Station: 						Roches Point
County:							Cork
Met Éireann Reference Code:				MÉ/MO/6
Lat:							51°47'35"N
Lon:							08°14'40"W
Observer:						Records completed by W. Kennedy; M. Fitzmahony; Ms. H. Power; W. Roche
Start year:						July 1873
End year:						1940
Missing:						none
Missing data indicator:					-999
Time of Observation:					08:00am [Jul 1873-Jun 1908]; 07:00am [Jul 1908-Dec 1940]
Unit of measurement:					inch [Jul 1873-Apr 1914]; millimeter [May 1914-Dec 1940] 
Rain gauge pattern:					N/A			
Diameter:						n/a
Height of top of gauge above ground:			zero [Jul 1873-Jan 1875]; 14 inches [Feb 1875-May 1892]; 10 inches [Jun 1892]; 14 inches [Jul 1892-Jun 1911]; 12 inches [Jul 1911-Dec 1940].		
Height of top of gauge above sea level:			30 ft [Jul 1873-Jul 1875]; 31 ft [Aug 1875-Jul 1876]; 33 ft [Aug 1876]; 31 ft [Sep 1876-Mar 1877]; 33 ft [Apr 1877]; 31 ft [May-Jul 1877]; 33 ft[Aug 1877-Mar 1899]; 32 ft [Apr 1899]; 33 ft [May 1899-Jan 1920]; 32 ft [Feb 1920] 33 ft [Mar 1920-Nov 1925]; 20 ft [Jan-Mar 1926]; 18 ft [Apr 1926]; 28 ft [Aug-Nov 1926]; 20 ft [Dec 1926-Dec 1940].
Nearest railway station:				n/a
Distance to nearest railway station:			n/a


Additional Information:					Jul 1876 - Feb 1912: Corrected for wrong day.
							1876: 7th-11th Sep estimated.
							1908: Time of observation changes from 08:00am to 07:00am.
							1914: Unit of measurement changes from inches to millimeters in May.
							1920: From Mar readings are taken twice daily [7h to 18h; 18h to 7h]. The sum of the two readings [7h to 7h] is given here.
							1925: December - query re. height of gauge abover M.S.L. 
							1926: Jan - query re. height of gauge above M.S.L. See last inspection report.
							
Notes:							1926: See last inspection report for details of height [20 feet?].
							1926: 1st Jun - 10mm low.
							1926: 8th-9th Jun 15 mm low.

							
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)
