6.6 million
People in the fiercest quarter
Regions with dangerous fire weather at least as often as the worst quarter of the country.
80.3%
This week's heat sitting there
Share of clearer satellite heat detections in that same quarter.
5 vs 1
Hotter-day season
Severe fire-weather days in a 120-day season where people live, if hotter days from the record are drawn more often, against an ordinary draw.
Qld
Busiest state this week
49.1% of the satellite heat in this reading.
WA Outback (South)
Worst fire-weather region
Western Australia - Outback (South). 90.2 dangerous days a year, on average, from 2022 to 2025.
Western Australia - Outback (South) leads the country for how often fire weather turns dangerous
Queensland has the largest share of this week's satellite heat
People in Northern Territory see dangerous fire weather more often than people in the other states
What this means
The people and the heat are not in the same places. 6.6 million live where dangerous weather is most common, and 80.3% of the latest satellite heat falls there. Where people live, a season that replays more of the hotter days on record has about 5 severe fire-weather days in 120 days, against about 1 in an ordinary draw.
Exact values
Share of the country within flying time
| Window | People, recommended | People, biggest cities | Heat, recommended | Heat, biggest cities | Dangerous weather, recommended | Dangerous weather, biggest cities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 minutes | 93.0% | 93.5% | 96.6% | 9.5% | 87.3% | 32.7% |
| 60 minutes | 34.0% | 90.0% | 1.5% | 3.8% | 34.1% | 29.8% |
Dangerous-weather days a year
| Region | State | People | Heat detections | Dangerous-weather days a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Australia - Outback (South) | WA | 128,306 | 25 | 90.25 |
| Northern Territory - Outback | NT | 105,272 | 2,734 | 54.25 |
| Western Australia - Outback (North) | WA | 102,732 | 2,335 | 43.75 |
| South Australia - Outback | SA | 85,925 | 23 | 40.75 |
| Queensland - Outback | Qld | 82,563 | 3,394 | 19.00 |
| Far West and Orana | NSW | 118,372 | 25 | 17.50 |
| Barossa - Yorke - Mid North | SA | 120,651 | 0 | 13.75 |
| Western Australia - Wheat Belt | WA | 149,617 | 69 | 13.75 |