The troppo season has already crept up on the Top End and it doesn’t look like it’s going anywhere soon.

The weather bureau are forecasting above-average temperatures, as well as more rain during the build-up.

While the change of season doesn’t officially begin until September 30, a bureau spokeswoman said humid conditions would dominate the rest of the month.

“Humidity and the overnight temperatures are on the rise and we are expecting scattered showers and storms this weekend and early next week in many locations across the Top End,” she said.

Overnight temperatures are expected to stay above 25C for the rest of the week, with the apparent temperature hovering around 30C for most of the night.

The average minimum temperature for September in Darwin is 22.9C. “This Dry season, we have seen just 29 nights where the temperature dropped to below 20C, compared with an average of 51,” the spokeswoman said.

The lowest number of days below 20C record is 10 nights in 1955 and the most recorded was 94 nights in 2011.

“We are not expecting to see any more nights under 20C this month unless we get some good storms,” the spokeswoman said. Parap resident Emeshe Varga is experiencing her first build-up but said she wasn’t worried about the heat or going troppo.

“I like the heat. I find it easier to sit under a tree and put a bucket of water on my head than try and get warm in the winter,” she said.

To stay cool she takes a dip in the plunge pool or heads to the beach and stays out of the sun during the hottest part of the day.

Central Australia is forecast to get widespread rain over the weekend, with 20mm in the southern and eastern parts expected to get 20mm.

“The Simpson, eastern Lasseter and southern Barkly districts are likely to receive most of the rainfall (50-100mm totals) across the next seven days, and other districts may see totals of 25-50mm,” the spokeswoman said.