Wildfires in Central Desert, Australia

By month

• May 202633
• June 202626
• July 202645
• August 2026150

August 2026 is the most active month of the 4 in our series here, with 150 events.

Recent events

• Large Wildfire
  28 August 2026time not reported by the sourcehighCS 27
• Moderate Wildfire
  27 August 2026time not reported by the sourcehighCS 27
• Major Wildfire
  13 August 202623:47 UTCcriticalCS 60
• Major Wildfire
  12 August 2026time not reported by the sourcecriticalCS 60
• Major Wildfire
  6 August 2026time not reported by the sourcecriticalCS 60
• Large Wildfire
  5 August 2026time not reported by the sourcecriticalCS 60
• Large Wildfire
  3 August 2026time not reported by the sourcehighCS 27
• Moderate Wildfire
  2 August 2026time not reported by the sourcehighCS 27
• Major Wildfire
  1 August 202623:58 UTCcriticalCS 41
• Large Wildfire
  31 July 2026time not reported by the sourcecriticalCS 54
• Moderate Wildfire
  30 July 2026time not reported by the sourcecriticalCS 54
• Large Wildfire
  29 July 2026time not reported by the sourcehighCS 27
• Moderate Wildfire
  27 July 2026time not reported by the sourcehighCS 40
• Moderate Wildfire
  22 July 202618:03 UTChighCS 40
• Moderate Wildfire
  21 July 2026time not reported by the sourcehighCS 40
• Moderate Wildfire
  4 July 2026time not reported by the sourcehighCS 40
• Large Wildfire
  2 July 2026time not reported by the sourcehighCS 27
• Large Wildfire
  1 July 202623:55 UTChighCS 27
• Large Wildfire
  30 June 202617:09 UTChighCS 27
• Large Wildfire
  28 June 2026time not reported by the sourcehighCS 27
• Large Wildfire
  27 June 2026time not reported by the sourcehighCS 40
• Major Wildfire
  26 June 2026time not reported by the sourcecriticalCS 60
• Major Wildfire
  25 June 2026time not reported by the sourcecriticalCS 60
• Moderate Wildfire
  18 June 202621:09 UTChighCS 27
• Major Wildfire
  29 May 2026time not reported by the sourcecriticalCS 60
• Major Wildfire
  28 May 2026time not reported by the sourcecriticalCS 60
• Major Wildfire
  27 May 2026time not reported by the sourcecriticalCS 50
• Large Wildfire
  26 May 2026time not reported by the sourcehighCS 27
• Moderate Wildfire
  13 May 202619:04 UTChighCS 45
• Moderate Wildfire
  9 May 2026time not reported by the sourcehighCS 45
• Large Wildfire
  7 May 2026time not reported by the sourcehighCS 45

Other areas

• Cook 79
• Kangaroo Island 61
• Tiwi Islands 51
• Barkly 49
• Unincorporated NT 43
• Charters Towers 42
• Burke 39
• West Arnhem 34