﻿Station: 						Hacketstown Rectory
County:							Carlow
Met Éireann Reference Code:				RR/D/10/8
Lat:							52°52'00"N
Lon:							06°33'00"W
Observer:						Records completed by C.S.S. Ellison
Start year:						1918
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:			1 foot, 2 inches [1925]; 1 foot, 6 inches [1930-1940]
Height of top of gauge above sea level:			590 feet
Nearest railway station:				n/a
Distance to nearest railway station:			n/a

Additional Information:					1922: Multiday accumulation 5th Oct.
							1925: No observation taken 17th-20th Dec
							1925: Multiday accumulation 21st Dec.					


Notes:							1929: May 0.5 inches low - accept due to heavy local rain on 22nd May.
							

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)
					
