Instantaneous precipitation measurements collected from tilting rain gauges in Québec. The dataset is provided by the Government and Municipalities of Québec under a CC-BY-4.0 license. It was last updated on April 17, 2026.
Use Cases
- Model local rainfall intensity based on instantaneous precipitation measurements.
- Validate hydrological forecasts based on ground-level rain gauge data.
- Analyze precipitation event timing based on the time-series nature of the data.
Strengths
- Data is provided under a CC-BY-4.0 license, allowing for flexible reuse.
- Last updated on April 17, 2026, suggesting recent maintenance.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Government and Municipalities of Québec
- Collection Method
- Likely collected from tilting rain gauges.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:48:41.290083
- Geography
- Québec