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Wildfires in Tamil Nadu
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 09:19 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 51,590 km² of Tamil Nadu at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 7,100 km², ranking 15th of 35 regions of India.
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 2024, with 9,650 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 5,020 km². The 2021–2025 average is 8.3% lower 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.
February, March and April together hold 67% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 26 February 2012, with detections in 269 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 51,590 km² with at least one detection, 22% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 28,620 | 55% |
| 2 years | 11,670 | 23% |
| 3 to 5 years | 9,420 | 18% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,800 | 3.5% |
| 11 years or more | 80 | 0.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 13.25, 80.25 and holds 5.1% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 9,520 | 9,469 |
| 2013 | 6,220 | 6,175 |
| 2014 | 7,780 | 7,966 |
| 2015 | 5,380 | 5,419 |
| 2016 | 8,650 | 8,914 |
| 2017 | 5,910 | 6,043 |
| 2018 | 5,700 | 6,019 |
| 2019 | 9,020 | 9,563 |
| 2020 | 6,750 | 6,850 |
| 2021 | 5,070 | 5,224 |
| 2022 | 5,020 | 5,129 |
| 2023 | 8,100 | 8,192 |
| 2024 | 9,650 | 10,085 |
| 2025 | 6,600 | 6,759 |
Other regions of India
- Madhya Pradesh38,920 km² in an average year
- Maharashtra31,990 km² in an average year
- Punjab30,530 km² in an average year
- Chhattisgarh28,500 km² in an average year
- Odisha27,930 km² in an average year
- Telangana19,840 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
- Andhra Pradesh321 km
- Karnataka437 km
- Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka444 km
- Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka448 km
- Vavuniya, Sri Lanka500 km
- Mannar, Sri Lanka500 km