North Macedonia Subnational Rainfall Indicators and CHIRPS Forecasts

North Macedonia subnational rainfall indicators provided by the World Food Programme, derived from CHIRPS v2 satellite imagery and CHIRPS-GEFS forecasts. The data is organized by dekads (10-day periods) and aggregated to administrative units using WFP Pcode references. It tracks 10-day, 1-month, and 3-month rainfall totals alongside long-term averages and anomalies.

Use Cases

• Monitoring agricultural drought using the 3-month rainfall anomaly percentage (r3q)
• Short-term water resource management based on 10-day rainfall forecasts (rfh where type is forecast)
• Analyzing regional climate shifts by comparing current rainfall (rfh) to long-term averages (rfh_avg)

Strengths

• Integrates CHIRPS-GEFS forecasts with CHIRPS v2 historical data
• Uses WFP Pcode references for subnational administrative units
• Provides 9 distinct rainfall and anomaly indicators per dekad

Limitations

• Satellite-derived data may deviate from ground-station measurements
• Data status (forecast vs final) changes multiple times per month as observations replace predictions

Provenance

Source

World Food Programme (WFP)

Collection Method

Satellite-derived precipitation estimates (CHIRPS) aggregated by administrative boundaries.

Freshness

Updated approximately every 5 days following a fixed publication schedule for forecasts and observations.

Geography

North Macedonia