Station: 						Gorey [Wells]
County:							Wexford
Met Éireann Reference Code:				RR/D/7/12
Lat:							52°30'00"N [approx.]
Lon:							06°20'00"W [approx.]
Observer:						Records completed by C.M. Doyne; James Shepherd; J. Murphy; C. Pilgrim; Alex Bennett; E. Johnston; J. McGregor (gardeners to C.M. Doyne)
Start year:						1893
End year:						1923
Missing:						1900; 1913
Missing data indicator:					-999
Time of Observation:					08:00am [1893-1908]; 09:00am [1910]
Unit of measurement:					inch
Rain gauge pattern:					n/a			
Diameter:						5 inches [12 inches in 1921-1922]
Height of top of gauge above ground:			1 foot
Height of top of gauge above sea level:			215 feet [1893]; 207 feet [1894-1907]; 200 feet [1908]; 220 feet [1909]; 250 feet [1910-1912] 220 feet [1913-1918]; 200 feet [1920-1921]; 220 feet [1922-1923]
Nearest railway station:				Ferns
Distance to nearest railway station:			7 miles West


Additional Information:					1909: Multiday accumulations 9th, 15th Jan; 31st May; 21st Jun; 24th Jul; 23rd Sep. 
							1910: Corrected for wrong day.
							1911: Corrected for wrong day.
							1912: Corrected for wrong day.
							1914: Corrected for wrong day.
							1915: Corrected for wrong day.
							1916: Corrected for wrong day.
							1917: Corrected for wrong day.

				
Notes:							1909: Compared with imperfect originals and also corrected by surrounding stations. Monthly totals probably approximately correct.

							
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)
