Fire season: about 18 weeks left · 0.0× the usual for this week
Fire clock
| Year | Harmonized | Raw |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 694 | 9 |
| 2002 | 986 | 33 |
| 2003 | 934 | 81 |
| 2004 | 470 | 30 |
| 2005 | 308 | 21 |
| 2006 | 759 | 67 |
| 2007 | 1472 | 155 |
| 2008 | 2162 | 281 |
| 2009 | 833 | 74 |
| 2010 | 275 | 11 |
| 2011 | 875 | 66 |
| 2012 | 897 | 880 |
| 2013 | 628 | 628 |
| 2014 | 867 | 867 |
| 2015 | 1483 | 1483 |
| 2016 | 945 | 945 |
| 2017 | 738 | 738 |
| 2018 | 338 | 465 |
| 2019 | 1357 | 2767 |
| 2020 | 488 | 941 |
| 2021 | 1276 | 2443 |
| 2022 | 1266 | 2471 |
| 2023 | 968 | 1938 |
| 2024 | 1411 | 2660 |
| 2025 | 1765 | 3512 |
| 2026 | 684 | 2119 |
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: ~0.5
What's ahead
Next 7 days
Low~0.5 expected · usual 1.2
Next 3 months
About usual
~54 expected · usual 49
likely 1.0–115 · usual 7.0–96
Season
Season
Critical windows
late January – late March
83% of annual activity
late August – mid September
6% of annual activity
The normal year vs 2026
25-year history
Jump test (Pettitt): the raw record jumps in 2012 to 21.6× its earlier level (p < 0.001). ODLAR's record has none (p 0.40).
Unusual years
2005
308
only 0.3× the normal annual activity
2010
275
only 0.3× the normal annual activity
2025
1,765
peak 2.6× stronger than normal
Right now
This week is more active than 22% of past years at this time