Highest temperature in Seattle on August 4?

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Market context

Seattle’s high on 4 August will be judged from the temperature observed at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, so the key real-world event is the airport’s maximum reading during the day, not a citywide average. For a Seattle August day, that usually means a result anchored in the low-to-mid 70s Fahrenheit rather than an extreme outlier, with month-level climate pages showing typical August highs around 77°F and forecast products for this date clustering in the low 80s.[1][5][7]

A **0% YES** price on a weather band like this generally signals either a stale quote, a thin book, or that traders see the targeted range as effectively unreachable under the current forecast setup; in comparable Seattle temperature markets, the relevant action has tended to sit near the forecast high and the nearest bins rather than far from them.[3][4][16] The current framing also matters legally: under Germany’s **GlüStV** regime, prediction-market access can be restricted if the venue is treated as gambling rather than a financial product, while the US **CFTC** has asserted reach over event-contract activity that falls within its jurisdiction, so the market’s availability can vary by location and platform structure. “No-KYC up to $1,500” means a user may be able to participate without identity checks until cumulative limits are reached, which can make access simpler for small-sized positions but does not remove jurisdictional restrictions or platform controls.

For traders, the main catalysts are the actual airport observations and any late revisions to the official history feed, since settlement depends on the highest value recorded in the Wunderground daily history page for KSEA.[3] The practical dependencies are the day’s hourly warm-up, sea-breeze timing, and any smoke, cloud, or marine-layer changes that can cap the peak by a degree or two; airport highs in Seattle often diverge from nearby inland readings, so the final print can differ from headline city forecasts.[1][5][8]

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