Severe Weather Payments

HC Deb 26 February 1987 vol 111 cc402-5W

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 weeks beginning 1 February and 8 February 1987.

Mr. Major

The Department receives information from the Meteorological Office for 63 weather stations in respect of seven-day periods beginning each Monday. The information requested for the weeks commencing Monday 2 February and 9 February is as follows:

Week commencing 2 February 1987
Weather stations	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Average
Manston (Dover)	0.9	4.9	4.7	6.8	8.1	6.1	7.5	5.5
Marham (Kings Lynn)	-0.6	3.4	5.0	7.3	9.3	5.1	7.7	5.3
Mouth Batten (Plymouth)	6.8	8.6	7.9	8.4	8.8	6.4	7.3	7.7
Okehampton	6.0	6.8	6.3	7.1	7.5	5.8	7.0	6.5
St. Mawgan (Truro)	8.4	7.9	7.5	8.9	9.2	6.9	7.9	8.1
Shawbury (Shrewsbury)	0.8	4.9	4.7	6.8	9.6	5.2	7.1	5.5
Southampton Weather Centre	3.5	6.6	7.1	8.4	8.9	7.3	8.8	7.2
Stansted	0.9	5.2	6.2	7.8	9.4	5.8	7.5	6.1
Tynemouth (Sunderland)	1.4	4.3	5.3	7.5	8.3	6.3	7.7	5.8
Watnall (Derby)	-0.7	4.9	4.7	7.1	8.8	5.8	7.4	5.4
Wattisham (Ipswich)	0.5	3.5	4.2	7.4	9.1	5.4	7.4	5.3
Whitby Coastguard	2.9	4.3	3.7	6.5	7.6	7.0	8.1	5.7
Wyton (Cambridge)	0.3	4.5	5.9	7.8	10.0	5.9	7.8	6.0
Yeovilton (Yeovil)	3.9	8.1	7.7	8.7	10.1	5.9	7.7	7.4
Wales
Aberporth (Aberystwyth)	4.6	6.8	5.7	8.1	8.7	6.9	6.3	6.5
Brawdy (Pembroke)	5.2	7.0	6.1	7.7	8.2	5.3	5.9	6.5
Cilfyndd (Merthyr Tydfil)	3.2	6.7	6.0	7.2	7.7	5.4	6.5	6.1
Mumbles (Swansea)	4.7	6.8	6.2	6.9	7.7	6.7	6.7	6.4
Rhoose (Cardiff)	3.1	6.8	6.9	8.0	7.7	5.5	5.7	6.2
Trawsfynydd (Dolgellau)	4.7	5.2	4.2	5.4	7.1	4.4	4.6	5.1
Valley (Caernarfon)	6.9	7.7	4.5	7.5	9.1	4.4	6.0	6.4
Scotland
Aberdeen Airport	3.2	3.3	2.6	3.1	2.9	0.9	-0.3	2.2
Dumfries	3.9	5.3	3.9	3.7	1.0	1.9	-0.7	2.7
Edinburgh Airport	2.3	4.0	2.9	2.9	-0.6	1.2	-0.5	1.7
Eskdalemuir (Galashiels)	1.8	3.8	2.1	1.3	0.7	1.6	-2.4	1.2
Fort William	4.3	3.1	3.4	1.3	0.2	-0.6	-1.3	1.5
Glasgow Airport	3.2	4.0	2.7	2.0	-0.4	0.6	-0.4	1.6
Kinloss (Inverness)	3.7	3.3	3.0	2.5	1.7	0.3	0.0	2.0
Kirkwall	5.0	3.3	3.4	2.9	2.1	0.4	-0.1	2.4
Lerwick	5.3	2.6	3.0	2.4	0.5	-0.5	-1.5	1.7
Leuchars (Dundee)	3.0	4.1	3.0	2.7	1.9	1.1	-0.4	2.2
Machrihanish (Campbelltown)	4.4	4.8	3.3	3.8	1.4	1.2	1.1	2.8
Prestwick (Ayr)	2.0	3.7	4.3	2.7	1.3	1.8	-0.2	2.2
Stornoway	4.4	3.2	3.5	2.7	2.7	1.3	0.2	2.6
Whithorn	4.1	4.2	3.3	3.2	0.3	1.6	-0.1	2.3
Wick	3.4	3.2	2.8	2.5	2.8	-0.6	-1.5	1.8
England
Aughton (Liverpool)	7.4	5.1	4.4	2.9	2.8	2.6	1.2	3.7
Bedford RAE	8.6	6.3	3.6	2.3	1.8	2.2	1.6	3.7
Binbrook (Hull)	7.0	5.2	2.3	1.2	1.2	1.3	0.6	2.7
Birmingham Airport	8.3	6.4	2.2	3.4	2.2	2.5	-0.4	3.5
Blackpool Airport	6.1	4.6	4.8	3.1	-0.1	1.8	-0.1	2.9
Boscombe Down (Sarum)	8.7	5.9	4.1	3.0	0.6	1.5	1.1	3.6
Boulmer (Berwick)	4.6	5.1	3.8	2.2	2.6	3.3	1.1	3.2
Bournmouth Airport	8.2	6.8	4.6	3.3	1.0	2.7	0.7	3.9
Bristol	9.0	6.7	5.4	4.8	3.7	3.6	2.9	5.1
Brize Norton (Oxford)	9.0	6.2	2.8	3.0	1.2	1.1	1.7	3.6
Carlisle	5.0	5.2	3.8	4.1	3.6	2.4	1.1	3.6
Chivenor (Barnstaple)	9.7	7.2	5.3	5.2	2.8	5.4	1.8	5.3
Coltishall (Norwich)	8.4	7.0	3.8	3.1	3.6	2.8	3.5	4.5
Coningsby (Boston)	7.3	6.4	2.8	2.5	1.5	2.0	1.4	3.4
Culdrose (Penzance)	9.1	6.3	5.8	4.8	3.4	5.3	2.0	5.2
East Hampstead	8.8	6.8	4.6	3.7	1.8	1.8	1.2	4.1
Eskmeals (Whitehaven)	5.4	4.9	3.0	1.4	3.4	3.4	2.4	3.4
Exeter	9.4	6.5	4.6	4.1	1.5	4.4	1.1	4.5
Finningley (Sheffield)	7.5	6.0	3.9	3.6	1.6	2.1	1.2	3.7
Gatwick Airport (Guildford)	8.6	6.0	3.9	3.7	1.1	1.5	2.8	3.9
Heathrow Airport (London)	9.4	7.6	5.2	4.3	3.4	3.2	2.8	5.1
Herstmonceux (Brighton)	8.4	6.7	5.2	2.6	2.5	2.2	3.4	4.4
Honington (Bury St. Edmunds)	9.0	6.8	4.5	3.3	1.8	2.2	2.2	4.2
Leeds Weather Centre	8.1	5.2	5.3	4.7	3.6	2.5	1.3	4.3
Leeming (Newcastle)	7.0	5.9	4.6	3.3	2.8	2.7	-0.1	3.7
Lyneham (Chippenham)	8.6	6.0	3.8	3.0	1.0	1.8	0.5	3.5
Manchester Airport	7.5	5.6	4.1	3.7	3.4	2.8	1.5	4.1
Manston (Dover)	8.4	7.2	3.7	1.8	1.9	2.5	3.1	4.1
Marham (Kings Lynn)	7.1	7.1	4.0	3.3	1.6	2.4	1.5	3.8
Mount Batten (Plymouth)	9.0	6.6	5.4	4.6	2.7	5.6	2.2	5.1

Week commencing 2 February 1987
Weather stations	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Average
Okehampton	7.3	3.1	2.6	2.6	-0.7	2.2	-0.6	2.3
St. Mawgan (Truro)	9.1	6.2	6.0	5.5	3.1	5.0	1.9	5.2
Shawbury (Shrewsbury)	7.8	6.2	3.9	2.8	3.1	1.7	-0.4	3.6
Southampton Weather Centre	8.4	7.3	6.3	5.7	3.1	4.0	2.5	5.3
Stansted	8.6	6.4	3.7	2.9	1.5	1.9	1.5	3.8
Tynemouth (Sunderland)	7.1	5.0	4.4	3.3	3.3	3.5	1.3	4.0
Watnall (Derby)	7.6	5.7	2.5	3.1	2.0	2.1	1.8	3.5
Wattisham (Ipswich)	8.5	6.5	3.6	3.9	0.6	1.7	2.3	3.9
Whitby Coastguard	7.3	5.7	5.1	2.7	2.9	3.0	2.0	4.1
Wyton (Cambridge)	8.9	6.6	4.3	3.0	1.9	2.9	1.5	4.1
Yeovilton (Yeovil)	9.0	5.7	4.5	3.6	1.8	2.4	0.1	3.8
Wales
Aberporth (Aberystwyth)	8.3	5.4	4.3	3.8	2.8	3.2	3.3	4.4
Brawdy (Pembroke)	7.9	5.9	4.8	4.0	2.3	3.1	1.2	4.1
Cilfyndd (Merthyr Tydfil)	7.7	5.3	2.6	3.9	1.7	3.3	1.3	3.7
Mumbles (Swansea)	7.2	6.8	5.0	5.6	4.0	4.9	3.7	5.3
Rhoose (Cardiff)	8.1	6.1	4.1	4.0	2.4	4.4	2.1	4.4
Trawsfynydd (Dolgellau)	7.1	4.0	3.3	2.2	1.1	2.0	0.7	2.9
Valley (Caernarfon)	6.9	6.2	5.3	2.5	3.3	2.6	2.4	4.1
1 Data not available.