United States

Wildfires in San Diego, United States

Right now

2 wildfires recorded here in the last 24 hours.

The most recent data we hold from NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) arrived 4 minutes ago. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.

8, recorded here, since 15 June 2026

2 in the last 30 days. Most recent: 15 October 2026 (today).

The 3rd strongest of the 8 recorded here since 15 June 2026.

By month

  • February 202414 detections
  • March 202429 detections
  • April 202424 detections
  • May 202429 detections
  • June 202440 detections
  • July 202472 detections
  • August 202467 detections
  • September 202456 detections
  • October 202439 detections
  • November 202459 detections
  • December 202442 detections
  • January 2025239 detections
  • February 202531 detections
  • March 202538 detections
  • April 202531 detections
  • May 202534 detections
  • June 202551 detections
  • July 202539 detections
  • August 202593 detections
  • September 202526 detections
  • October 202549 detections
  • November 202530 detections
  • December 202539 detections
  • January 202639 detections
  • February 202624 detections
  • June 20263
  • July 20261
  • August 20262
  • October 20262

June 2026 is the most active month of the 4 in our series here, with 3 events.

The months before live collection count satellite fire detections imported from the NASA FIRMS archive, one for each cell of about 110 m on each day, not fires: they cannot be compared with the months after.

Hazards recorded here

Recent events

Other areas

Series begins 8 March 2026 for live collection; the monthly chart also counts backfilled detections from 10 February 2024. Collection gap: 14-26 August 2026.

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