To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the (i) maximum and (ii) minimum temperature recorded at each meteorological station in Northern Ireland since 1 December 1990.
The maximum and minimum temperatures reported at stations in Northern Ireland from 1 December 1990 to 26 January 1991 are as follows:
| Station | Maximum deg. C | Minimum deg. C |
| Aldergrove | 11·9 | 4·1 |
| Carmoney | 12·0 | 1·6 |
| Carrigans | 12·7 | 5·6 |
| Corgary | 11·6 | 6·7 |
| Knockarevan | 12·0 | 4·3 |
| Long Kesh | 13·0 | 6·0 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the average temperature recorded (a) each day and (b) each night at each meteorological station in Northern Ireland since 1 December 1990.
Hourly records are required to produce daily values of the average temperature during (a) the day and (b) the night. Such information in Northern Ireland is available from only one station, Aldergrove.The figures are as follows:
| Day | Night | |
| December | ||
| 1 | 4·2 | 4·4 |
| 2 | 6·0 | 6·0 |
| 3 | 7·4 | 6·8 |
| 4 | 7·8 | 6·2 |
| 5 | 6·0 | 5·5 |
| 6 | 6·2 | 4·2 |
| 7 | 1·5 | -0·5 |
| 8 | 1·2 | 3·4 |
| 9 | 3·7 | 0·2 |
| 10 | 2·0 | 1·5 |
| 11 | 7·3 | 5·9 |
| 12 | 4·1 | 0·3 |
| 13 | 2·1 | 0·8 |
| 14 | 3·4 | 0·5 |
| 15 | -1·3 | -0·5 |
| 16 | 3·2 | 4·5 |
| 17 | 2·9 | 2·3 |
| 18 | 2·7 | 1·5 |
| 19 | 3·8 | 5·3 |
| 20 | 7·2 | 6·5 |
| 21 | 9·6 | 11·4 |
| 22 | 9·2 | 4·9 |
| 23 | 6·4 | 1·9 |
| 24 | 1·9 | 5·3 |
| 25 | 3·8 | 4·4 |
| 26 | 6·1 | 1·7 |
| 27 | 1·7 | 2·9 |
| 28 | 5·6 | 2·0 |
| 29 | 1·8 | 1·0 |
| 30 | 2·3 | 1·8 |
| 31 | 1·9 | 1·6 |
| January | ||
| 1 | 9·1 | 6·9 |
| 2 | 3·2 | 1·6 |
| 3 | 1·3 | 2·5 |
| 4 | 3·7 | 4·3 |
| 5 | 4·2 | 4·7 |
Day
| Night
| |
| 6 | 2·0 | 0·5 |
| 7 | 1·9 | 0·3 |
| 8 | 0·3 | -0·5 |
| 9 | 1·4 | 0·9 |
| 10 | 2·0 | 2·1 |
| 11 | 3·5 | 0·4 |
| 12 | 1·4 | -0·9 |
| 13 | 2·7 | 2·6 |
| 14 | 3·4 | 1·3 |
| 15 | 2·6 | 4·1 |
| 16 | 5·1 | 4·5 |
| 17 | 6·0 | 6·2 |
| 18 | 6·3 | 0·7 |
| 19 | 5·0 | 8·0 |
| 20 | 8·4 | 2·2 |
| 21 | 3·0 | 5·7 |
| 22 | 6·2 | 4·6 |
| 23 | 5·7 | 5·5 |
| 24 | 5·8 | 3·4 |
| 25 | 3·6 | -0·1 |
| 26 | 2·3 | 1·8 |
| 27 | 2·5 | — |
Temperatures in degrees C. Day covers the period 0900–2100; night 2100–0900.