Station: 						Ballinacurra [Charlestown]
County:							Cork
Met Éireann Reference Code:				RR/D/1/2 & MÉ/MO/9
Lat:							51°54'00"N 
Lon:							08°10'00"W 
Observer:						Records completed by John Bennett; Dorothy West for John Bennett & Co. Limited
Start year:						1904
End year:						1959
Missing:						none
Missing data indicator:					-999
Time of Observation:					10:00am [1908]; 09:00-10:00am [1910]; 09:00am [1911] 09:00am GMT/10:30 Railway or Post Office Time [1927]; 
Unit of measurement:					inch [1904-1915]; millimeters [1916-1959]
Rain gauge pattern:					Snowdon
Diameter:						8 inches [1904- Oct 1955]; 5 inches [Oct 1953-1959]
Height of top of gauge above ground:			1 foot [1908]; 8 inches [1921-1959] [see addtional info.]
Height of top of gauge above sea level:			25 feet [see addtional info.]
Nearest railway station:				Midleton
Distance to nearest railway station:			1.5 miles North


Additional Information:					From 1st October 1953 a 5 inch rain gauge is used. 
							Both the new 5 inch gauge and the old 8 inch gauge are used to record daily rainfall values from 1st October 1953 to 30th September 1955.
							On 30th Septemebr 1955 the 8 inch rain gauge is taken out of operation.
							From 1st October 1955 only the 5 inch rain gauge is used.

							5 inch rain gauge read in inches from the 1st October 1953; read in millimeters as and from 1st December 1953.
							Location of gauge not consistent over period of record;	1904: 51° 50"N, 8° 10" W 
														1926: 51° 54"N,	8° 29" W
														1950: 51° 52"N,	10° 1" W
							Lat/Lon given on both the climate records [57° 52"N, 8° 1" W] and the rainfall records [51.8N, 8.1W] are incorrect.
							Lat/Lon [approx.] given here agrees with distance from nearest railway station.
		
							From 1926 (May) to 1927 (Sep) the height of top of gauge above ground changes to 12 inches;
							the height of top of gauge above sea level changes to 59 feet; 
							and the location of the gauge changes to 51°24"N; 8° 29"W.
							In 1928/29 the height of the top of the gauge above sea level changes to 2.5 feet but reverts back to 25 feet in 1930.

							In 1932 Rounding up / down begins as the record tries to reduce the use of obserations to two decimal places,
							this may cause minor issues to monthly totals.
				
							Time of observation differs throughout record but generally measured at 9:00am GMT.
 

Notes:							Standard of Time: The hour of observation should, in general, be 9h 0m throughout the year. During the currency of Summer
							Time the hour by the Railway of Post Office clock should be 10:00am.
	

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)
