Highest temperature in Hong Kong on August 11?

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Market context

Hong Kong’s **11 August maximum temperature** is the observable that will decide this market: the Hong Kong Observatory’s final “Absolute Daily Max” for the day, published in its Daily Extract, not an implied forecast. The current **0% YES** price should be read as a market sceptical that the eventual reading will fall into the YES range, but that can change quickly once the Observatory posts the final data and any afternoon heat spike is confirmed.

Comparable Hong Kong summer cases tend to be driven by how hot the urban core gets relative to the New Territories, and by whether showers or thunderstorms cut off the day’s peak before mid-afternoon. The official forecast for 11 August called for *extremely hot* conditions with a maximum of around 35°C in urban areas and a couple of degrees higher inland, while private forecasts clustered around roughly 31–35°C highs[7][9]. That framing matters because this market resolves on the recorded peak, so even a brief surge can decide the band. For context, August in Hong Kong is normally hot and humid, with many services showing highs in the low- to mid-30s Celsius[5][8].

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