Station: 						Athlone [Twyford House]
County:							Westmeath
Met Éireann Reference Code:				RR/D/16/2
Lat:							53°26'20"N
Lon:							07°50'20"W
Observer:						Records completed by John P. Hodson; Edward Hodson; J. Wensley Bond
Start year:						1872
End year:						1940
Missing:						1889; 1891; 1892; Apr 1893; 1894; 1896; 1902; 1904-1907
Missing data indicator:					-999
Time of Observation:					08:00am [1872]; 09:00am [1975-1940]
Unit of measurement:					inch
Rain gauge pattern:					n/a			
Diameter:						5 inches
Height of top of gauge above ground:			1 foot [1872-1873]; 4 feet [1874]; 5 feet [1875]; 4 feet [1876]; 5 feet [1880-1918]; 1 foot [1919-1940]
Height of top of gauge above sea level:			200 feet [1872-1873]; 187 feet, 9 inches [1874-1875]; 179 feet [1876]; 187 feet, 9 inches [1880-1940]
Nearest railway station:				Athlone
Distance to nearest railway station:			n/a


Additional Information:					1926: MO inspectors report states that gauge was moved in 1873 to 187 ft, 9 ins above M.S.L. and from 1874 onwards remained at this height.
							1926: MO inspectors report states that the height of the gauge above ground was 5 ft from 1875 to 1918 and reverted to 1 ft from 1919.
							1933: Multiday accumulation 24th Feb.

				
Notes:							1926: From MO Report - Gauge was extremely well looked after and the readings were very reliable.


							
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)
