NOAA Atlas 14 Precipitation Frequency
IDF curves and precipitation frequency estimates for stormwater design
hdsc.nws.noaa.gov
At a glance
- Region
- United States
- Coverage
- Continental US
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Government
- Last updated
- 2024
What's inside
- IDF Curves
- Precipitation Frequency
- Stormwater Design
- Engineering
- Atlas Data
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 Frequency
- 02
Model input
Drive hydrological, crop and urban drainage models.
- 03
Wet and dry spells
Map monsoon onset, dry spells and extreme rainfall days.
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
Nowcasting
Predict the next few hours of heavy rain from recent fields.
Machine access and documentation
Open API
NOAA PFDS hdsc.nws.noaa.gov cgi-bin point precip API
Licence: US Government Work
Listed in our registry of open water APIs, which WaterDataGPT can query live.
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