Station: 						Castleforbes
County:							Longford
Met Éireann Reference Code:				RR/D/18/3
Lat:							53°46'10"N 
Lon:							07°51'30"W
Observer:						Records completed by J.A. Boyle for the Earl of Granard; J. Cullinan.
Start year:						1911
End year:						1940
Missing:						none [see additional info.]
Missing data indicator:					-999
Time of Observation:					09:00am
Unit of measurement:					inch
Rain gauge pattern:					n/a			
Diameter:						8 inches
Height of top of gauge above ground:			2 feet, 8 inches [1911]; 1 foot [1912-1940]
Height of top of gauge above sea level:			172 feet [1911]; 168 feet [1912]; 161 feet [1920-1933]; 154 feet [1934-1940]
Nearest railway station:				Newtownforbes
Distance to nearest railway station:			1.25 miles East


Additional Information:					1911: Oct, Nov & Dec corrected for wrong day.
							1912: Jan corrected for wrong day.
							1917: Monthly totals only.
							1940: Multiday accumulations 10th, 25th Jan; 18th Feb; 18th Mar; 4th, 17th Apr; 25th Jul; 31st Oct; 3rd, 26th Dec. 
											

Notes:							1915: Corrected by observer.
							1928: Feb 4th & Mar 31st confirmed by observer.

							
Rainfall quality indicator:				0: Ok
							1: estimated
							2: daily value not available, accumulated value later
							3: Estimated and Cumulative (read)
							4: Trace (<0.05mm, entered as 0.0)
							5: Estimated Trace (same as 4)
							6: Cumulative Trace (same as 4)
							7: Estimated Cumulative Trace (same as 4)
							8: Not Available (no value entered)
							9: Cumulative value including preceding days with indicator 2 (read)
