Highest temperature in Toronto on August 2?

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Market context

The event is whether the **highest temperature at Toronto Pearson** on 2 August 2026 lands in the market’s chosen Celsius band, using the day’s maximum reading from Wunderground’s historical page for the airport station. August in Toronto is usually warm rather than extreme: the city’s long-run average high for the month is about **26.1°C**, while the record August day high is **38.9°C**. [1]

That combination matters because the current **0% YES** implies the crowd sees the listed range as effectively unreachable, but August climatology still leaves room for notable heat spikes. Historical Toronto temperature records show that early August can produce highs in the low 30s, including a **33.9°C** record for 2 August in one Toronto dataset, and recent August daily highs have often reached the mid-to-high 20s, with occasional low-30s readings. [1][4] For market reading, the key point is that a single hot afternoon at Pearson can move the settlement outcome, even if the month starts with a modest seasonal baseline. [1][9]

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