Station: 						Drumsna [Albert Lock]
County:							Roscommon
Met Éireann Reference Code:				RR/D/20/1
Lat:							53°54'40"N
Lon:							08°00'00"W 
Observer:						Records completed by Bernard Mc Garry and Patrick Bourke
Start year:						1903
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:			1 foot, 8 inches [1914]; 2 feet [1915]; 1 foot [1928]; 10 inches [1931]; 11 inches [1933]; 12.5 inches [1934]
Height of top of gauge above sea level:			146-148 feet [1915-1930]; 200 feet [1931]
Nearest railway station:				Drumsna
Distance to nearest railway station:			0.5 miles Southwest

Additional Information:					1909: Corrected for wrong day.
							1910: Corrected for wrong day.
							1911: Corrected for wrong day. 
							Observer notes indicate low readings from 1922-1940 (see notes below).


Notes:							1927: Query since 1922 year 15 inches low. 
							1929: Observer told 15 inches low. Asked re leak in gauge or exposure to steep embankment.
							See ref. file 764370/27.	
							1932: 10-15 inches low. Low 1929/30/31.
							1933: 8 inches low. Low 1929-32.


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)
													
							