United States

Natural disasters in Washington, United States

Right now

No events recorded here in the last 24 hours.

The most recent data we hold from NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) arrived 1 minute ago. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.

21, recorded here, since 11 June 2026

1 in the last 30 days. Most recent: 7 October 2026 (21 days ago).

The 12th strongest of the 21 recorded here since 11 June 2026.

By month

  • March 20242 detections
  • April 20241 detections
  • May 20242 detections
  • June 20242 detections
  • July 20249 detections
  • August 20247 detections
  • September 20242 detections
  • October 20242 detections
  • November 20241 detections
  • March 20254 detections
  • April 20252 detections
  • May 20251 detections
  • June 20257 detections
  • July 20259 detections
  • September 20251 detections
  • October 202510 detections
  • November 20251 detections
  • January 20261 detections
  • June 20266
  • July 20264
  • August 20269
  • September 20261
  • October 20261

August 2026 is the most active month of the 5 in our series here, with 9 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

WildfiresLow

Satellite heat detection

7 October 202617:56 UTCIndex 39 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

3 September 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 32 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Wind, MD

28 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 43 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Wind, MD

27 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 43 · version not recorded3 independent sources
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

10 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 48 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Flash Flood Warning

10 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 43 · version not recorded11 independent sources
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

10 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 43 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

10 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 43 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

10 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 43 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

10 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 39 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

10 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 39 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Flash Flood Warning

18 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 43 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Flash Flood Warning

5 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 34 · version not recorded5 independent sources
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

5 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 34 · version not recorded2 independent sources
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

4 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 43 · version not recorded5 independent sources
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

14 June 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 48 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

14 June 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 37 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

14 June 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 43 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

11 June 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 37 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

11 June 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 37 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

11 June 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 37 · version not recorded

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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