Climate risk · Rationale

Rainfall variability

Atmospheric hazard characterised by deviations in the timing, frequency, intensity, or spatial distribution of precipitation from expected long-term patterns, disrupting crop calendars and water availability.

Definition source: IPCC AR6 WGI Ch.8: Precipitation variability

Synonyms

precipitation variability

Broader

Atmospheric hazard

Narrower

Erratic within-season rainfall, Shifted rainfall seasonality, Rainfall intensity change

Counts as adaptation

Always (adaptation-specific).

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

CRK_116 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/CRK_116
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/CRK_116)