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Wildfires in Varese
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 137 km² of Varese at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 26 km², ranking 54th of 110 regions of Italy.
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 2017, with 45 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 15 km². The 2021–2025 average is 23% 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.
June, July and August together hold 42% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 4 January 2019, with detections in 7 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 137 km² with at least one detection, 25% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 85 | 62% |
| 2 years | 18 | 13% |
| 3 to 5 years | 16 | 11% |
| 6 to 10 years | 10 | 7.6% |
| 11 years or more | 7.8 | 5.7% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 45.75, 8.75 and holds 94% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 26 | 93 |
| 2013 | 29 | 99 |
| 2014 | 21 | 78 |
| 2015 | 26 | 90 |
| 2016 | 29 | 113 |
| 2017 | 45 | 183 |
| 2018 | 25 | 136 |
| 2019 | 36 | 163 |
| 2020 | 25 | 134 |
| 2021 | 21 | 136 |
| 2022 | 27 | 154 |
| 2023 | 18 | 108 |
| 2024 | 15 | 104 |
| 2025 | 19 | 79 |
Other regions of Italy
- Foggia847 km² in an average year
- Palermo608 km² in an average year
- Agrigento590 km² in an average year
- Catania492 km² in an average year
- Caltanissetta460 km² in an average year
- Cosenza424 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.