Highest temperature in Taipei on August 24?

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Market context

Polymarket is pricing this Taipei temperature contract at 0% YES today, which leaves the order book effectively anchored to a very low chance of a noon-time print landing in the listed Celsius band. The market settles against NOAA readings for Taipei Songshan Airport, and only the highest “Temp” value recorded before the settlement window closes matters, so traders are really buying exposure to a brief daytime spike rather than the whole-day average.

That zero pricing sits against a late-August climate that is usually hot and humid in Taipei, but not uniformly extreme; typical August highs are around 32–34°C, with heavy rain and cloud cover often capping the upside. Recent local coverage has also highlighted unstable weather, heat alerts in Taipei and New Taipei City, and periods of showers linked to monsoon flow and nearby tropical disturbance, all of which can suppress the terminal maximum even when the city feels oppressive.

For traders, the key catalysts are the forecast updates into the morning of 24 August, any changes in rainfall timing, and whether cloud breaks appear before the NOAA station records its daily peak. The contract is funded and traded in USDC on Polygon as a conditional token position, so price can move quickly if model guidance shifts or if airport observations start printing warmer-than-expected values before the settlement cut-off.

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Methodology

This page reviews Highest temperature in Taipei on August 24? across five venues. The live probability is the Polymarket mid-price, sourced directly from the on-chain Polygon order book; the comparison columns benchmark each venue on fee structure, KYC, settlement currency and payment rails. Every CTA routes to Kalshi UK, which mirrors the Polymarket order book at 0% fees.

Resolution & payout

Settlement runs on-chain. Polymarket's contract logic separates YES and NO shares as conditional tokens; at resolution the winning share lifts to $1.00 and the losing one to $0. The outcome input comes from the UMA Optimistic Oracle, which secures against bad resolution with a bond + dispute window.

Once finalised, the smart contract pays USDC to the holders' wallets within minutes — no withdrawal fees beyond Polygon network gas. Kalshi settles in USD via CFTC clearance, Betfair in account currency net of commission, Manifold in play-money mana with no cash-out.

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