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🇲🇳 Mongolia: wildfires in August 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.

Mongolia, August 2026: 18 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 6 October at 10:10.

Busiest day: 9 August, with 5 ignitions detected.

18
archived events
0
still active
0
with verified witnesses
0
with aircraft observed
1371
peak power (MW)
"In August 2026, kanari archived 18 detection events in Mongolia, with 0 still active at the last update. This is not a count of distinct confirmed physical wildfires. Peak observed fire radiative power: 1371 MW."
Source: kanari.io, NASA FIRMS, GOES and Meteosat MTG satellites plus AI-verified witness reports. Freely citable (CC BY 4.0).

Fire ignitions per day

052026-08-05: 3082026-08-08: 2092026-08-09: 5112026-08-11: 1122026-08-12: 1232026-08-23: 2292026-08-29: 2312026-08-31: 2

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
Bayan-Ovoo9 Aug, 09:21241371
Bayan-Ovoo9 Aug, 09:21171159
Bayan-Ovoo9 Aug, 09:21321135
Bayan-Ovoo9 Aug, 09:2191031
Bayan-Ovoo9 Aug, 09:213313
Bayan-Ovoo5 Aug, 12:111138
Noyon Suma31 Aug, 03:401137
Darvi5 Aug, 10:511133
Noyon Suma31 Aug, 03:404133
Hatansuudal8 Aug, 10:011122

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Archived detection events, Mongolia, August 2026: 18 records. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-10-06.

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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