Highest temperature in Wellington on August 6?

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Market context

The event is the highest temperature recorded at Wellington International Airport on 6 August 2026, measured in Celsius and resolved from Wunderground’s daily history page for NZWN. August in Wellington is normally cool and changeable rather than warm: published climate averages put the month’s daytime highs around 12–13.6°C, with overnight lows near 4–9°C, so the market needs an unseasonably mild reading to land in the upper ranges.[1][2][7]

That is why the crowd’s 0% YES pricing looks consistent with the historical setup rather than an outlier view. Comparable August climate summaries for Wellington show a fairly narrow distribution around the low teens, and even broader weather-history pages describe the city’s winter highs as usually mid-teens at most; one August reference cites a record monthly high of 61°F, or about 16°C, which frames the practical ceiling for a single-day airport observation.[6][16][18] For a binary market tied to a specific temperature band, the key question is less whether Wellington is “warm” and more whether today’s airport maximum clears the band that traders expect from a typical winter day.

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