Highest temperature in Taipei on August 6?

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Market context

Taipei’s temperature on 6 August is the settlement event, measured by the highest reading at Taipei Songshan Airport Station and rounded to the market’s temperature bands. The current crowd price of **0% YES** is notably lower than the live Polymarket board, where the main outcomes sit around **35°C (31%)** and **36°C (27%)**, with **37°C** still assigned **5%** and the hotter bins priced as possible but less favoured.[2] That gap suggests either the contract is thinly traded or the crowd is discounting the chance of an exact high ending up in the listed ranges, rather than ruling out a warm afternoon altogether.[2]

Seasonally, the market sits in the part of the year when Taipei is usually hot and humid, with August climate averages around **93°F/34°C** for the daily high and around **80°F/27°C** for the low, while broader guides describe August as the city’s hottest month with frequent rain and storm risk.[15][13][19] That means the key historical frame is not whether the day is warm, but whether the peak reaches the mid-30s Celsius that the live market is already clustering around.[2][15] Compared with those norms, a zero-per-cent contract price looks much more like an outlier in market pricing than a statement about the weather itself.[2][15]

The main catalysts are the short-range forecast updates before the noon UTC settlement window, especially any shift in cloud cover, rain bands, or typhoon tracking that could cap daytime heating or, conversely, allow a late spike in temperature.[6][12] AccuWeather’s Taipei outlook shows highs near **90°F/32°C** early in the month and a wider August range up to the low **90s°F**, which leaves room for either a low-30s or mid-30s Celsius finish depending on local conditions on the day.[3][4] Traders watching cross-platform signals will likely focus on whether forecast sites tighten towards **33°C–35°C** or whether weather models start to support an extreme late-day push above that band.[3][6]

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Methodology

Methodologically we separate two layers: the live probability (Polymarket mid-price) and the platform attributes (fee, KYC, settlement currency, payment rails). That keeps the comparison honest — a single canonical probability across the row, with the venue-by-venue trade-offs spelt out in the columns next to it.

Resolution & payout

Settlement runs on-chain. Polymarket's contract logic separates YES and NO shares as conditional tokens; at resolution the winning share lifts to $1.00 and the losing one to $0. The outcome input comes from the UMA Optimistic Oracle, which secures against bad resolution with a bond + dispute window.

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FAQ

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