Fire season: about 17 weeks left · 0.0× the usual for this week
Fire clock
| Year | Harmonized | Raw |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2061 | 257 |
| 2002 | 729 | 121 |
| 2003 | 387 | 100 |
| 2004 | 1098 | 321 |
| 2005 | 752 | 226 |
| 2006 | 823 | 225 |
| 2007 | 607 | 186 |
| 2008 | 831 | 242 |
| 2009 | 351 | 90 |
| 2010 | 930 | 292 |
| 2011 | 739 | 207 |
| 2012 | 895 | 797 |
| 2013 | 450 | 450 |
| 2014 | 431 | 431 |
| 2015 | 987 | 987 |
| 2016 | 1021 | 1021 |
| 2017 | 1122 | 1122 |
| 2018 | 963 | 1767 |
| 2019 | 990 | 1842 |
| 2020 | 721 | 1478 |
| 2021 | 732 | 1465 |
| 2022 | 627 | 1368 |
| 2023 | 308 | 574 |
| 2024 | 580 | 1866 |
| 2025 | 1872 | 5509 |
| 2026 | 992 | 2865 |
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
Raw satellite data would say 1.0× the usual, because it joins MODIS and VIIRS as they are and VIIRS sees far more small fires. Corrected, it is 0.12×.
Next 7 days
0%
Low
Expected detections: ~1.6
What's ahead
Next 7 days
Low~1.6 expected · usual 4.0
Next 3 months
About usual
~32 expected · usual 35
likely 5.1–74 · usual 0.0–86
Season
Season
Critical windows
early July – early September
62% of annual activity
early March – mid March
9% of annual activity
The normal year vs 2026
25-year history
Jump test (Pettitt): the raw record jumps in 2012 to 7.2× its earlier level (p < 0.001). ODLAR's record has none (p 1.00).
Unusual years
2001
2,061
2.7× the normal annual activity
peak 4.1× stronger than normal
season ended 21 weeks early
2010
930
season ended 16 weeks early
2012
895
season began 4 weeks late
2015
987
season ended 23 weeks early
2018
963
season ended 22 weeks early
2019
990
season began 3 weeks early
2023
308
only 0.4× the normal annual activity
2025
1,872
2.5× the normal annual activity
peak 3.8× stronger than normal
2026
992
season ended 25 weeks early
Right now
This week is more active than 8% of past years at this time