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Wildfires in Northern Ostrobothnia
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 12:28 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 112 km² of Northern Ostrobothnia at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 13 km², ranking 4th of 18 regions of Finland.
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 2014, with 21 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 6.9 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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.
July, August and September together hold 39% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 28 July 2021, with detections in 12 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 112 km² with at least one detection, 6.2% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 101 | 90% |
| 2 years | 3.8 | 3.4% |
| 3 to 5 years | 2.1 | 1.9% |
| 6 to 10 years | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 11 years or more | 4.8 | 4.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 64.75, 24.25 and holds 95% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6.9 | 285 |
| 2013 | 14 | 299 |
| 2014 | 21 | 350 |
| 2015 | 12 | 334 |
| 2016 | 13 | 295 |
| 2017 | 10 | 272 |
| 2018 | 14 | 400 |
| 2019 | 9.6 | 277 |
| 2020 | 12 | 334 |
| 2021 | 19 | 384 |
| 2022 | 12 | 295 |
| 2023 | 9.0 | 330 |
| 2024 | 15 | 337 |
| 2025 | 14 | 391 |
Other regions of Finland
- Uusimaa14 km² in an average year
- Finland Proper13 km² in an average year
- Kymenlaakso13 km² in an average year
- Lapland11 km² in an average year
- Southern Ostrobothnia7.1 km² in an average year
- South Karelia7.0 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
- Västerbotten, Sweden142 km
- Norrbotten, Sweden145 km
- Nordland, Norway489 km
- Finland Proper510 km
- Karelia, Russian Federation525 km
- Gävleborg, Sweden585 km