Highest temperature in Shanghai on July 31?

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Market context

The event is the **highest temperature** recorded at Shanghai Pudong International Airport Station on 31 July 2026, with settlement based on the daily maximum shown by Wunderground for that station. July is normally Shanghai’s hottest, stickiest stretch, and late-month highs often sit in the low-to-mid 30s Celsius, with some years pushing much higher; recent city reporting also described prolonged heatwave conditions driven by the subtropical high-pressure system.[4][2][6]

For probability reading, the market’s 0% YES is best viewed against Shanghai’s climate distribution rather than any single forecast snapshot. Historical July data show average highs near 31°C, while late-July daily maxima around 34–36°C are common and hotter spikes above 37°C occur in severe heat episodes; Shanghai has also set extreme heat records in recent years, including a 40.9°C city record at Xujiahui, showing that very high outcomes are possible even if they are not typical.[4][14][17][19]

From a regulatory and access angle, this is the sort of weather market that may still sit within different legal regimes depending on venue and user location. German GlüStV rules can matter because prediction markets may be treated as gambling-style products there, while the US CFTC can assert reach where a venue offers derivatives-like contracts to US persons; in practice, “no-KYC up to $1,500” usually means a participant can trade with limited identity checks until cumulative activity crosses that threshold, which can make a small weather position easier to access but does not remove jurisdictional restrictions. For catalysts, traders should watch overnight and early-morning Shanghai observations, any heat advisories or rainfall changes that affect the airport station reading, and the final Wunderground daily maximum before the 12:00 UTC settlement window closes; airport-adjacent stations can differ from city-centre readings, so local conditions around Pudong matter most.[8][2]

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Methodology

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