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.

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NARSTO_EPA_SS_ST_LOUIS Air Chemistry, Particulate Matter, Met Data	1	GROUND STATIONS, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS	AETHALOMETER, RAIN GAUGES, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, ANEMOMETERS, AA-Particle, PRESSURE SENSORS	2000-06-22 to 2003-07-20			ASCII
NASA Energy and Water cycle Study (NEWS) Annual Climatology of the 1st decade of the 21st Century V1.0 (NEWS_WEB_ACLIM) at GES DISC	1.0	OBSERVATION BASED	NOT APPLICABLE	1998-01-01 to 2010-12-31	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
NASA Energy and Water cycle Study (NEWS) Monthly Climatology of the 1st decade of the 21st Century V1.0 (NEWS_WEB_MCLIM) at GES DISC	1.0	OBSERVATION BASED	NOT APPLICABLE	1998-01-01 to 2010-12-31	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on AMSR2 GCOMW1 NASA PPS L1C V05 TBs 1-orbit L2 Swath 10x10km V1 (PRECIP_AMSR2_GCOMW1) at GES DISC	1	GCOM-W1	AMSR2	2012-07-02 to 2021-01-01	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	10 Kilometers x 10 Kilometers
NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on AMSRE AQUA NASA PPS L1C V05 Tbs 1-orbit L2 Swath 12x12km V1 (PRECIP_AMSRE_AQUA) at GES DISC	1	Aqua	AMSR-E	2002-06-01 to 2011-10-04	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	12 Kilometers x 12 Kilometers
NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on GMI GPM NASA PPS L1C V05 Tbs 1-orbit L2 Swath 10x10km V1 (PRECIP_GMI_GPM) at GES DISC	1	GPM	GMI	2014-03-04 to 2021-01-01	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	10 Kilometers x 10 Kilometers
NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on SMMR Nimbus-7 NSIDC L1B Tbs 1-orbit L2 Swath 25x25km V1 (PRECIP_SMMR_NIMBUS7) at GES DISC	1	Nimbus-7	SMMR	1979-01-02 to 1987-08-20	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers
NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on SSM/I DMSP F08 NASA PPS L1C V06 Tbs 1-orbit L2 Swath 12x12km V1 (PRECIP_SSMI_F08) at GES DISC	1	DMSP 5D-2/F8	SSM/I	1987-07-09 to 1991-12-31	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	12 Kilometers x 12 Kilometers
NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on SSM/I DMSP F10 NASA PPS L1C V06 Tbs 1-orbit L2 Swath 12x12km V1 (PRECIP_SSMI_F10) at GES DISC	1	DMSP 5D-2/F10	SSM/I	1990-12-08 to 1997-11-14	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	12 Kilometers x 12 Kilometers
NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on SSM/I DMSP F11 NASA PPS L1C V06 Tbs 1-orbit L2 Swath 12x12km V1 (PRECIP_SSMI_F11) at GES DISC	1	DMSP 5D-2/F11	SSM/I	1991-12-03 to 2000-05-16	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	12 Kilometers x 12 Kilometers
NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on SSM/I DMSP F13 NASA PPS L1C V06 Tbs 1-orbit L2 Swath 12x12km V1 (PRECIP_SSMI_F13) at GES DISC	1	DMSP 5D-2/F13	SSM/I	1995-05-03 to 2009-11-20	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	12 Kilometers x 12 Kilometers
NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on SSM/I DMSP F14 NASA PPS L1C V06 Tbs 1-orbit L2 Swath 12x12km V1 (PRECIP_SSMI_F14) at GES DISC	1	DMSP 5D-2/F14	SSM/I	1997-05-07 to 2008-08-24	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	12 Kilometers x 12 Kilometers
NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on SSM/I DMSP F15 NASA PPS L1C V06 Tbs 1-orbit L2 Swath 12x12km V1 (PRECIP_SSMI_F15) at GES DISC	1	DMSP 5D-3/F15	SSM/I	2000-02-03 to 2006-08-14	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	12 Kilometers x 12 Kilometers
NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on SSMIS DMSP F16 NASA PPS L1C V05 Tbs 1-orbit L2 Swath 12x12km V1 (PRECIP_SSMIS_F16) at GES DISC	1	DMSP 5D-3/F16	SSMIS	2005-11-20 to 2021-01-01	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	12 Kilometers x 12 Kilometers
NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on SSMIS DMSP F17 NASA PPS L1C V05 Tbs 1-orbit L2 Swath 12x12km V1 (PRECIP_SSMIS_F17) at GES DISC	1	DMSP 5D-3/F17	SSMIS	2008-03-09 to 2021-01-01	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	12 Kilometers x 12 Kilometers
NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on SSMIS DMSP F18 NASA PPS L1C V05 Tbs 1-orbit L2 Swath 12x12km V1 (PRECIP_SSMIS_F18) at GES DISC	1	DMSP 5D-3/F18	SSMIS	2010-03-08 to 2021-01-01	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	12 Kilometers x 12 Kilometers
NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on SSMIS DMSP F19 NASA PPS L1C V05 Tbs 1-orbit L2 Swath 12x12km V1 (PRECIP_SSMIS_F19) at GES DISC	1	DMSP 5D-3/F19	SSMIS	2014-12-18 to 2016-02-11	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	12 Kilometers x 12 Kilometers
NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on TMI TRMM NASA PPS L1C V05 Tbs 1-orbit L2 Swath 5x5km V1 (PRECIP_TMI_TRMM) at GES DISC	1	TRMM	TMI	1997-12-07 to 2015-04-08	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	5 Kilometers x 5 Kilometers
NASA S-Band Dual Polarimetric Doppler Radar (NPOL) IMPACTS V1	1	GROUND STATIONS	NPOL	2020-01-10 to 2020-02-25	N: 39.4762 S: 37.0488 E: -73.7959 W: -76.8875		netCDF-3
NCA-LDAS Noah-3.3 Land Surface Model L4 Daily 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NCALDAS_NOAH0125_D) at GES DISC	2.0	Noah-LSM	NOT APPLICABLE	1979-01-02 to 2016-12-31	N: 53 S: 25 E: -67 W: -125	0.125 Decimal Degrees x 0.125 Decimal Degrees
NCA-LDAS Noah-3.3 Land Surface Model L4 Trends 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NCALDAS_NOAH0125_Trends) at GES DISC	2.0	Noah-LSM	NOT APPLICABLE	1979-10-01 to 2015-09-30	N: 53 S: 25 E: -67 W: -125	0.125 Decimal Degrees x 0.125 Decimal Degrees
NCEP/CPC L3 Half Hourly 4km Global (60S - 60N) Merged IR V1 (GPM_MERGIR) at GES DISC	1	IMERG	NOT APPLICABLE	1998-01-01 to Present	N: 60 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180
New York State Mesonet IMPACTS	1	GROUND STATIONS	BAROMETERS, DISDROMETERS, LIDAR, RADIOMETERS, THERMOMETERS, WIND PROFILERS	2020-01-03 to 2023-03-02	N: 44.9057 S: 40.594 E: -72.1909 W: -79.6375		PNG
NLDAS Mosaic Land Surface Model L4 Hourly 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NLDAS_MOS0125_H) at GES DISC	2.0	Mosaic-LSM	NOT APPLICABLE	1979-01-02 to Present	N: 53 S: 25 E: -67 W: -125	0.125 Decimal Degrees x 0.125 Decimal Degrees
NLDAS Mosaic Land Surface Model L4 Monthly 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NLDAS_MOS0125_M) at GES DISC	2.0	Mosaic-LSM	NOT APPLICABLE	1979-01-01 to Present	N: 53 S: 25 E: -67 W: -125	0.124 Decimal Degrees x 0.125 Decimal Degrees

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