Darjiling

Next 7 daysLow2%

Quiet now. The season usually starts mid January

Annual mean: 0detections
Peak period: early February – late April
Record year: 2012181
Trend: −13%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +87%

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	142	8
2002	58	2
2003	54	5
2004	61	7
2005	46	4
2006	111	18
2007	24	0
2008	86	13
2009	160	22
2010	113	20
2011	112	18
2012	181	178
2013	97	97
2014	180	180
2015	71	71
2016	107	107
2017	67	67
2018	75	99
2019	47	73
2020	43	88
2021	62	130
2022	31	59
2023	79	177
2024	81	183
2025	77	157
2026	21	51

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

Below normal

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

ODLAR

0.00×

usual = 1×

This month: 0.0
Usual (median): 0.4
Rank: 14 of 26

Next 7 days

Low

Full risk view

Low

Expected detections: ~0.1

An active part of the fire season↑
This year is quieter than normal↓

Sun14°

Mon15°

Tue15°

Wed15°

Thu17°

Fri17°

Sat16°

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

~0.1 expected · usual 0.4

Next 3 months

Quieter than usual

~5.3 expected · usual 9.6

likely 1.1–16 · usual 0.0–21

Season

Starts ~18 January
Peak ~22 March

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: late March
End: mid April

Critical windows

early February – late April
82% 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: −13%/10Raw: +87%/10

HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Jump test (Pettitt): the raw record jumps in 2012 to 11.2× its earlier level (p < 0.001). ODLAR's record has none (p 0.36).

Unusual years

12

2003
54
season ended 3 weeks late
2007
24
only 0.3× the normal annual activity
season began 6 weeks early
2009
160
season ended 3 weeks early
2012
181
season began 8 weeks late
2013
97
season began 6 weeks late
2014
180
peak 3.6× stronger than normal
season began 9 weeks late
2015
71
season ended 3 weeks early
2022
31
season ended 4 weeks early
2023
79
season ended 4 weeks late
2024
81
season ended 3 weeks late
2025
77
season began 8 weeks late
2026
21
only 0.3× the normal annual activity
season ended 8 weeks early

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