Quiet now. The season usually starts early April
Fire clock
| Year | Harmonized | Raw |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 7 | 4 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 35 | 10 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 3 | 2 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 6 | 6 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 4 |
| 2020 | 4 | 6 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 4 | 8 |
| 2025 | 7 | 14 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
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
~0.0 expected · usual 0.1
likely 0.0–1.1 · usual 0.0–0.2
Season
Season
Critical windows
early September – mid October
53% of annual activity
late March – mid April
13% of annual activity
early May – mid May
10% of annual activity
The normal year vs 2026
25-year history
Jump test (Pettitt): the raw record has no abrupt jump (p 0.98). ODLAR's record has none (p 0.53).
Unusual years
2001
7
peak 5.2× stronger than normal
2004
35
24× the normal annual activity
peak 33× stronger than normal
season began 21 weeks late
2011
6
season began 11 weeks late
2012
1
season ended 24 weeks early
2013
1
season began 31 weeks late
2014
2
season ended 23 weeks early
2015
6
peak 6.0× stronger than normal
season ended 26 weeks early
2018
1
season began 27 weeks late
2019
2
season began 11 weeks late
2020
4
season began 9 weeks late
2024
4
season ended 27 weeks early
2025
7
season began 20 weeks late
2026
1
season ended 23 weeks early
Right now
This week is more active than 28% of past years at this time