Fire season: about 13 weeks left
Fire clock
| Year | Harmonized | Raw |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 308 | 40 |
| 2002 | 317 | 78 |
| 2003 | 134 | 40 |
| 2004 | 401 | 114 |
| 2005 | 83 | 27 |
| 2006 | 280 | 74 |
| 2007 | 203 | 63 |
| 2008 | 222 | 67 |
| 2009 | 57 | 15 |
| 2010 | 150 | 44 |
| 2011 | 67 | 16 |
| 2012 | 275 | 266 |
| 2013 | 109 | 109 |
| 2014 | 151 | 151 |
| 2015 | 433 | 433 |
| 2016 | 166 | 166 |
| 2017 | 147 | 147 |
| 2018 | 211 | 379 |
| 2019 | 252 | 513 |
| 2020 | 168 | 295 |
| 2021 | 169 | 326 |
| 2022 | 25 | 51 |
| 2023 | 16 | 29 |
| 2024 | 51 | 123 |
| 2025 | 23 | 51 |
| 2026 | 0 | 8 |
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
Quieter than usual
~6.2 expected · usual 26
likely 0.0–42 · usual 0.0–61
Season
Season
Critical windows
mid July – mid September
52% of annual activity
early June – late June
8% of annual activity
The normal year vs 2026
25-year history
Jump test (Pettitt): the raw record jumps in 2012 to 4.1× its earlier level (p 0.01). ODLAR's record has none (p 0.15).
Unusual years
2001
308
season began 7 weeks early
2019
252
season began 6 weeks early
2020
168
season began 13 weeks late
2021
169
season began 7 weeks early
season ended 21 weeks early
2022
25
only 0.1× the normal annual activity
season began 7 weeks early
season ended 9 weeks late