Hundreds rugged up across the Top End this morning as temperatures dropped to their lowest on record in and around the greater Darwin region. Darwin Airport recorded its coldest morning of the year and coldest July temperature in 15 years but not everyone embraced the chill.
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00:00 The temperatures are down and the jumpers are making a rare appearance on the streets of Darwin.
00:07 I love breaking out there, the warm clothes, the hoodies, I've got a collection of them and I rarely get to wear them, so it's great.
00:12 Forecasters tracked a high pressure system that caused the chilly conditions.
00:17 Quite a strong high pressure system, sort of in the bite of Australia, and the strength of that high is pushing quite a bit of cold air up into the territory.
00:26 Air that was cold enough to break records.
00:29 Batchelor had its lowest July record of 7.8 degrees and in the rural area of Darwin we sort of tied for our lowest July temperature of around 5.3 degrees.
00:42 It just came out of the blue, like that cold wind at night and during the couple of mornings, it's just really cold.
00:50 Today's street wear separated the locals from the tourists.
00:54 The locals, we think it's a bit cold, but you see all the tourists walking around with their singlets, so they're all good.
01:03 This is definitely better than the average summer weather in Denmark, so for us this is really nice.
01:09 This is lovely, this is like perfect, thank you.
01:13 Not all tourists embraced the cold though.
01:15 Not impressed, because we came up with some nice warm weather and we haven't got it yet.
01:21 If you're not enjoying this colder weather, hang in there, temperatures are set to rise, with the Bureau forecasting the mercury to hit above average levels on Friday.
01:30 But if you are enjoying this cool, windy snap, some sage advice.
01:34 Enjoy it while it lasts, that's all I can say.
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