Highest temperature in Taipei on August 8?

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Market context

Taipei’s highest temperature on 8 August will be the figure that decides this market, and the settlement source is Weather Underground’s **Daily Observations** table for the Taipei Songshan Airport Station rather than any headline high/low summary. That matters because the market can move on an observed station reading within the settlement window, not on citywide averages or forecast highs. Current crowd pricing at **0% YES** implies the market is still treating a qualifying reading as highly unlikely, even though Taipei’s August climate is normally hot, humid and capable of sharp daytime spikes. [1][7][15]

The historical frame is that Taipei can produce extreme August heat, with published reports citing **39.3°C on 8 August 2013** as the city’s highest recorded temperature and **38.5°C in August 2017** as a later summer record. Those cases show why traders should read this market as a station-specific extremes event rather than an “average August day” question. Comparable forecast products for 8 August point to much lower day highs in the high 20s to around 30°C, which is consistent with the market’s current low implied probability, but forecasts do not control settlement. [3][4][9][10]

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