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Ministry of Defence;Meteorological Office

Answer

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what were the monthly (a) maximum and minimum temperatures, (b) mean daily maximum and minimum temperatures, (c) rainfall and (d) hours of daily sunshine for the weather station of Southport (Greenbank) for (i) 1994, (ii) 1995, (iii) 1996 and (iv) 1997. [87165] Mr. Spellar: This is a matter for the Chief Executive of the Meteorological Office. I have asked the Chief Executive to write to my hon. Friend. Letter from Peter Ewins to Mrs. Claire Curtis-Thomas, dated 21 June 1999: I am replying to your question to the Secretary of State for Defence about weather data for the weather station at Southport (Greenbank). This matter falls within my area of responsibility as Chief Executive of The Met. Office. The data you requested is given in the attached table. Averages for the weather station at Southport (Greenbank): _________________________________________________________________________________________________. January February March April May June July August Septembe October November December r air temperature (degree C): 1994 Highest max 10.7 9.9 13.8 19.7 21.5 25.3 26.2 25.0 19.1 17.4 15.2 14.7 Mean max 7.6 5.4 9.4 11.3 14.4 16.8 20.7 18.4 15.3 13.5 12.3 9.2 Lowest min -2.1 -5.5 1.8 -0.3 2.7 6.2 8.5 8.2 5.9 1.4 1.5 -3.1 Mean min 2.6 0.2 4.4 4.5 6.9 10.7 12.7 12.3 9.6 7.3 7.7 3.8 Total 86.6 49.9 76.9 58.0 37.6 38.4 72.2 59.7 99.8 115.2 90.4 145.5 rainfall (mm) Total 64.6 66.5 102.9 191.0 175.6 148.0 220.0 174.3 127.4 106.6 58.6 44.1 sunshine (hrs) 1995 Highest max 12.1 11.3 15.3 20.0 23.8 29.4 29.1 31.2 21.8 24.5 14.0 11.9 Mean max 7.3 8.7 8.5 11.8 15.4 17.9 22.1 23.7 17.2 16.0 10.6 4.8 Lowest min -3.7 0.4 -2.0 1.0 -0.4 7.0 10.7 8.7 8.1 3.0 -2.0 -5.7 Mean min 1.8 3.8 2.2 5.3 7.7 10.9 14.5 14.2 11.0 9.7 4.8 0.3 Total 147.5 106.1 57.6 16.2 67.3 24.0 40.8 12.6 84.7 25.2 48.6 31.9 rainfall (mm) Total 55.7 73.5 132.4 197.4 216.0 233.3 224.2 278.1 154.6 110.5 72.6 40.8 sunshine (hrs) 1996 Highest max 11.4 9.5 10.5 19.4 22.3 25.7 24.9 28.2 22.1 18.8 15.2 10.5 Mean max 6.4 5.7 7.2 11.8 12.7 17.4 18.9 20.1 17.3 14.6 9.2 5.9 Lowest min -4.9 -5.7 -1.8 -0.6 0.1 4.9 6.8 9.6 3.5 4.8 -3.2 -4.4 Mean min 3.0 -0.1 2.4 5.3 5.4 8.9 10.8 11.8 8.7 8.2 3.0 0.8 Total 19.4 58.3 30.2 59.1 38.0 31.7 40.3 74.3 42.7 112.9 105.5 47.7 rainfall (mm) Total 21.3 94.8 87.5 121.4 211.7 249.4 218.6 181.2 158.6 103.7 85.4 57.5 sunshine (hrs) 1997 Highest max 12.3 12.2 16.8 17.2 25.1 22.6 25.1 29.4 18.9 19.6 16.1 13.2 Mean max 5.7 9.2 10.9 12.2 15.9 17.4 19.9 22.3 17.0 13.9 11.1 8.6 Lowest min -2.8 -0.4 0.4 0.1 2.1 6.1 8.5 10.5 7.3 -5.0 2.7 -4.4 Mean min 0.1 4.3 4.6 5.8 7.9 10.6 13.1 14.3 11.3 6.9 8.8 3.6 Total 2.3 77.7 35.7 23.2 65.7 74.2 63.1 46.1 62.9 58.8 86.1 105.0 rainfall (mm) Total 50.7 79.2 104.3 121.9 244.5 141.6 237.4 228.7 136.2 123.5 27.5 27.7 sunshine (hrs) _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

333 c308-9W; 87165

Session

1998-99

Subjects

Weather Temperature Southport Rain Meteorology

Contains statistics

Yes