Station: 						Kells [Headfort Demesne]
County:							Meath
Met Éireann Reference Code:				Books held in the National Library of Ireland; RR/D/15/17
Lat:							53°44'10"N
Lon:							06°50'50"W
Observer:						Records completed by J.G. Henderson; James Houstow; J.A. Boyle; James Metcalfe; Marquess of Headfort.
Start year:						Oct 1893
End year:						Jun 1952
Missing:						Apr-Jun 1903
Missing data indicator:					-999
Time of Observation:					09:00am
Unit of measurement:					inch
Rain gauge pattern:					Copper cylinder								
Diameter:						10 ins [1896-1909]; 8 ins [1910]; 10 ins [1911]; 8 ins [1912-1929]; 5 ins [1930]; 8 ins [1931]; 5 ins [1932-1933]; 8 ins [1934] 
Height of top of gauge above ground:			5 feet [1896]; 6 inches [1909]; 7 inches [1912]; 8 inches [1913-1929]; 1 foot [1930]; 8 inches [1931]; 1 foot [1932]; 8 ins [1934] 1 foot [1938]
Height of top of gauge above sea level:			227 feet [1901-1940] 
Nearest railway station:				Kells
Distance to nearest railway station:			2.5 miles West


Additional Information:					1909: Corrected for wrong day.			
							1910: Corrected for wrong day.
							1911: Corrected for wrong day.
							1912: Corrected for wrong day.
							1913: Corrected for wrong day.
							1914: Corrected for wrong day.
							1915: Corrected for wrong day.
							1916: Corrected for wrong day.
							1936: Jan and Feb corrected for wrong day.
				
Notes:							Data taken from books held in National Library of Ireland. Checked against Rainfall Register records held in Met Éireann. 
							Metadata collected from Rainfall Register records.

							
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)
