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. 2015 Jan 9;10(1):e0116952. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116952

Table 4. Top 10 largest lightning and military fires, and the weather conditions under which they burned.

Rank Cluster Size (ha) Date Air temperature (°C) Relative humidity (%) Solar radiation (mW m-2) Soil moisture @ 30–60 cm (mm)
Lightning Fires
1* 7 1,914 5/27/2006 25 77 0.26 4.9
2* 7 1,652 6/24/2000 25 82 0.25 3.7
3* 7 549 6/22/1998 28 75 0.30 7.1
4 1 297 6/12/2007 26 73 0.26 27.5
5 3 269 5/13/2009 23 80 0.21 4.5
6 3 252 3/2/1997 23 77 0.20 12.0
7 7 247 5/28/2006 27 69 0.29 4.8
8* 7 241 6/6/2000 28 71 0.30 3.2
9 1 226 6/17/2001 26 79 0.31 19.4
10 4 181 5/7/1997 22 70 0.28 18.6
Military fires
1* 6 2,128 5/4/2006 24 61 0.32 7.2
2* 4 1,405 3/7/2001 13 48 0.29 3.5
3* 7 1,038 6/15/2000 27 72 0.29 3.4
4* 6 748 5/4/2006 24 61 0.32 7.2
5 3 674 2/12/1999 21 86 0.12 19.7
6 1 651 6/8/1998 26 82 0.23 9.3
7 3 557 12/15/2007 23 86 0.10 9.5
8 5 547 3/31/2006 20 70 0.28 13.3
9* 6 506 5/4/2006 24 61 0.32 7.2
10 3 452 1/7/1997 21 79 0.16 11.8

Rows with rank followed by * indicate clusters constituting peak mode of the fire season.