Quiet now. The season usually starts mid March
Fire clock
| Year | Harmonized | Raw |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 3 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4 |
| 2016 | 3 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 6 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 4 |
| 2026 | 2 | 5 |
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: ~0.0
What's ahead
Next 7 days
Low~0.0 expected · usual 0.0
Next 3 months
About usual
~0.0 expected · usual 0.0
likely 0.0–0.3 · usual 0.0–0.0
Season
Season
Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn
Critical windows
mid June – late June
16% of annual activity
early March – late March
15% of annual activity
early April – mid April
10% of annual activity
The normal year vs 2026
25-year history
Jump test (Pettitt): the raw record has no abrupt jump (p 0.05). ODLAR's record has none (p 1.00).
Unusual years
2010
3
3.4× the normal annual activity
peak 21× stronger than normal
season began 8 weeks late
season ended 4 weeks late
2012
1
peak 8.3× stronger than normal
season began 21 weeks late
season ended 6 weeks early
2014
1
peak 8.3× stronger than normal
season began 15 weeks late
season ended 12 weeks early
2015
4
4.0× the normal annual activity
peak 25× stronger than normal
season ended 16 weeks early
2016
3
3.0× the normal annual activity
peak 25× stronger than normal
season began 14 weeks late
season ended 13 weeks early
2017
1
peak 8.3× stronger than normal
season began 18 weeks late
season ended 9 weeks early
2018
1
peak 8.3× stronger than normal
season began 9 weeks late
season ended 18 weeks early
2020
2
2.0× the normal annual activity
peak 8.3× stronger than normal
season began 6 weeks late
season ended 3 weeks early
2021
1
peak 8.3× stronger than normal
season ended 28 weeks early
2022
1
peak 8.3× stronger than normal
season began 27 weeks late
2025
2
2.0× the normal annual activity
peak 17× stronger than normal
season began 4 weeks late
season ended 23 weeks early
2026
2
2.0× the normal annual activity
peak 17× stronger than normal
season began 28 weeks late
Right now
This week is more active than 28% of past years at this time