Canberra/Queanbeyan is a sprawling collection of suburbs population 300,000 plus – which extends over 30km north south and nearly 20km east west. Canberra was selected as the Australian Federal Capital early last century and urbanisation would have started after the “old” Parliament House started operating in the late 1920’s. The post WWII boom in Australia … Continue reading Evidence for a strong urbanization signal; 0.3 degrees C per decade in Canberra Airport temperature data 1997-2009 →
Dr Maxine Cooper the ACT (Australian Capital Territory) Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment has a page discussing ACT weather and if you scroll down about half way you see this headline. “Has development around Canberra International Airport adversely affected its use as a climate reference station?” BoM Climate Ref Stations map and list Dr … Continue reading ACT (Canberra) Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment chides BoM re urbanization near Canberra Airport observations site →
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 … Continue reading BoM claims of warmest winter ever in Canberra based on Airport urban heated data →
Today the 29th of May – Canberra Airport minimum temperature went under 0 degrees for the nineteenth day this month. This exceeds the 18 days under zero which were recorded in May of 1959 and 1961. The record standing now is from 1957 which had 27 days with minimums under zero. Data at Canberra Airport … Continue reading Canberra Airport scores a 54 year record for cold May mornings →
But checking various Jan Mean Max’s across Oz shows a lot of places missed out. FAIL Adelaide no record West Terrace 33 but 34.2 in 1908 FAIL Perth coolest for a decade – Kalgoorlie had an 11 day data gap in Jan. too unimportant to repair. FAIL Leonora Aero hit 39.3 but started life in … Continue reading BoM says January was hottest month on record for Australia →
Primarily exposing faulty methodologies behind global temperature trend compilations