In their recent contribution to The Canadian Geographer, Ashmore and Dodson argue that physical geographers should look more into the study of urban landscapes, by engaging in an urban physical geography, and even a critical physical geography, that could contribute to the existing body of knowledge in this epoch of the Anthropocene. The authors cite urban climate research as an example that demonstrates engagement with urban areas. Physical geographer‐climatologists are, in fact, taking a lead in developing research priorities for observing and modeling weather and climate of cities, and are deeply involved in the nexus of urban climatology and affiliated disciplines focusing on local and global issues. A major stage in this scientific leadership may be traced to the legacy of Canadian climatologists. In the movement of physical geography to take on a more critical approach, it might be of some benefit to learn more about examples of earlier and current physical geographers studying urban climate who have broadened their activities with related disciplinary fields, in some cases including that of political ecology.