Station: 						Ardgillan Castle, Balbriggan
County:							Dublin
Met Éireann Reference Code:				RR/D/14/1
Lat:							53°35'09"N 
Lon:							06°09'42"W
Observer:						Records completed by Cap. E. N. Taylor and J. Woodward-Steward.
Start year:						1894
End year:						1938
Missing:						1934 [Monthly totals only]; Oct & Dec 1937 [Monthly totals only].
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:			1 foot
Height of top of gauge above sea level:			211 feet [1894-1933]; 203 feet [1934-1938].
Nearest railway station:				Balbriggan
Distance to nearest railway station:			1.5 miles North-Northeast


Additional Information:					1895: Snowfall indicated by *.
							1934: Monthly totals only.
							1937: Monthly totals only - Oct & Dec.
							1938: Record ends in Feb 1938.

				
Notes:							1937: Oct total estimated by nearby stations.
							1937: Dec total received per E.W.M. Murphy.

	
						
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)
