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Precipitation Data Access and Tools

NASA has a wide range of precipitation data, from hourly rainfall estimates to reanalysis datasets looking back decades. Our datasets and tools help users spot characteristics, trends, patterns, and anomalies in the precipitation that falls to Earth and understand how it affects natural areas and human communities.

Precipitation Datasets

Dataset Sort descending Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
TRMM Precipitation Radar Rain Characteristics L2 1.5 hours V7 (TRMM_2A23) at GES DISC 7 TRMM PR 1997-12-31 to 2015-04-01

N: 38 S: -38 E: 180 W: -180

TRMM Precipitation Radar Rainfall Rate and Profile L2 1.5 hours V7 (TRMM_2A25) at GES DISC 7 TRMM PR 1997-12-31 to 2015-04-01

N: 38 S: -38 E: 180 W: -180

TRMM Precipitation Radar Surface Cross-Section L2 1.5 hours V7 (TRMM_2A21) at GES DISC 7 TRMM PR 1997-12-31 to 2014-10-07

N: 38 S: -38 E: 180 W: -180

TRMM Radar Rain Distributions L3 1 month 5 degree x 5 degree V7 (TRMM_3A26) at GES DISC 7 TRMM PR 1997-12-01 to 2015-04-01

N: 40 S: -40 E: 180 W: -180

TRMM Radar Rainfall Statistics L3 1 month (5 x 5) and (0.5 x 0.5) degree V7 (TRMM_3A25) at GES DISC 7 TRMM PR 1997-12-01 to 2015-04-01

N: 40 S: -40 E: 180 W: -180

TRMM TMI/PR Combined Convective Stratiform Heating L3 1 month 0.5 degree x 0.5 degree V7 (TRMM_3H31) at GES DISC 7 TRMM PR, TMI 1998-01-01 to 2015-03-31

N: 37 S: -37 E: 180 W: -180

TRMM TMI/PR Combined Precipitation L3 1 month 0.5 degree x 0.5 degree V7 (TRMM_3B31) at GES DISC 7 TRMM PR, TMI 1997-12-01 to 2015-03-31

N: 40 S: -40 E: 180 W: -180

TRMM TROPICAL CYCLONE PRECIPITATION FEATURE (TCPF) DATABASE - LEVEL 1 V1 1 TRMM LIS, PR, TMI, VIRS 1997-12-08 to 2011-12-30

N: 39.11 S: -39.14 E: 180 W: -179.98

HDF4
Tropical Cyclone Intensity (TCI) Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD) V2.1 2.1 NASA WB-57F HIRAD 2015-08-30 to 2015-10-23

N: 37.8755 S: 12.8279 E: -63.0352 W: -109.283

netCDF-3
TROPICS01 Pathfinder L2B Precipitation Ice Water Path (PIWP) V1.0 1.0 TROPICS/01 TMS 2021-11-01 to 2023-12-15

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

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