The number of fire weather days has nearly doubled since the early 1970s across much of the Southwest.
Those are days with high temperatures, significant winds and very dry forest conditions.
The analysis from the group Climate Central confirms what fire managers have said for years: that fire seasons are longer than ever before.
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