Station: 						Derrynane Abbey
County:							Kerry
Met Éireann Reference Code:				RR/D/2/6
Lat:							51°45'40"N
Lon:							10°07'50"W
Observer:						Records completed by Daniel O'Connell; Miss M. O'Connell.
Start year:						1871
End year:						1940
Missing:						1881-1889; 1892; Aug-Dec 1895; Jan-Aug, Oct-Nov 1896; 1900; Aug 1901; 1904-1907; 1910
Missing data indicator:					-999
Time of Observation:					09:00am
Unit of measurement:					inch
Rain gauge pattern:					n/a			
Diameter:						5 inches
Height of top of gauge above ground:			1 foot, 1 inch [1871]; 1 foot [1910-1940]
Height of top of gauge above sea level:			11 feet, 8 inches [1871-1872]; 12 feet [1873]; 13 feet [1909-1940]
Nearest railway station:				Cahirsiveen
Distance to nearest railway station:			17.5 miles Northwest


Additional Information:					1901: Aug missing.
							1910: Dec corrected for wrong day.
							1914: Corrected by Valentia. Value on 23rd Feb adjusted from 2.24 to 0.24.
							1931: Multiday accumulation 10th Nov.

				
Notes:							1914: Corrected by Valentia.


							
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)
