |
| 2017 | 283 | 283 |
| 2018 | 372 | 764 |
| 2019 | 402 | 742 |
| 2020 | 84 | 190 |
| 2021 | 171 | 337 |
| 2022 | 129 | 237 |
| 2023 | 19 | 52 |
| 2024 | 13 | 52 |
| 2025 | 121 | 341 |
| 2026 | 25 | 88 |
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: ~0.3
Right now
This week is more active than 22% of past years at this time
What's ahead
Next 7 days
Low~0.3 expected · usual 0.4
Next 3 months
About usual
~6.5 expected · usual 8.1
likely 1.9–30 · usual 0.0–15
Season
Season
Critical windows
early July – mid September
70% of annual activity
early March – early March
6% of annual activity
The normal year vs 2026
25-year history
Jump test (Pettitt): the raw record jumps in 2011 to 4.7× its earlier level (p 0.008). ODLAR's record has none (p 0.10).
Unusual years
2001
568
season ended 27 weeks early
2004
273
season ended 26 weeks early
2007
209
season ended 11 weeks early
2012
181
season began 4 weeks late
2014
134
season began 5 weeks late
2015
405
season ended 22 weeks early
2018
372
season ended 22 weeks early
2019
402
season ended 21 weeks early
2022
129
season began 3 weeks late