total precipitation variable datasets

Summary of observation-based historical datasets with total precipitation available.
Report table: 3.5
Count: 36
Name Source Data type Spatial domain Spatial resolution Temporal coverage Time step Data format Details
MSC Observations
MSC/ECCC Station data Canada Point data Variable (1940 to present) Hourly; Daily; Monthly CSV; GeoJSON details
MSC Climate Normals
MSC/ECCC Station data Canada Point data 1941-1970; 1951-1980; 1961-1990; 1971-2000; 1981-2010. Climatological means CSV; GeoJSON details
MSC Daily Climate Records (LTCE, Long Term Climate Extremes)
MSC/ECCC Station data Canada Point data Variable Records for each day of the year CSV; GeoJSON details
CRD/ECCC Station data Canada Point data Variable (1950 to present) Daily; Monthly; Seasonal; Annual ASCII; CSV; GeoJSON details
Hydro-Québec Station data
Hydro-Québec Station data Northern Québec at hydroelectric stations Point Data Variable (1990 to present) Variable ( sub-daily to daily) n.a. details
University of Saskatchewan Station data and reanalyses blend North America Point data 1979-2018 Daily NetCDF details
CRD/ECCC Gridded observations Canada 50 km x 50 km 1948 - 2017 (anomalies) Monthly; Seasonal; Annual CSV; GeoJSON details
CFS/NRCan Gridded observations Canada and North America (10 km x 10 km) and (2 km x 2 km) 1950 - 2017 Daily; Pentad; Monthly; Climatological means ASCII; NetCDF details
World Conservation Monitoring Centre/UNEP Gridded observations Global (land only) 10 arc minutes (~340 km);5 arc minutes;2.5 arc minutes; 30 arc seconds (1 km) 1970-2000 Monthly GeoTIFF details
PCIC Gridded observations North-western North America 3.75 arc minutes (~6 km) 1945-2012 Daily ASCII; NetCDF details
NRCan Blend of gridded products Canada 1 km x 1 km 1901–2017 Daily n.a. details
WMO Gridded observations Global 0.5° x 0.5°;1° x 1°;2.5° x2.5° 1891-2016 Daily; Monthly; Climatological means Binary; NetCDF details
CRU TS Version 4
CRU/University of East Anglia Gridded observations Global 0.5 x 0.5 1901-2015 Monthly ASCII; NetCDF details
ECMWF Global atmospheric reanalysis Global 0.25° x 0.25° 1950 to present Hourly; Daily; Monthly GRIB; NetCDF details
NCEP Global atmospheric reanalysis Global 0.5° x 0.5° 1979-2017 Sub-daily; Monthly GRIB details
NASA Global atmospheric reanalysis Global ½° latitude x ⅝° longitude 1980 to present Hourly; Daily; Monthly NetCDF details
JMA Global atmospheric reanalysis Global 0.6258ᵒ x 0.6258ᵒ 1957-2021 3h; 6h; Daily; Monthly NetCDF details
Byrd Polar Research Center/The Ohio State University; UCAR/NCAR Regional reanalysis Arctic 15 km x 15 km 2000-2016 3h; Monthly NetCDF details
NCEP Regional reanalysis North America 32 km x 32 km 1979-2021 Sub-daily; Monthly GRIB details
CCMEP/ECCC Regional reanalysis North America 10 km x 10 km 2000-2017(1980-1999 pending) Hourly RPN details
CIRES; NOAA; DOE Global atmospheric reanalysis Global T254 (approximately 75 km at the equator) 20CRv3.SI is available for years 1836-1980 and 20CRv3.MO is available for years 1981-2015 3h; Daily; Monthly NetCDF details
ECMWF Land surface reanalysis/model Global (land only) 0.1° x 0.1° (9 km) 1981 to present Hourly; Monthly GRIB; NetCDF details
ECMWF Re-gridded reanalysis Global (land only) 0.1° x 0.1° 1979 to present Daily NetCDF details
NASA Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections Global (land only) 0.25° × 0.25° 1980-2010 Daily NetCDF details
NASA Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections Global (land only) 0.25° × 0.25° 1980-2010 Daily NetCDF details
Princeton University Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections Global (land only) 0.25° × 0.25° 1948-2016 3h; Daily; Monthly NetCDF details
CRU/University of East Anglia Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections Global (land only) 0.5° × 0.5° 1901-2020 6h NetCDF details
DIAS Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections Global 0.5°  x 0.5° 1958-2013 Daily NetCDF details
CIRA/Colorado State University Satellite data Between 80 N-S due to orbit - along track - product disseminated as tiles; retrieval not performed over land Nominally 2 km along track and 1 km across track. The radar has a native vertical resolution of 480 m. 2006-2011, 2011-2020 (daytime only operations, interrupted record) Monthly Binary; HDF details
GSFC/NASA Gridded hybrid data: observations, satellite Global 2.5° x 2.5° 1979 to present Monthly; Climatological means Binary; NetCDF details
GSFC/NASA Gridded hybrid data: observations, satellite Global 0.5° x 0.5° 1983 to present Monthly Binary; NetCDF details
GSFC/NASA Gridded hybrid data: observations, satellite Global 1° x 1° 1996-2015 Daily Binary; NetCDF details
CMAP/O - CPC
CPC/NOAA Gridded hybrid data: observations, satellite 88.75 N-S 2.5° x 2.5° 1979-2020 Pentad; Monthly; Climatological means ASCII; NetCDF details
CMAP/A - CPC
CPC/NOAA Gridded hybrid data: observations, satellite, reanalyses 88.75 N-S 2.5° x 2.5° 1979-2020 Pentad; Monthly; Climatological means ASCII; NetCDF details
NASA Gridded hybrid data: observations, satellite Global 0.1° x 0.1° 2000 to present 30 min.; Daily; Monthly Binary; HDF details
MSWEP version 2
GloH2O Gridded hybrid data: observations, satellite, reanalyses Global 0.1° x 0.1° 1979 to present 3h NetCDF details