Quiet now. The season usually starts mid March
Fire clock
| Year | Harmonized | Raw |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | 4 | 0 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 |
| 2004 | 5 | 2 |
| 2005 | 5 | 1 |
| 2006 | 6 | 3 |
| 2007 | 8 | 3 |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 |
| 2010 | 6 | 2 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 |
| 2012 | 6 | 6 |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 |
| 2015 | 7 | 7 |
| 2016 | 3 | 3 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 6 |
| 2020 | 6 | 9 |
| 2021 | 17 | 28 |
| 2022 | 7 | 14 |
| 2023 | 10 | 18 |
| 2024 | 8 | 12 |
| 2025 | 7 | 14 |
| 2026 | 6 | 20 |
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<0.1 expected · usual <0.1
Next 3 months
About usual
~0.1 expected · usual 0.3
likely 0.0–1.1 · usual 0.0–0.4
Season
Season
Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn
Critical windows
mid March – late May
51% of annual activity
mid July – late July
7% of annual activity
The normal year vs 2026
25-year history
Jump test (Pettitt): the raw record jumps in 2012 to 9.1× its earlier level (p 0.002). ODLAR's record has none (p 0.06).
Unusual years
2012
6
season ended 8 weeks late
2013
3
season ended 10 weeks early
2014
3
season began 9 weeks late
season ended 20 weeks early
2019
2
season began 22 weeks late
season ended 7 weeks early
2020
6
season began 7 weeks late
2021
17
3.7× the normal annual activity
peak 7.0× stronger than normal
2022
7
season ended 12 weeks early
2023
10
season ended 11 weeks early
2025
7
season ended 13 weeks early
Right now
This week is more active than 26% of past years at this time