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CPC produces maps and data for the U.S., monitors intraseasonal rainfall and the North America monsoon, and provides several retrospective analyses at daily time scales.

Disclaimer: Gridded precipitation over Canada will eventually be masked due to sparse station coverage.

 
Alaska Daily Precipitation Analysis
Alaska 24-Hour total precipitation for the most recent day
Alaska 7-day precipitation accumulation
Display Daily Analysis

Display Station Distribution

7-day Precip Accumulation

About the Analysis
Data Source: River Forecast Center ~250 stations per day.
Resolution: 2.0 degree x 2.0 degree
Domain: 49 N - 75 N, 170 W - 130 W
Format: The format is sequential 32-bit IEEE floating point created on a big_endian platform (e.g. cray, sun, sgi and hp). The undefined (missing) value is 9999.
Window: Day 1 analysis is valid for the window from 12Z on day 0 to 12Z on day 1
Analysis Scheme: Modified Cressman (1959) Scheme (Glahn et al. 1985; Charba et al. 1992).

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