Reading *.cdf files in ArcMap?

I received some geospatial data (on rainfall) in a “cdf” format.

I have worked with “nc” files and uses the ‘Make NetCDF Raster Layer’ tool in ArcMap to read NetCDF files.

However, I wasn’t able to use it to read the file with .cdf extension.

Is there an alternative way to read such files?

I have access to ArcMap, QGIS and Python so if there’s a solution using any of these tools please let me know.