Station: 						Dunfanaghy [St. Helen's 1880-Feb 1926]; [St. Patrick's Jul 1926-1940]
County:							Donegal
Met Éireann Reference Code:				RR/D/26/12
Lat:							55°11'00"N 
Lon:							07°58'00"W
Observer:						Records completed by J.J. Mc Grath; J.A. Sterritt; W.J. Arnold.
Start year:						1880
End year:						1940
Missing:						1881; 1883-1902; Mar-Dec 1912; 1913-1918; Mar-Jun 1926.
Missing data indicator:					-999
Time of Observation:					09:00am
Unit of measurement:					inch
Rain gauge pattern:					n/a			
Diameter:						5 inches [1880-1882]; 8 inches [1903]
Height of top of gauge above ground:			1 foot [1880-1911]; 9 inches [1912-1922]; 1 foot [1940]
Height of top of gauge above sea level:			11 feet [1880-1882]; 30 feet [1903-1904]; 55 feet [1905]; 50 feet [1906-1911]; 54 feet [1912]; 50 feet [1919]; 30 feet [1936-1940].
Nearest railway station:				Dunfanaghy Road
Distance to nearest railway station:			5 miles East


Additional Information:					1907: Multiday accumulations 26th Jan; 15th Feb; 16th Aug.
							1908: Multiday accumulations 26th Feb; 17th Mar; 6th Aug.
							1909: Multiday accumulations 11th Jan; 21th Dec. 
							1910: Multiday accumulation 9th Dec.
							1911: Multiday accumulations 3rd May; 19th Jul; 9th Oct.
							1919: Multiday accumulations 17th Jan; 30th Jun; 14th Dec.
							1920: Multiday accumulation 16th Apr.
							1922: Multiday accumulations 18th, 20th, 23rd, 26th Feb; 2nd Mar; 26th Aug.
							1925: Monthly totals only for Sep and Oct.
				
Notes:							From 1880-Feb 1926 station name is St. Helen's. From July 1926 the station name is St. Partick's.
							1925: Observations not taken for Sep and Oct. Totals estimated from surrounding stations.

						
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)
