Skip to main content

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

View All Datasets
Filters
Dataset Version Platform Instrument Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
GPM GROUND VALIDATION TWO-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO DISDROMETER (2DVD) NSSTC V1 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS 2DVD, DISDROMETERS 2009-11-20 to 2011-10-13

N: 34.7233 S: 34.7233 E: -86.6419 W: -86.6419

ASCII
GPM Ground Validation Two-Dimensional Video Disdrometer (2DVD) OLYMPEX V1 1 GROUND STATIONS 2DVD 2015-10-31 to 2016-01-17

N: 47.514 S: 47.36 E: -123.812 W: -123.993

ASCII
GPM Ground Validation Two-Dimensional Video Disdrometer (2DVD) WFF V2 2 GROUND STATIONS 2DVD 2013-07-24 to 2015-10-05

N: 37.9442 S: 37.9289 E: -75.4572 W: -75.4781

ASCII
GPM Ground Validation USDA ARS Soil Moisture IFloodS V1 1 GROUND STATIONS PROBES, RAIN GAUGES 2013-04-16 to 2013-06-04

N: 42.5546 S: 42.3183 E: -93.2108 W: -93.5991

ASCII, Excel
GPM Ground Validation Validation Network (VN) V1 1 GROUND STATIONS, GPM Polarimetric Radar, DPR, GMI 2014-03-09 to 2021-07-31

N: 65.634 S: -31.818 E: 169.948 W: -169.499

netCDF-3
GPM Ground Validation Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Images MC3E V1 1 WRF Computer 2011-04-19 to 2011-06-06

N: 45 S: 25 E: -80 W: -115

GIF, PNG
GPM Ground Validation Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model LPVEx V1 1 WRF Computer 2010-09-20 to 2010-10-20

N: 61.88 S: 58.264 E: 28.314 W: 20.806

netCDF-3
GPM GV AIO2 UConn 1 GROUND STATIONS Airmar Weather Station 2021-12-07 to 2024-05-21

N: 41.828 S: 41.798 E: -72.247 W: -72.304

CSV
GPM GV MASC UConn 1 GROUND STATIONS 2023-01-14 to 2024-03-21

N: 41.809 S: 41.807 E: -72.293 W: -72.295

GPM IMERG Early Precipitation L3 1 day 0.1 degree x 0.1 degree V07 (GPM_3IMERGDE) 07 IMERG NOT APPLICABLE 1998-01-01

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

GPM IMERG Early Precipitation L3 Half Hourly 0.1 degree x 0.1 degree V07 (GPM_3IMERGHHE) 07 IMERG NOT APPLICABLE 1998-01-01

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

GPM IMERG Final Precipitation L3 1 day 0.1 degree x 0.1 degree V07 (GPM_3IMERGDF) 07 IMERG NOT APPLICABLE 1998-01-01 to 2025-09-30

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

GPM IMERG Final Precipitation L3 1 month 0.1 degree x 0.1 degree V07 (GPM_3IMERGM) 07 IMERG NOT APPLICABLE 1998-01-01 to 2025-09-30

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

GPM IMERG Final Precipitation L3 Half Hourly 0.1 degree x 0.1 degree V07 (GPM_3IMERGHH) 07 IMERG NOT APPLICABLE 1998-01-01 to 2025-09-30

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

GPM IMERG Late Precipitation L3 1 day 0.1 degree x 0.1 degree V07 (GPM_3IMERGDL) 07 IMERG NOT APPLICABLE 1998-01-01

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

GPM IMERG Late Precipitation L3 Half Hourly 0.1 degree x 0.1 degree V07 (GPM_3IMERGHHL) 07 IMERG NOT APPLICABLE 1998-01-01

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

GPM MHS on METOP-A Common Calibrated Brightness Temperature L1C 1.5 hours 17 km V07 (GPM_1CMETOPAMHS) 07 METOP-A MHS 2006-11-23 to 2019-12-23

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

GPM MHS on METOP-A Common Calibrated Brightness Temperature L1C 1.5 hours 17 km V08 (GPM_1CMETOPAMHS) 08 METOP-A MHS 2006-11-23 to 2019-12-23

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

GPM MHS on METOP-A (GPROF) Radiometer Precipitation Profiling L2A 1.5 hours 17 km V07 (GPM_2AGPROFMETOPAMHS_CLIM) 07 METOP-A MHS 2006-11-23 to 2019-12-23

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

GPM MHS on METOP-A (GPROF) Radiometer Precipitation Profiling L2A 1.5 hours 17 km V08 (GPM_2AGPROFMETOPAMHS_CLIM) 08 METOP-A MHS 2006-11-23 to 2019-12-23

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

GPM MHS on METOP-A (GPROF) Radiometer Precipitation Profiling L3 1 day 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree V07 (GPM_3GPROFMETOPAMHS_DAY_CLIM) 07 METOP-A MHS 2006-11-23 to 2019-12-23

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

GPM MHS on METOP-A (GPROF) Radiometer Precipitation Profiling L3 1 day 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree V08 (GPM_3GPROFMETOPAMHS_DAY_CLIM) 08 METOP-A MHS 2006-11-23 to 2019-12-23

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

GPM MHS on METOP-A (GPROF) Radiometer Precipitation Profiling L3 1 month 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree V07 (GPM_3GPROFMETOPAMHS_CLIM) 07 METOP-A MHS 2006-11-01 to 2019-12-31

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

GPM MHS on METOP-A (GPROF) Radiometer Precipitation Profiling L3 1 month 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree V08 (GPM_3GPROFMETOPAMHS_CLIM) 08 METOP-A MHS 2006-11-01 to 2019-12-31

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

GPM MHS on METOP-B Common Calibrated Brightness Temperature L1C 1.5 hours 17 km V07 (GPM_1CMETOPBMHS) 07 METOP-B MHS 2012-09-25 to 2026-03-01

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

You're viewing 500 of 1072

Featured Precipitation Observation Method: GPM

NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) platform provides next-generation global observations of rain and snow to help researchers better understand Earth's water and energy cycles and forecast extreme weather and related events.

Learn More About GPM
Earthdata grphic identifier on ice sheet map

TRMM and GPM Precipitation Products and Services at NASA's GES DISC

During this webinar we will provide an overview of TRMM and GPM precipitation data products and discuss the various ways to discover and access these data. We will also demonstrate the visualization and analysis tools and services provided by NASA's Goddard Earth Science Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC).

Precipitation Data Tools

View All Data Tools
No Results

QUESTIONS & SUPPORT

Have a question?

Get help with NASA Earth science data, datasets, tools, services, and metadata on the Earthdata Forum. Experienced staff in the data user community review and answer questions.

Get help on Earthdata Forum
Earthdata
Forum