2016–17 Australian bushfire season

NASA MODIS burned area detections from June 2016 to May 2017
Date(s)June 2016 – June 2017
LocationAustralia

The summer of 2016–17 saw a very wet start with the fifth-wettest December on record being 76 percent above the average rainfall for the month across much of the country. This caused a significant surge in vegetation growth leading into the fire danger period.

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