Station: 						Mullingar [Ballynegal]
County:							Westmeath
Met Éireann Reference Code:				RR/D/16/12
Lat:							53°34'40"N
Lon:							07°20'10"W
Observer:						Records completed by John Campbell; William Wood; Charles Elson; E.P. Thompson; W. Kavanagh; Major Hawkesworth Smyth per Murphy.
Start year:						1908
End year:						1940
Missing:						1913; 1915; 1916; 1921
Missing data indicator:					-999
Time of Observation:					09:00am
Unit of measurement:					inch
Rain gauge pattern:					Symons			
Diameter:						5 inches
Height of top of gauge above ground:			1ft,6ins [1908-1910]; 1ft [1911-1912]; 2ft [1917-1919]; 1ft,6ins [1920]; 2 ft [1922-1923]; 2ft,2ins [1924]; 2ft,3ins [1926]; 1ft,11ins [1927]; 1ft,3ins [1928]; 2ft [1929]; 2ft,3ins [1930-1934]; 9 ins [1935-1936]; 4.5ins [1937]; 9 ins [1938]; 5 ins [1940]
Height of top of gauge above sea level:			365 feet [1908-1911]; 500 feet [1917-1920]; 340 feet [1922-1929]; 337 feet [1930-1934]; 357 feet [1935-1940]
Nearest railway station:				Mullingar
Distance to nearest railway station:			3.5 miles South


Additional Information:					1909: Corrected for wrong day.
							1912: Jan-Aug corrected for wrong day.
							1918: Diameter of gauge recorded as 7 inches. Every other year recorded as 5 inches.
							1925: Dec estimated from maps. Monthly total only.
							1929: Oct, Nov & Dec corrected for wrong day.
							1936: Multiday accumulation 19th Jul.
				

Notes:							1925: Owing to a change of employees during my absence from home no record was kept for December.	
							1927: Sep 0.5 inches low. Form 906 suggesting 0.12 for 5th Sep and 0.4 for 30th Sep. Observer confirms original. 
							1929: Corrected for wrong day. Corrected by Mullingar, Belvedere House and surrounding stations.	
							1930: July 1.5 inches high. Heavy rain 29th & 30th. Suggest accept. 
							1933: June 0.75 inches high.	
							1938: Value 18th Nov corrected from amended card.		

							
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)
