Quiet now. The season usually starts mid June
Fire clock
| Year | Harmonized | Raw |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 16 | 3 |
| 2002 | 5 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 |
| 2006 | 11 | 5 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 |
| 2008 | 7 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4 |
| 2016 | 6 | 6 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 13 | 27 |
| 2019 | 12 | 29 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 | 14 |
| 2022 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 4 | 8 |
| 2025 | 3 | 11 |
| 2026 | 0 | 9 |
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
What's ahead
Next 7 days
Low<0.1 expected · usual <0.1
Next 3 months
About usual
~0.0 expected · usual 0.0
likely 0.0–0.2 · usual 0.0–0.1
Season
Season
Critical windows
late June – early September
80% of annual activity
The normal year vs 2026
25-year history
Jump test (Pettitt): the raw record jumps in 2015 to 9.6× its earlier level (p 0.01). ODLAR's record has none (p 0.92).
Unusual years
2001
16
7.3× the normal annual activity
2005
2
season began 10 weeks early
2006
11
5.1× the normal annual activity
2009
2
season began 10 weeks early
2011
2
season began 12 weeks early
2018
13
5.9× the normal annual activity
season began 12 weeks early
2019
12
5.5× the normal annual activity
2020
2
season ended 9 weeks early
2024
4
season began 11 weeks late
2025
3
season began 13 weeks early
Right now
This week is more active than 28% of past years at this time