Yesterday, 95 new fires were reported nationwide, including 13 new large fires. Firefighters are currently working to contain 95 large fires across the country. There are 30,132 personnel assigned to incidents nationwide. So far in 2026, firefighters have responded to 45,502 wildfires that have burned more than 5.6 million acres across the United States.
Extreme fire behavior, containment challenges and evacuations are reported throughout multiple geographic areas. National firefighting resources remain heavily committed.
We are in a period of peak national fire activity, which means that resources are stretched geographically as they are prioritized and shared across the country based on risk, values at risk, and firefighter safety and anticipated effectiveness. Firefighters, firefighting equipment, and support personnel are carefully coordinated to where they are needed most, when they are needed most. Behind every fire response is a network of dispatchers, planners, meteorologists, analysts, and support staff working together to keep firefighters and communities safe.
Keeping an eye on the air quality in your area? The AirNow Fire and Smoke Map is a resource for hourly updates, outlooks, health recommendations, and more. Air quality information related to specific fires can also be found on InciWeb: the Incident Information System.
Weather
A hot, dry, and unstable air mass will continue to build across the West. Daytime RH will drop to 3-15% with poor overnight recovery across much of California, the Northwest, Great Basin, northern Rockies, West Slope, and central High Plains. Temperatures are forecast to exceed 100°F in lower elevations of these regions and peaking near 110°F in inland California, the southern Great Basin, and western Arizona. Locally breezy west winds of 12-20 mph (gusts to 35 mph) are expected in the Cascade gaps, northern Sierra Front, northern Great Basin, and northern Rockies. Monsoon moisture remains limited in the Southwest. Isolated to scattered wet thunderstorms will favor the Mogollon Rim, southeast Arizona, and southwest New Mexico, while isolated dry thunderstorms are possible in southeast California, the southern Great Basin, and the southern Sierra. In the East, showers and thunderstorms will briefly diminish in Florida but will continue along the Gulf Coast into the Lower Mississippi Valley. Temperatures will remain near normal east of the Mississippi River, except in parts of New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine, where persistent dry coastal conditions will keep temperatures about 15°F above normal. It will be quite warm and dry over Alaska’s eastern Interior, particularly near the Al-Can border, with increasing potential for new ignitions from isolated lightning. Hot, dry, and breezy conditions will result in moderate potential across Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
