fire season
Blaze-prone months
Fire season is the time of year when wildfires are most likely to occur and spread, typically during hot, dry months when vegetation becomes combustible.
The term is used especially in regions prone to wildfire, like the American West and Australia: Fire season started early this year.
Climate change has extended fire seasons in many areas.
- red flag warningOfficial extreme fire hazard notice
- firebreaksVegetation-free zones halting conflagration
- controlled burnsDeliberate fires for management
- prescribed burningIntentional fire for land management
- droughtProlonged water scarcity
heatwave · dry brush · firefighting equipment · smokejumpers · El Niño · Santa Ana winds · wind patterns · property damage · habitat destruction · aerial firefighting · smoke plume · air quality · carbon emissions · humidity levels · evacuation plans · early warning systems · evacuation order · biodiversity loss
- fire scienceignition, combustion, flames, burning, pyrolysis
- seasonsautumn, summer, winter, spring, fall
- Wildfireswildfire, firebreak, firebreaks, flames, flame
- California weatherSanta Ana winds, June gloom, marine layer, Mediterranean climate, dry summers
- Droughtwater shortage, dry spell, dry spells, no rain, low rainfall
- forestrysilviculture, forests, forestry, reforestation, timber
fire seasonrainy season
Extended period of precipitation
wet season · monsoon season · flood season · monsoon · winter
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