Highest temperature in Wellington on August 6?

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Market context

Wellington Airport’s hottest reading on 6 August is a cool-weather event by design, and the market is trading with the crowd firmly on the cold side: the implied probability of **YES** at 0% suggests consensus is leaning towards no meaningful spike in the day’s maximum. August normals in Wellington sit around 12°C for daytime highs, with hourly and monthly forecasters clustering the day in roughly the 10-13°C range rather than anything extreme, so the favourite is the low-temperature band and the underdog is a much warmer outcome. That makes the value question less about chasing a blow-off high and more about whether the market is over-discounting a modest midday lift into the upper end of the usual August range.[2][6][7][10][16]

Comparable August patterns point to a tight distribution: Wellington is typically stable, breezy and changeable, with rain showers often limiting solar heating and keeping the airport’s daily maximum close to seasonal norms.[2][16][17] For a handicapper, that means the consensus sits in the middle bands rather than the top tail, and the contrarian angle is not a heatwave call but a small upside surprise if winds ease and cloud breaks for a few hours. The 0% price implies the market is treating any higher Celsius bucket as effectively dead money, which can create value only if the forecast materially shifts warmer than the current models. Keep an eye on short-term Wellington Airport forecasts, MetService updates and same-day observation trends around the midday local window, because the settlement depends on the single highest temperature logged before the close of the window.[4][6][13][18]

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Methodology

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UK Frequently Asked Questions

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What's the difference between YES and NO shares?

A YES share pays $1.00 if the event happens, $0 otherwise. A NO share pays $1.00 if the event doesn't happen. The market price between 0¢ and 100¢ is the implied probability.

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