CHIRPS (Climate Hazards center InfraRed Precipitation with Stations), version 3, is a quasi-global daily precipitation dataset produced by the Climate Hazards Center (UC Santa Barbara), blending 0.05° satellite infrared cold-cloud-duration imagery with in-situ station observations. It spans 1981 to near-present, covering 50°S–50°N at all longitudes, and is widely used for drought monitoring, hydrological modeling, and trend/seasonal analysis. Values represent daily accumulated precipitation in millimeters.
Variables
| Variable | Type | Unit | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| precipitation | float32 | mm | Daily accumulated precipitation |
Dimensions
Axes of the cube — spatial, temporal, and domain axes.
Daily time step of the precipitation record
Access & use
Cloud-optimised distributions — read just the window you need directly from object storage.
Data
Daily GeoTIFF files, one per day
Format: image/tiff
No Data: -9999
Access the data
https:/
Technical metadata
The full spatial, temporal, and modelling detail behind the summaries elsewhere on this page.
Spatial
- CRS
- EPSG:4326
- Extent (W S E N)
- [-180, -50, 180, 50]
- Coverage
- World
- Resolution (xy)
- 0.05° (~5 km at equator)
Temporal
- Start
- 1981-01-01
- End
- open (present)
Record
- Resource type
- dataset
- Created
- 2026-08-27
- Updated
- 2026-08-27
Provenance
Ordered processing steps, from source to publication.
- source
Original CHIRPS v3 daily release from the Climate Hazards Center
How to cite
Please cite the dataset and any associated peer-reviewed publications.
Funk, C., Peterson, P., Landsfeld, M., Pedreros, D., Verdin, J., Shukla, S., Husak, G., Rowland, J., Harrison, L., Hoell, A., Michaelsen, J. (2015). The climate hazards infrared precipitation with stations—a new environmental record for monitoring extremes (Version v3.0) [Data set]. Scientific Data. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2015.66 Accessed through the CGIAR Climate Action Data Hub, https://cgiar-climate-data-hub.github.io/catalog/chirps-v3-daily/.
Funk, C., Peterson, P., Landsfeld, M., Pedreros, D., Verdin, J., Shukla, S., Husak, G., Rowland, J., Harrison, L., Hoell, A., Michaelsen, J. (2015) The climate hazards infrared precipitation with stations—a new environmental record for monitoring extremes [Data set]. Version v3.0. Scientific Data. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2015.66. Accessed through the CGIAR Climate Action Data Hub, https://cgiar-climate-data-hub.github.io/catalog/chirps-v3-daily/.
Funk, C., Peterson, P., Landsfeld, M., Pedreros, D., Verdin, J., Shukla, S., Husak, G., Rowland, J., Harrison, L., Hoell, A., Michaelsen, J. 2015. “The climate hazards infrared precipitation with stations—a new environmental record for monitoring extremes.” Version v3.0. Scientific Data. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2015.66. Accessed through the CGIAR Climate Action Data Hub, https://cgiar-climate-data-hub.github.io/catalog/chirps-v3-daily/.
@misc{chirps_v3_daily_2015,
title = {The climate hazards infrared precipitation with stations—a new environmental record for monitoring extremes},
author = {Funk, C. and Peterson, P. and Landsfeld, M. and Pedreros, D. and Verdin, J. and Shukla, S. and Husak, G. and Rowland, J. and Harrison, L. and Hoell, A. and Michaelsen, J.},
year = {2015},
version = {v3.0},
publisher = {Scientific Data},
doi = {10.1038/sdata.2015.66},
note = {Accessed through the CGIAR Climate Action Data Hub, https://cgiar-climate-data-hub.github.io/catalog/chirps-v3-daily/}
}Contacts
Who produced this dataset, and who to reach about it.