Station: 						Main Drainage Pumping Station, Clontarf
County:							Dublin
Met Éireann Reference Code:				RR/D/14/15
Lat:							53°21'50"N 
Lon:							06°13'30"W
Observer:						Records completed by The Dublin Corporation; E. Fitzgerald E.E.; Ger.S. Harty; H. Nicholls
Start year:						1912
End year:						1940
Missing:						1915; 1920; 1923; 1924; 1926
Missing data indicator:					-999
Time of Observation:					09:00am
Unit of measurement:					inch
Rain gauge pattern:					Copper Rain Gauge			
Diameter:						5 inches
Height of top of gauge above ground:			4 foot, 9 inches [1912-1925]; 4 feet [1927]; 1 foot [1928-1931]; 3 ft, 9 inches [1932-1940]
Height of top of gauge above sea level:			21.75 feet [1912-1931]; 17 feet [1932-1940]
Nearest railway station:				Great Northern Railway, Clontarf Station
Distance to nearest railway station:			0.25 miles Northeast


Additional Information:					1935: Corrected for wrong day.

				
Notes:							1927: Letter to observer encl.1A file 840280/28 re. low values which may be due to gauge being at 4 ft above ground.
							1928: Gauge moved 20 feet south in June 1928.
							1928: Rim is now 1 foot above ground. If thrown out get file 840280/28.
			
				
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)
