Station: 						Straffan House
County:							Kildare
Met Éireann Reference Code:				RR/D/13/17
Lat:							53°18'30"N 
Lon:							06°37'30"W 
Observer:						Records completed by Frederick Bedford; William Ogilvie; Frederick Streeter; B.H. Barton; John Kane per Murphy.
Start year:						1883
End year:						1940
Missing:						none
Missing data indicator:					-999
Time of Observation:					09:00am
Unit of measurement:					inch
Rain gauge pattern:					Ordinary					
Diameter:						5 inches
Height of top of gauge above ground:			2 ft [1883-1918]; 10 inches [1919; 1920]; 2 ft [1921]; 1 ft,6 in [1923-1924]; 1 ft [1925-1926]; 1 ft,6 in [1927-1930]; 1 ft [1931]; 1ft,6 in [1932]; 1 ft [1933-1937]; 1 ft,4 in [1939].
Height of top of gauge above sea level:			240-250 feet
Nearest railway station:				Straffan
Distance to nearest railway station:			2 miles Southeast

Additional Information:					1919: Corrected for wrong day.
							1922: Multiday accumulation 6th Mar.
							1925: Corrected for wrong day.

Notes:							1922: Corrected by obs. letter.
							1933: Letter sent 15/05/34 suggesting amendments for Feb. 23rd-25th. Adjusted 22/05/34.
							1933: Feb adjusted for snow; May part estimated for omissions.
							1933: Observer informed of May estimates 27/05/34. 
							1940: Multiday accumulations 24th, 29th Jan; 11th, 27th Feb; 12th, 14th Mar; 23rd Apr; 12th Jun; 3rd, 10th, 17th, 22nd Jul; 14th, 18th Aug; 20th Sep; 10th Oct; 21st, 23rd Nov; 20th Dec.


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)
				
