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Wildfires in Northern Territory
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 08:29 UTC
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Fire history, 2012–2025
Detected · VIIRS S-NPP 375 m · 0.01° cells (~1.1 km) · complete years 2012–2025 · built 2026-09-23
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 811,610 km² of Northern Territory at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 173,050 km², ranking 1st of 10 regions of Australia.
Year by year
Detected area per year, km². Area of 0.01° cells with at least one detection in the year.
The busiest year was 2023, with 303,100 km² detected; the quietest was 2020, with 88,170 km². The 2021–2025 average is 8.6% higher than the 2012–2016 average.
Through the year
Share of all fire-days 2012–2025 by month. A fire-day is one cell with a detection on one day.
August, September and October together hold 40% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 24 October 2023, with detections in 7,072 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 811,610 km² with at least one detection, 42% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 299,790 | 37% |
| 2 years | 171,080 | 21% |
| 3 to 5 years | 212,710 | 26% |
| 6 to 10 years | 119,510 | 15% |
| 11 years or more | 8,530 | 1.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -14.25, 129.75 and holds 1.1% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 266,850 | 303,593 |
| 2013 | 110,960 | 125,412 |
| 2014 | 184,860 | 215,868 |
| 2015 | 205,800 | 239,923 |
| 2016 | 105,310 | 115,707 |
| 2017 | 187,190 | 201,687 |
| 2018 | 190,460 | 222,659 |
| 2019 | 134,000 | 165,453 |
| 2020 | 88,170 | 103,756 |
| 2021 | 138,760 | 155,406 |
| 2022 | 145,380 | 163,146 |
| 2023 | 303,100 | 338,498 |
| 2024 | 163,890 | 178,763 |
| 2025 | 197,970 | 211,194 |
Other regions of Australia
- Western Australia142,180 km² in an average year
- Queensland108,980 km² in an average year
- New South Wales24,100 km² in an average year
- Victoria8,760 km² in an average year
- South Australia6,430 km² in an average year
- Tasmania1,940 km² in an average year
- How these figures are madeDetected area, cells, and the single-satellite record.
Detected area counts every 0.01° cell with at least one VIIRS detection, so a small fire counts as a whole cell and a fire missed by cloud or between passes is absent. Borders: Natural Earth 1:10m. 2012 begins on 20 January.
Nearby regions
- Western Australia380 km
- Lautém, Timor-Leste693 km
- Manufahi, Timor-Leste706 km
- Ainaro, Timor-Leste706 km
- Viqueque, Timor-Leste720 km
- Baucau, Timor-Leste720 km