Station: 						Clonbrock (Ahascragh)
County:							Galway
Met Éireann Reference Code:				RR/D/19/1
Lat:							53°24'10"N 
Lon:							08°23'00"W
Observer:						Records completed by James Mc Kenzie; Joseph Quinn (Gardener); Thomas Williams; Ethel Dillon; Georgiana Dillon.
Start year:						1876
End year:						1940
Missing:						1878; 1894; 1917-1920; 1923-1924 [see additonal info. below]
Missing data indicator:					-999
Time of Observation:					09:00am [1876-1895]; 08:00am [1896-1916]; 09:00am [1921]; 08:30 [1922]; n/a [1923-1940]
Unit of measurement:					inch
Rain gauge pattern:					n/a			
Diameter:						10 inches [1876-1928]; 5 inches [1929-1940]
Height of top of gauge above ground:			4ft,6in [1876]; 5ft,6in [1879]; 5ft [1880]; 5ft,8in [1881]; 5ft,9in [1882]; 5ft,3-6in [1884-1928]; 1ft,3in [1929]; 1 ft [1934]
Height of top of gauge above sea level:			198-200 feet			
Nearest railway station:				Ballinasloe
Distance to nearest railway station:			7 miles Southeast


Additional Information:					1909: Corrected for wrong day.
							1910: Multiday accumulations 28th Feb; 14th Mar.
							1911: Corrected for wrong day.
							1913: Monthly totals only.
							1932: Jun - Monthly total only.
							1934: Jan - Monthly total only.
							1940: Multiday accumulation 18th Feb.
							
				
Notes:							1909: Dec 31st estimated from Woodlawn.
							1910: Feb & Mar partly estimated from Ballinasloe.
							1910: Rain gauge out of order from 22nd Feb - 14th Mar.
							1927: Oct 1.5 inches high.
							1927: Form 906 suggesting Oct values: 18th=.05; 25th=.57; 26th=.31;28th=.05; 31st=.10. Obs. confirms 685473/26.
							1928: Letter to observer re graduation of old gauge. This gauge reads 10-15% high.
							1928: Not to be used in 150 table or printed in BR. 1928. See file 26A 685473/26.
							1932: Value for July amended by observer. June estimated from surrounding stations.
							1939: Value 1st Aug interpolated to agree with observers total.


							
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)
