🇦🇺 Australia: wildfires in November 2026
Unit: archived detection events, grouped by first-detection day and a roughly 11 km cell. One physical fire can span multiple records; hotspots can also be agricultural, industrial or urban. These counts are not a census of confirmed wildfires. The archive starts on August 3, 2026; the current month is incomplete.
Australia, November 2026: 16 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 1 November at 08:12.
Busiest day: 1 November, with 16 ignitions detected.
"In November 2026, kanari archived 16 detection events in Australia, with 16 still active at the last update. This is not a count of distinct confirmed physical wildfires. Peak observed fire radiative power: 1148 MW."
Fire ignitions per day
Most powerful fires of the month
| Place | First detection (UTC) | Detections | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart | 1 Nov, 01:17 | 11 | 1148 |
| Moranbah | 1 Nov, 04:17 | 13 | 308 |
| Bouldercombe | 1 Nov, 01:17 | 16 | 164 |
| Alton Downs | 1 Nov, 04:37 | 4 | 157 |
| Home Hill | 1 Nov, 03:37 | 14 | 141 |
| Calliope | 1 Nov, 02:37 | 27 | 117 |
| Mundubbera | 1 Nov, 04:08 | 5 | 101 |
| Alton Downs | 1 Nov, 02:55 | 9 | 98 |
| Red Hill | 1 Nov, 02:57 | 12 | 89 |
| Nebo | 1 Nov, 02:27 | 8 | 80 |
Cite these figures
kanari (2026). Archived detection events, Australia, November 2026: 16 records. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-11-01.
Methodology: only significant fires are archived (corroborated by witnesses, or above detection and power thresholds); totals are not comparable to exhaustive official tallies. Full methodology and licence.
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