Quiet now. The season usually starts mid March
Fire clock
| Year | Harmonized | Raw |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 224 | 6 |
| 2002 | 182 | 5 |
| 2003 | 261 | 39 |
| 2004 | 148 | 17 |
| 2005 | 106 | 8 |
| 2006 | 190 | 27 |
| 2007 | 66 | 8 |
| 2008 | 295 | 43 |
| 2009 | 586 | 94 |
| 2010 | 2538 | 391 |
| 2011 | 415 | 64 |
| 2012 | 225 | 220 |
| 2013 | 282 | 282 |
| 2014 | 97 | 97 |
| 2015 | 440 | 440 |
| 2016 | 244 | 244 |
| 2017 | 500 | 500 |
| 2018 | 372 | 471 |
| 2019 | 244 | 527 |
| 2020 | 19 | 39 |
| 2021 | 1185 | 2508 |
| 2022 | 666 | 1404 |
| 2023 | 153 | 292 |
| 2024 | 197 | 386 |
| 2025 | 344 | 702 |
| 2026 | 404 | 993 |
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
What's ahead
Next 7 days
Low~0.1 expected · usual 0.2
Next 3 months
About usual
~3.2 expected · usual 2.5
likely 0.0–10 · usual 0.0–6.2
Season
Season
Critical windows
late February – mid May
96% of annual activity
The normal year vs 2026
25-year history
Jump test (Pettitt): the raw record jumps in 2010 to 19.5× its earlier level (p 0.002). ODLAR's record has none (p 0.17).
Unusual years
2001
224
season began 16 weeks early
2002
182
season began 4 weeks early
2006
190
season began 3 weeks early
2009
586
season began 3 weeks early
2010
2,538
10× the normal annual activity
peak 13× stronger than normal
2021
1,185
4.9× the normal annual activity
Right now
This week is more active than 24% of past years at this time