HYRAS-DE Gridded Precipitation for Germany (DWD Open Data)
Hydrometeorological 1 km gridded daily precipitation dataset for Germany (HYRAS-DE-PR), 1931-present, replacement for REGNIE, used for climate analysis, bias adjustment and hydrological modeling. CC BY 4.0, NetCDF.
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At a glance
- Region
- Germany (Europe)
- Coverage
- Germany
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Government
- Last updated
- 2026
What's inside
- precipitation
Terms explained
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Design storms
Build rainfall intensity-duration-frequency curves for drainage design.
Because it has: precipitation
- 02
Model input
Drive hydrological, crop and urban drainage models.
- 03
Design flows
Estimate 1-in-50 and 1-in-100 year floods for bridges, culverts and spillways.
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Downscaling
Turn coarse rainfall grids into field or ward scale estimates.
- 02
Gauge + satellite fusion
Correct satellite rainfall with gauges using machine learning.
- 03
Flow forecasting
Train LSTM-style models on past records to forecast river levels and flow days ahead.
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