Climate risk · Rationale

Erratic within-season rainfall

Form of rainfall variability characterised by unpredictable within-season timing, frequency, intensity, or spatial distribution of precipitation, which disrupts crop calendars and farm decisions; distinct from a lasting change in season timing and from sustained shortage or excess.

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

Synonyms

Erratic rainfall, intra-seasonal variability, rainfall uncertainty, irregular precipitation

Broader

Rainfall variability

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

Always (adaptation-specific).

Example of use

PICSA integrates climate information with participatory decision tools to support farm planning under erratic rainfall across Africa and Latin America.

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

CRK_117 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/CRK_117
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/CRK_117)