Station: 						Athlone O.P.W.
County:							Westmeath
Met Éireann Reference Code:				RR/D/16/1
Lat:							53°25'20"N [approx.]
Lon:							07°56'30"W [approx.]
Observer:						Records completed by Robert Hewitt
Start year:						1902
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:			2 feet [1902-1927]; 1 foot [1928-1940]
Height of top of gauge above sea level:			128 feet [1902]; 132 feet [1917]; 130 feet [1918]; 116 feet [1931]
Nearest railway station:				Athlone 
Distance to nearest railway station:			0.5 miles 

Additional Information:					1909; 1910; 1914; 1915; 1925 Corrected for wrong day.
							1940: Multiday accumulations 5th, 8th, 20th, 29th Feb; 8th, 13th Apr; 6th, 21st May; 3rd, 17th, 23rd Jul; 8th Sep; 16th, 19th Nov.			
							Observer notes suggest low readings. Ref file 764370/27 (see notes below).


Notes:							1927: Query since 1922 year 5 inches low
							1928: Print with query since 1922
							1929: Observer told annual total 2 inches low ? due to leak and evaporation from non standard gauge.
							1930: Print with query since 1922
							Ref. file 764370/27

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)
