Station: 						Castletownshend [Seafield]
County:							Cork
Met Éireann Reference Code:				RR/D/1/17
Lat:							51°32'00"N 
Lon:							09°10'00"W
Observer:						Records completed by Major H. Chavasse.
Start year:						1914
End year:						1940
Missing:						none
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:			8 inches [1914]; 10 inches [1917]; 9 inches [1918]; 8 inches [1919-1926]; 12 inches [1927-1928; 1930-1934; 1937-1940]; 10 inches [1929; 1935-1936]
Height of top of gauge above sea level:			31-40 feet
Nearest railway station:				Skibbereen
Distance to nearest railway station:			n/a


Additional Information:					1925: 13th-18th Jul corrected for wrong day.

				
Notes:							1931: Says not satisfied with Nov as there is a big difference for this month from 6004 [Note: 6004 refers to Castletownshend - Glen Barahane].
							1931: November record in good daily agreement with 6004 - accepted on maps.
							
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)
