00:00Hard yakka in the top-end heat.
00:05Darwin tradies sweating through a stinker of a year in 2024.
00:10Both the maximum and minimum temperature preliminarily looking to be the second highest on record.
00:18I'm not surprised, climate change is pretty bad and I'm really hot, sweating.
00:23There has to be one air conditioner on in a room, at least.
00:27And then everyone scrambles to that room.
00:29Six hours fishing every day in the heat, so a lot of water and no fish.
00:35The median temperature was 28.5 degrees Celsius last year, just 0.2 degrees off the record.
00:43The average maximum temperature was 33 degrees, 0.9 degrees hotter than average.
00:50The minimum temperature was also 0.9 degrees above average at 24.1 degrees.
00:572025 has started on a similar trajectory with the monsoon running behind schedule
01:02and forecasters are uncertain over exactly when it will hit.
01:07In the short term we don't see signs of the monsoon.
01:12We're in a little bit of a suppressed phase in terms of the synoptic drivers that control that.
01:18There's probably a bit of hope for respite from about the third week of January.
01:23Before relief does arrive, workers are being encouraged to stay safe while on the job.
01:29Shaded breast breaks, for breaks into cool areas which might be air conditioned,
01:33ingesting slushies, using fans or something to move air across your body.
01:40Sage advice for the years ahead.
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