HC Deb 24 February 1987 vol 111 cc228-30W
Mr. Meacher

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give (a) the daily mean temperature and (b) the weekly mean temperature for the 64 Department of Health and Social Security weather stations for the week beginning 15 February.

Mr. Major

The Department receives information from the Meteorological Office for 63 weather stations in

Weather Station Scotland Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Average
Aberdeen Airport -0.3 -0.2 1.2 0.5 5.9 5.3 4.2 2.4
Dumfries 0.2 -1.1 1.8 1.3 3.6 1.6 4.9 1.7
Edinburgh Airport -0.2 0.1 1.7 2.7 4.0 4.7 3.8 2.4
Eskdalemuir (Galashiels) -1.2 -0.4 0.5 0.4 2.6 0.8 3.7 0.9
Fort William -2.1 -1.1 1.9 3.0 5.0 4.2 2.4 1.9
Glasgow Airport -0.2 -1.0 2.0 4.1 4.9 2.3 3.8 2.3
Kinloss (Inverness) -1.4 1.1 2.6 3.4 5.4 5.3 3.9 2.9
Kirkwall -0.8 0.2 2.7 4.7 4.8 4.9 2.3 2.7
Lerwick -1.7 0.1 1.2 3.5 5.3 6.2 -0.8 2.0
Leuchars (Dundee) -0.1 0.2 1.9 3.1 3.7 5.1 3.6 2.5
Machriphanish(Campbeltown) -0.5 -0.4 1.7 4.5 4.2 1.5 2.6 1.9
Prestwick (Ayr) 0.5 -1.1 0.7 2.8 3.8 1.1 4.2 1.7
Stornoway -1.1 1.7 2.7 5.0 4.1 4.7 3.7 3.0
Whithorn -0.4 -0.3 0.4 2.1 3.3 2.2 4.9 1.7
Wick -2.2 -0.9 0.8 4.0 4.2 3.8 2.4 1.7
England
Aughton (Liverpool) 0.8 0.4 0.9 0.2 1.7 1.3 2.6 1.1
Bedford RAE -0.1 0.9 0.5 -0.5 -0.1 1.7 3.8 0.8
Binbrook (Hull) 0.5 -1.2 -1.7 -1.1 -0.2 2.3 4.2 0.4
Birmingham Airport -0.4 0.4 0.6 0.5 -0.5 1.5 3.7 0.8
Blackpool Airport 1.0 1.6 1.7 -0.9 1.6 0.7 3.0 1.2
Boscombe Down (Sarum) -1.0 0.4 0.7 -0.2 -0.4 2.0 3.5 0.7
Boulmer (Berwick) 1.0 0.9 1.2 1.2 2.3 3.1 5.3 2.1
Bournemouth Airport -0.9 0.3 0.7 1.4 0.6 2.6 4.3 1.3
Bristol 1.6 2.0 2.3 2.1 1.5 2.3 3.8 2.2
Brize Norton (Oxford) -0.4 1.0 1.2 0.4 0.3 2.1 3.9 1.2
Carlisle 0.0 0.7 1.3 -0.4 2.4 2.0 4.2 1.5
Chivenor (Barnstaple) 0.9 1.3 1.6 0.8 1.2 -0. 1 3.6 1.3
Coltishall (Norwich) 1.5 1.6 1.3 1.5 1.1 2.6 4.8 2.0
Coningsby (Boston) 0.9 0.1 -0.1 0.3 0.4 2.7 3.8 1.2
Culdrose (Penzance) 1.8 0.6 1.1 0.7 1.4 2.0 3.1 1.5
East Hampstead -1.4 0.9 1.1 -1.3 0.0 2.0 3.7 0.7
Eskmeals (Whitehaven) 1.6 0.1 0.0 0.1 2.9 1.0 2.5 1.2
Exeter 0.2 0.5 1.5 0.0 0.7 2.2 3.4 1.2
Finningley (Sheffield) 0.7 1.0 1.8 1.5 0.7 2.2 4.7 1.8
Gatwick Airport (Guildford) 1.1 1.0 1.5 0.6 0.4 2.8 4.1 1.6
Heathrow Airport (London) 1.2 1.7 1.9 0.5 0.8 2.3 4.2 1.8
Herstmonceux (Brighton) 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.2 0.1 2.4 4.4 1.7
Honington (Bury St.Edmunds) 0.5 0.4 0.0 -0.4 -0.9 1.8 4.4 0.8
Leeds Weather Centre 0.3 1.4 2.1 2.7 1.5 2.2 5.1 21
Leeming (Newcastle) -1.0 -0.2 -0.5 -0.7 1.0 2.0 5.0 0.8
Lyneham (Chippenham) -0.3 -0.1 0.1 -0.7 -0.9 1.1 3.3 0.4
Manchester Airport 0.1 0.8 1.3 -0.4 1.5 3.0 5.0 1.6
Manston (Dover) 2.1 2.4 1.2 1.4 1.2 2.3 4.2 2.1
Marham (Kings Lynn) 0.4 -0.7 -0.4 -0.4 -1.5 2.3 4.2 0.6
Mount Batten (Plymouth) 1.4 1.4 2.0 1.3 1.9 3.8 4.0 2.2
Okehampton -1.3 -1.8 -0.9 -1.4 -1.7 -0.6 0.9 -1.0
St. Mawgan (Truro) 1.2 1.0 1.4 0.4 1.4 1.5 2.6 1.3
Shawbury (Shrewsbury) -0.8 0.2 0.6 -0.3 -0.4 -0.6 2.8 0.2
Southampton Weather Centre 1.2 1.6 2.1 1.2 1.0 3.1 4.4 2.1
Stansted 0.4 0.2 0.1 -0.6 -0.3 1.1 3.4 0.6
Tynemouth (Sunderland) 1.3 0.8 2.0 1.5 1.8 2.3 5.3 2.1
Watnall (Derby) 0.3 0.6 1.2 1.6 0.5 1.6 4.1 1.4
Wattisham (Ipswich) 0.8 0.6 -0.2 -0.2 -1.2 1.3 4.0 0.7
Whitby Coastguard 1.3 1.4 2.6 2.0 0.6 1.6 4.7 2.0
Wyton (Cambridge) 0.2 0.6 1.0 -0.7 -0.6 1.5 3.1 0.7
Yeovilton (Yeovil) -1.3 -0.4 1.3 -0.6 -0.4 2.2 3.8 0.6
Wales
Aberporth (Aberystwyth) 0.4 2.3 1.8 -0.1 1.0 1.5 3.0 1.4
Brawdy (Pembroke) 1.6 0.8 1.1 0.8 0.3 0.8 2.3 1.1
Cilfyndd (Merthyr Tydfil) -0.5 -0.1 0.9 0.9 0.8 1.4 2.9 0.9
Mumbles (Swansea) 2.3 1.8 2.3 2.4 2.4 3.1 4.3 2.6
Rhoose (Cardiff) 0.5 0.9 1.7 0.9 0.7 2.2 3.6 1.5
Trawsfynydd (Dolgellau) -0.6 0.4 0.3 -1.2 -0.2 0.6 1.8 0.1
Valley (Caernarfon) 1.1 1.0 1.3 0.6 2.0 2.6 4.3 1.8

respect of fixed seven-day periods beginning each Monday. The information requested for the week commencing Monday 16 February is as follows:

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