3_ExtremeFireDanger (IMAGE)

Desert Research Institute

3_ExtremeFireDanger

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California and Nevada on average experienced a record-setting number of "extreme fire danger" days in 2020, as indicated by the line on the graph above. Extreme fire danger days were calculated using the Evaporative Demand Drought Index (EDDI), with methods described in McEvoy et al. (2020). Data source: http://www.climatologylab.org/gridmet.html.

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Dan McEvoy/DRI

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