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Rainfall IDF Curve Tools & Data

Intensity-duration-frequency curves are the bridge between rainfall statistics and design flows. This page indexes tools for fitting IDF curves from gauge records, accessing published IDF data (NOAA Atlas 14 and regional equivalents), and generating the design intensities your drainage calcs consume.

ARR Data Hub

Gov-Public

The official portal for Australian Rainfall & Runoff design inputs — losses, temporal patterns and preburst.

Data, Monitoring & ForecastingActiveIDF CurvesDesign Storms

Browser-based rainfall frequency analysis — fit and rank 11 distributions with confidence intervals.

Hydrology & Catchment AnalysisActiveFlood Frequency AnalysisIDF Curves

The US precipitation-frequency standard — point rainfall depths for any duration and return period, free.

Data, Monitoring & ForecastingActiveIDF CurvesRainfall Data

CDM Smith's free rainfall statistics and STORM-method screening model — IDF analysis, disaggregation, CSO planning.

Urban Stormwater & InfrastructureActiveIDF CurvesRainfall Data

SWMM-CAT

Gov-Public

EPA's Climate Adjustment Tool for SWMM — apply downscaled climate projections to rainfall and evaporation inputs.

Climate & Change AnalysisStableClimate ProjectionsSWMM

Free web tool for building synthetic design-storm patterns — 560+ temporal patterns, exportable to SWMM and HMS.

Urban Stormwater & InfrastructureActiveDesign StormsIDF Curves