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Fire clock
| Year | Harmonized | Raw |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 27 | 0 |
| 2002 | 25 | 0 |
| 2003 | 16 | 0 |
| 2004 | 17 | 0 |
| 2005 | 17 | 0 |
| 2006 | 33 | 2 |
| 2007 | 14 | 0 |
| 2008 | 16 | 1 |
| 2009 | 20 | 0 |
| 2010 | 29 | 1 |
| 2011 | 27 | 1 |
| 2012 | 24 | 23 |
| 2013 | 37 | 37 |
| 2014 | 74 | 74 |
| 2015 | 15 | 15 |
| 2016 | 18 | 18 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4 |
| 2018 | 12 | 13 |
| 2019 | 12 | 43 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5 |
| 2021 | 58 | 110 |
| 2022 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 40 | 84 |
| 2024 | 22 | 36 |
| 2025 | 49 | 77 |
| 2026 | 11 | 33 |
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 0.3
Next 3 months
About usual
~3.5 expected · usual 5.3
likely 0.2–7.6 · usual 0.0–11
Season
Season
Critical windows
late January – mid April
70% of annual activity
The normal year vs 2026
25-year history
Jump test (Pettitt): the raw record jumps in 2012 to 85.2× its earlier level (p < 0.001). ODLAR's record has none (p 0.74).
Unusual years
2012
24
season ended 6 weeks late
2014
74
3.7× the normal annual activity
2017
4
only 0.2× the normal annual activity
season began 16 weeks late
2018
12
season began 15 weeks late
2019
12
season began 13 weeks late
2020
3
only 0.1× the normal annual activity
2021
58
2.9× the normal annual activity
peak 5.3× stronger than normal
season began 10 weeks late
2023
40
season began 13 weeks late
2024
22
season began 20 weeks late
2025
49
peak 5.9× stronger than normal
season began 15 weeks late
2026
11
season began 12 weeks late
Right now
This week is more active than 22% of past years at this time