How do you access IMD Rainfall data?

IMD Rainfall is labeled “Open download” on this guide. Open the access portal or documentation links on the record for the current host process—do not assume open download if registration or a DUA is required.

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IMD Gridded Rainfall

Name: IMD Gridded Rainfall
Creator: India Meteorological Department

IMD rainfall products are used to study precipitation patterns, monsoons, and climate variability.

Open downloadVery largeGood starting dataset

climate agriculture hydrology

Host / institution

IMD Pune · India Meteorological Department

Geography

India, grid

Time coverage

1901–2024 (0.25° daily)

Update frequency

Updated annually (historical grid)

What this is best for

Standard national rainfall grid for hydro-climatic work

Main limitations

Large files; toolchains needed for NetCDF/binary

Quick answers

Short research-facing answers derived from this catalog record.

What is IMD Rainfall used for?: Standard national rainfall grid for hydro-climatic work
How do you access IMD Rainfall data?: IMD Rainfall is labeled “Open download” on this guide. Open the access portal or documentation links on the record for the current host process—do not assume open download if registration or a DUA is required.
What geography and time does IMD Rainfall cover?: Geography: India, grid. Time coverage: 1901–2024 (0.25° daily).
What are the main limitations of IMD Rainfall?: Large files; toolchains needed for NetCDF/binary

Guides for using this data

Official portals, user guides, codebooks, and tutorials for access and analysis.

1 link

PortalIMD Pune data productswww.imdpune.gov.in/

Variables3

Live-fetched www.imdpune.gov.in (2026-07-09): Climate Research & Services, Pune. Representative fields for the page table — verify the full dictionary on the official site.

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Name / code	Description	Group
Daily rainfall	Rainfall in mm	Climate
Lat / Lon	0.25° grid coordinates	Geography
Date	Daily time index (1901–present)	Time

Formats

NetCDF · binary

Technical tags

raster gridopen downloaddaily

Example uses

Drought, monsoon, crop-weather analysis

Research and articles using this data

Verified examples that analyze, reuse, introduce, or visualize this dataset. Search matches without evidence are not published here.

3 verified sources

Scholarly works3

Journal articleAnalyzes data
A Comparison and Ranking Study of Monthly Average Rainfall Datasets with IMD Gridded Data in India
Vasala Saicharan, Shwetha Hassan Rangaswamy · Sustainability · 2023
Analyzes IMD Rainfall data in the context of: "A Comparison and Ranking Study of Monthly Average Rainfall Datasets with IMD Gridded Data in India".
Journal articleAnalyzes data
CLimd: Generating Rainfall Rasters from IMD NetCDF Data
Nirmal Kumar, Nobin Chandra Paul, G.P. Obi Reddy · CRAN: Contributed Packages · 2024
Analyzes IMD Rainfall data in the context of: "CLimd: Generating Rainfall Rasters from IMD NetCDF Data".
Conference paperAnalyzes data
Temporal Analysis of Rainfall Patterns Over India: Insights from IMERG, GSMap, and IMD Data
Harshika, Gurukiran P, Sathish S · et al. · 2025 8th International Conference on Trends in Electronics and Informatics (ICOEI) · 2025
Analyzes IMD Rainfall data in the context of: "Temporal Analysis of Rainfall Patterns Over India: Insights from IMERG, GSMap, and IMD Data".

Scholarly checked:: 10 Sept 2026
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