The Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) makes another dubious claim – in refusing to accept the very significant urban heat island (UHI) effect in their Canberra Airport temperature data. Simple checks of nearby stations show the 2013 winter was not the warmest ever in Tuggeranong (Canberra southern suburbs) – Burrinjuck Dam, Braidwood and Cooma. And at Goulburn AP the 2013 winter was warmest – but not at Goulburn TAFE which recorded four warmer years back to 1996.

I have feelers out to find other Canberra data – if anybody knows of a source please pass on.
Table of average winter daytime temperatures – red marks years warmer than 2013.

The two Canberra stations are because the old Canberra Airport site at Fairbairn was moved south in 2009 due to nearby construction at Fairbairn. Ignoring completely the massive construction around the commercial terminals since before 2000.
I have a story from 2010 –
Evidence for a strong urbanization signal; 0.3 degrees C per decade in Canberra Airport temperature data 1997-2009 But I like the Floriade story below.
Canberra’s warm winter record could lead to hottest start to spring –
August 30, 2013 – Hamish Boland-Rudder
Sun, rain: it’s all a capital idea – 31 August 2013 – Hamish Boland-Rudder
Floriade ‘unaffected’ by warmest winter on record – Kathleen Dyett – Mon 2 Sep 2013