CHIRPS v3.0 is here! . This new global 🌧️dataset incorporates major improvements over CHIRPS v2.0. But what does this mean in detail? . Read more in our latest blog: . Access data: . #CHIRPS3 #precipitation

Weather station reporting has been declining over the past 4 decades. The CHC and UCAR @COMETMetEd are deploying 3D-printed stations to fill climate data gaps. Read more about this joint effort with @MeteoKenya @MSDZIM @FEWSNET here:

🔔 A new article by the Ethiopian Meteorological Institute @Eth_Meteorology and co-authored by the CHC highlights EMI’s remarkable progress in advancing climate services. Read more: Article: #Ethiopia

📢Dr. Chris Funk from @ClimateHazards will join a global panel of experts on June 11, at the Cell Press Forum: Drought and Water In(security) in a Changing World. Don’t miss this discussion!. Register: @CellPressNews @UCSBgeog

🔔The atmosphere’s growing thirst is making droughts worse, even where it rains. CHC has co-authored a paper that explored the extent to which Atmospheric Evaporative Demand has influenced the severity of drought. News: Paper:

How can satellite data help us improve food security?. CHC has developed a crop area mapping approach using Spectral Mixture Analysis that works well in smallholder farms in sub-Saharan Africa. Read more: #foodsecurity #remotesensing

Scientists at the Climate Hazards Center and the University of California are studying heat exposure among elementary students in California to help develop heat action plans. Learn more about this work here: @UCSBgeog.

📢Join CHC's Chris Funk on May 14, 2025 as he presents at the KIT International Excellence Talks. Read more: Zoom: 2024 International Excellence Award Video: @UCSBgeog

CHC is excited to welcome @AfricanMt as our newest data provider! In March, @AfricanMt provided valuable station data from mountainous areas of #Malawi, #Zimbabwe, & #SouthAfrica into #CHIRPS. 👉 for the latest rainfall updates.

ENSO neutral conditions are currently present. East Africa March rainfall totals were above average across most of #Kenya, #Tanzania, southwestern #Ethiopia, and southern Somalia. 🌧️are forecast to continue. Latest update: #CHIRPS

The March #Afghanistan Agro-climate Special Report is out!.Rainfall conditions improved in March, but the seasonal (October 2024 - April 2025) cumulative rainfall remains below-average. Full report➡️:

⭐️Welcome back Capstone Students!.The undergraduate statistics team @ucsbpstat is back from spring break and diving into data! They’re applying their statistical skills to evaluate model performance in predicting rainfall. Excited to see their insights unfold

RT @GEOCropMonitor: Released today! #CM4EW March report covering concern for cereals in much of #Ethiopia & main season cereals in eastern….

We are pleased to release the first 2025 #Ethiopia and #EastAfrica Agroclimate Special Report. Dry conditions are forecast to continue across southeastern Ethiopia, central and southern Somalia, and parts of eastern Kenya. @Eth_Meteorology

📢.CHC’s Communications Specialist has contributed to a recent study investigating the uptake of tornado warning information in select counties of #Alabama and #Mississippi . Check out the Paper: #hazards #earlywarning

Congrats👏to our grad student researcher William Turner, on the successful #defense of his #PhD dissertation: From Climate to Food Security: Advancing climate-based tools for agricultural assessments and advisories in food insecure areas of Africa. @UCSBgeog

New blog post alert!. In this blog, Dr. Chris Funk discusses observed rainfall and vegetation conditions, food prices, and a convergence of evidence for a pessimistic 2025 MAM rainfall outlook in eastern East Africa. Blog and video:

To support agro-climatic monitoring and decision making, #CHC has released the first 2025 #Afghanistan special report. This report offers insights into the onset and progression of the rainy season. More: #FoodSecurity.

Consistent with the recent #GHACOF69, the #CHC February forecast indicates that below-average March-April-May 2025 rains are likely. A negative Western V Gradient and La Nina conditions will likely suppress East Africa rains. @IGAD_CPAC @FAOSWALIM . More:

RT @GEOCropMonitor: In #EastAfrica, below-normal rainfall is forecast to continue through the March to May period across east and western a….