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Next 7 daysLow9%

Quiet now. The season usually starts mid January

Annual mean: 0detections
Peak period: late March – early May
Record year: 2021366
Trend: +82%/ 10significant · on raw data: +117%

Fire clock

Ring = year, slice = week. Tap a week to see its fires on the map.

Total detections per year: ODLAR's corrected record (on the VIIRS Suomi NPP scale) and the raw record (MODIS and VIIRS joined as they are)
Year	Harmonized	Raw
2001	52	0
2002	40	0
2003	17	0
2004	19	0
2005	17	0
2006	21	0
2007	19	0
2008	30	2
2009	29	1
2010	96	12
2011	120	17
2012	114	112
2013	147	147
2014	260	260
2015	203	203
2016	277	277
2017	148	148
2018	268	496
2019	197	359
2020	161	413
2021	366	806
2022	154	293
2023	301	575
2024	308	594
2025	216	413
2026	100	355

Tap a week to see the detections behind it.

Lighter: less certain (mostly the MODIS years, before 2012)No observationSatellite outage

A detection is a heat signal seen from space, not burned area or a count of separate fires.

November vs a usual year

Quiet, as usual

Weeks of 26 Oct – 8 Nov, compared with the same weeks of every year since 2001

This month: 0.0
Usual (median): 0.0
Rank: 12 of 26

Next 7 days

Low

Full risk view

Low

Expected detections: ~0.3

An active part of the fire season↑
No rain expected in the coming days↑
This year is quieter than normal↓

Sun28°

Mon29°

Tue28°

Wed27°

Thu28°

Fri28°

Sat28°

What's ahead

From the next days to a year out. The further ahead, the less certain, and the chart says which part is a forecast and which is just the usual year.

Next 7 days

Low

~0.3 expected · usual 0.5

Next 3 months

Quieter than usual

~15 expected · usual 23

likely 2.8–37 · usual 0.0–42

Season

Starts ~11 January
Peak ~12 April

ForecastLikely rangeUsualUsual rangedetections / week

How sure is this?

Daily fire weather: the Open-Meteo weather forecast, most reliable for the first 3 days.
Next 7 days: tested on 6 past years, the model ranked a week that turned busy above a quiet one 86 times in 100 (the season alone: 72).
Next 3 months: the real total fell inside the likely range 76 times in 100 (the usual range alone: 71).
Beyond 3 months: the usual year. 8 in 10 past years fell inside the grey band. Weather that far ahead is not known.

Season

mid January – mid April

Onset: mid January
Peak: mid April
End: mid April

Critical windows

late March – early May
83% of annual activity
late November – mid December
7% of annual activity

The normal year vs 2026

Bands show the 25-year range; the white line is this year so far.

Compare with

25-year history

The raw record jumps in 2012 when VIIRS arrives; the harmonized record does not.

Harmonized: +82%/10Raw: +117%/10

HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Jump test (Pettitt): the raw record jumps in 2013 to 31.9× its earlier level (p < 0.001). ODLAR's record changes level in 2013 (p < 0.001): a real change, or a trend.

Unusual years

12

2010
96
season began 9 weeks late
2011
120
season began 10 weeks late
2012
114
season began 16 weeks late
2013
147
season began 15 weeks late
2014
260
season began 16 weeks late
2015
203
season began 12 weeks late
2016
277
season began 16 weeks late
2017
148
season began 15 weeks late
2021
366
season began 15 weeks late
2023
301
season began 15 weeks late
2024
308
season began 9 weeks late
2026
100
season began 11 weeks late

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