Station: 						Dromod [Ruskey]
County:							Leitrim
Met Éireann Reference Code:				RR/D/23/13
Lat:							53°49'30"N
Lon:							07°55'10"W
Observer:						Records completed by Thomas Bourke; Bernard McGarry; John Wilkinson; Richard Wilkinson
Start year:						1902
End year:						1940
Missing:						1921
Missing data indicator:					-999
Time of Observation:					09:00am
Unit of measurement:					inch
Rain gauge pattern:					Snowdon				
Diameter:						5 inches
Height of top of gauge above ground:			2 feet [1902-1927]; 1 foot [1928-1940]
Height of top of gauge above sea level:			139 feet [1902-1916]; 141 feet [1917-1940]
Nearest railway station:				Dromod
Distance to nearest railway station:			2 miles North

Additional Information:					1909; 1910 Corrected for wrong day
							Observer notes suggest low readings. Ref. file 764370/27 (see notes below).


Notes:							1927: Query re low readings 1925; 1926 year 10 inches low.
							1928: Print with query since 1925.
							1929: Jul, Oct, Nov, Dec adjusted by surrounding stations. Adjustment not applied here.					
							1930: Agrees with Cloondrah. This can be passed on our maps but is probably 4-5 inches low.
							1931: Low
							1932: 6 inches low as usual. Read daily, no omissions.
							1933: 7 inches low.
							1934: 4-5 inches low. Low 1931-33
							1935: 1934-1934 low. 
							1940: Low 1939. Corrections to January values.
							
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)