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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: