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Wildfires in Limerick
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 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 50 km² of Limerick at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 6.0 km², ranking 7th of 31 regions of Ireland.
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 2015, with 11 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 1.5 km². The 2021–2025 average is 47% 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.
April, May and June together hold 32% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 10 April 2015, with detections in 5 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 50 km² with at least one detection, 11% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 43 | 86% |
| 2 years | 1.5 | 3.0% |
| 3 to 5 years | 3.1 | 6.2% |
| 6 to 10 years | 0.8 | 1.6% |
| 11 years or more | 1.5 | 3.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 52.75, -8.75 and holds 95% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4.5 | 34 |
| 2013 | 5.3 | 40 |
| 2014 | 8.3 | 75 |
| 2015 | 11 | 87 |
| 2016 | 4.5 | 102 |
| 2017 | 11 | 116 |
| 2018 | 11 | 112 |
| 2019 | 5.3 | 87 |
| 2020 | 3.8 | 64 |
| 2021 | 6.0 | 114 |
| 2022 | 5.3 | 118 |
| 2023 | 2.3 | 84 |
| 2024 | 1.5 | 47 |
| 2025 | 3.0 | 44 |
Other regions of Ireland
- Kerry31 km² in an average year
- Galway22 km² in an average year
- Cork19 km² in an average year
- Mayo12 km² in an average year
- Wicklow8.3 km² in an average year
- Donegal7.4 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.