MeteoSwiss RhiresD Daily Gridded Precipitation (Open Data)
MeteoSwiss spatial climate analyses including RhiresD daily precipitation over hydrological Switzerland (~2 km grid, 1961-present) and other gridded products, distributed openly via the Swiss Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure with an OGC STAC API.
opendatadocs.meteoswiss.ch
At a glance
- Region
- Switzerland (Europe)
- Coverage
- Switzerland
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Government
- Last updated
- 2026
What's inside
- precipitation
- temperature
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
Risk screening
Screen projects and assets for climate risk.
Because it has: temperature
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
Bias correction
Correct and downscale climate model output for a site.
Machine access and documentation
Open API
OGC STAC API on the Swiss FSDI (data.geo.admin.ch)
Licence: Open data
Listed in our registry of open water APIs, which WaterDataGPT can query live.
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