Name: Daily Rainfall Data - India (2009-2024)
Creator: Kaggle
License: https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/1-0/index.html

About this Dataset

Daily Rainfall Data - India (2009-2024)

This dataset provides 15+ years of daily rainfall data across all Indian states and union territories, from January 2009 to July 2024. It has been sourced from the official India Water Resources Information System (India-WRIS) and is ideal for climate research, weather prediction, and agricultural analytics.

The dataset includes:

Actual, forecasted, and normal rainfall values
Deviation from historical average
State-level granularity across 28 states and 8 union territories
Over 200,000 observations in total

🧠 Use Cases

Time series forecasting using ML models (ARIMA, LSTM, Prophet)
Climate trend analysis and anomaly detection
Monsoon behavior modeling
Crop planning and irrigation optimization
Educational projects in data science and meteorology

📁 Features

Column	Description
`id`	Unique record identifier
`date`	Observation date (`YYYY-MM-DD`)
`state_code`	Numerical code for state/UT
`state_name`	Name of state or union territory
`actual`	Actual rainfall recorded (in mm)
`rfs`	Rainfall forecast value (in mm)
`normal`	Historical average rainfall (in mm)
`deviation`	% Deviation from normal rainfall

🌐 Source

India Water Resources Information System (WRIS)

🔗 indiawris.gov.in/wris

Tables

Daily Rainfall At State Level

@kaggle.wydoinn_daily_rainfall_data_india_2009_2024.daily_rainfall_at_state_level

3.69 MB
204,876 rows
8 columns

CREATE TABLE daily_rainfall_at_state_level (
  "id" BIGINT,
  "date" TIMESTAMP,
  "state_code" BIGINT,
  "state_name" VARCHAR,
  "actual" DOUBLE,
  "rfs" DOUBLE,
  "normal" DOUBLE,
  "deviation" DOUBLE
);