Station: 						Meelick [Victoria Lock]
County:							Offaly [Kings]
Met Éireann Reference Code:				RR/D/12/11
Lat:							53°10'00"N
Lon:							08°04'50"W
Observer:						Records completed by A. Gilligan and B. Mc Garry for F. Dudley Fletcher Esq. S. Mc Garry
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:			1 foot, 10 inches [1902-1916]; 2 feet [1917-1926]; 1 foot, 7 inches [1927]; 1 foot [1928-1940]
Height of top of gauge above sea level:			121-124 feet 
Nearest railway station:				Banager
Distance to nearest railway station:			4.5 miles Northeast

Additional Information:					1909: Corrected for wrong day.
							1910: Corrected for wrong day.
							Observer notes suggest low record 1925 - 1930 (see notes below).
							1931-1940 no queries re low readings.					


Notes:							1903: gauge believed to be leaking
							1927: 1925; 1926 year 2 inches low.
							1928: Ok for 1928
							1929: observer told 3 inches low probably due to exposed situation and evaporation from non standard gauge.
							1930: Print with query 1927. 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)

