Station: 						40 Fitzwilliam Square West 
County:							Dublin
Met Éireann Reference Code:				RR/D/14/32; MÉ/MO/4
Lat:							53°20'08"N 
Lon:							06°15'12"W
Observer:						Records completed by Sir John William Moore M.D. 
Start year:						1908
End year:						1937
Missing:						none
Missing data indicator:					-999
Time of Observation:					09:00am
Unit of measurement:					inch
Rain gauge pattern:					n/a			
Diameter:						8 inches 
Height of top of gauge above ground:			1 foot, 6 inches [108-1909]; 1 foot, 4 inches [1910-1937]; [see addtional info.]
Height of top of gauge above sea level:			50 feet [1908-1911]; 54 feet [1912-1937]
Nearest railway station:				n/a
Distance to nearest railway station:			n/a


Additional Information:					Apr 1915-Sep 1916:Two columns with rainfall values. First column is 12-hour reading [09:00-21:00]; second coulmn is 24-hour reading [09:00-09:00].
							From Oct 1916: Two columns with rainfall values. First column is 12-hours during the day measured at 21:00; second column is 12-hours measured next morning at 09:00.
							1932: Height of top of gauge above ground changes to 6 inches from Sep-Dec 1932.
							1935: Aug corrected for wrong day.

				
Notes:							1937: Record ends in Sep. Station ceased after September on death of Sir John Moore.

	
						
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)
