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Wildfires in Neno
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 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 1,720 km² of Neno at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 849 km², ranking 16th of 28 regions of Malawi.
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 2012, with 1,100 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 606 km². The 2021–2025 average is 22% 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.
August, September and October together hold 85% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 17 October 2017, with detections in 78 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,720 km² with at least one detection, 89% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 88 | 5.1% |
| 2 years | 106 | 6.2% |
| 3 to 5 years | 423 | 25% |
| 6 to 10 years | 809 | 47% |
| 11 years or more | 299 | 17% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -15.25, 34.75 and holds 66% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,100 | 1,462 |
| 2013 | 895 | 1,080 |
| 2014 | 932 | 1,121 |
| 2015 | 873 | 1,062 |
| 2016 | 932 | 1,201 |
| 2017 | 870 | 1,066 |
| 2018 | 835 | 1,004 |
| 2019 | 858 | 1,068 |
| 2020 | 902 | 1,116 |
| 2021 | 772 | 944 |
| 2022 | 756 | 869 |
| 2023 | 894 | 1,102 |
| 2024 | 606 | 680 |
| 2025 | 658 | 713 |
Other regions of Malawi
- Mzimba3,870 km² in an average year
- Kasungu3,240 km² in an average year
- Mangochi2,950 km² in an average year
- Nkhata Bay2,760 km² in an average year
- Rumphi2,490 km² in an average year
- Nkhotakota2,460 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.