Young
Temperature Analysis
The current official Bureau of Meteorology temperature record at Young is collected by the automatic weather station (AWS) at Young Airport, which began operating in 1991. This station replaced the long-running weather station in Young, which opened in 1907 and closed in 1991. Since there is no period of overlap between the two records they cannot be used with confidence to create a single time series of sufficient length for the analysis required here.
There is evidence from across the Australian Capital Region that conditions were warmer than average in the reporting period. Daytime maximum temperatures were above average in all three years, by between 8 and 9% in 2006 (e.g. in Upper Lachlan, Goulburn-Mulwaree and Yass Valley shires). Night-time minimum temperatures were slightly above average in 2005, below average by as much as 6% in 2006, and above average by 13 to 18% in 2007. Colder nights are often associated with unusually clear skies, and warmer nights with cloudier conditions.
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