Monthly Rainfall Erosivity (R-factor) Over New South Wales, 2021-2030

Rainfall erosivity (R-factor) data for New South Wales, Australia, provided on a monthly basis. The dataset covers the period from 2021 to 2030 and was published by the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. It was last updated on May 17, 2026.

Use Cases

• Model soil erosion potential based on monthly rainfall erosivity values.
• Analyze seasonal and inter-annual variability in erosive rainfall events.
• Assess long-term erosion risk for land management and conservation planning.
• Validate and calibrate hydrological models using the R-factor metric.

Strengths

• Covers a defined 10-year period from 2021 to 2030.
• Geographically focused on the state of New South Wales.
• Published by a government environmental department.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is provided in PDF format, which may complicate automated extraction and analysis.

Provenance

Source

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Time Range

2021-2030

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-17 23:48:00.410731; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New South Wales, Australia