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Botswana Seasonal Rainfall Monitoring Portal

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Operational seasonal rainfall monitoring platform for Botswana. Automatically updated rainfall maps and time-series derived from blended CHIRPS satellite data and surface station observations.

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The Botswana Seasonal Rainfall Monitoring Portal is RAMP Lab’s operational rainfall monitoring platform for Botswana. It provides near-real-time rainfall maps and statistics derived from a blend of CHIRPS satellite rainfall estimates and surface station observations from BDMS.

The platform is designed for use by meteorologists, agronomists, government planners, and humanitarian actors who need up-to-date information about rainfall conditions across Botswana.

What the portal provides

  • Rainfall totals and percentage of average
  • Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI)
  • Rainfall anomaly (mm) and percentile rank
  • Multiple accumulation periods (dekadal, monthly, seasonal)
  • Country and district-level maps
  • Dynamic time-series charts
  • Operationally updated