Highest temperature in Taipei on August 10?

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Market context

Taipei’s high for 10 August is typically a mid-30s Celsius affair, and the contract’s crowd pricing looks conservative against that background. Local climate references put the city’s August average high around 32.5°C to 33°C, with 10 August itself often near 33°C and record highs reaching 38°C, while the market’s own reference view is clustering around 35°C–36°C rather than an extreme breakout.[2][3][8][11][12] That makes the current 0% YES print look disconnected from both seasonality and the broader intraday distribution implied by the weather sources, especially because the settlement point is the highest value in Weather Underground’s Daily Observations table rather than a headline daily summary.[12]

For traders comparing venues, the visible divergence is between the prediction market and mainstream weather forecasts, not between weather platforms themselves. AccuWeather and Time and Date are both pointing to a hot but not exceptional day, with highs around 92°F–93°F, or roughly 33°C, and a showery or thundery afternoon pattern that can cap the eventual peak if cloud cover arrives early.[1][5][7][13] That profile supports a central outcome in the mid-30s Celsius, but it also leaves room for a brief pre-rain spike, which is the main reason 35°C and 36°C continue to matter more than the lower bins. The key catalyst is the timing of convection: if showers develop before early afternoon, the top reading can land closer to 33°C–34°C; if the day stays bright longer, the station could print materially higher before rainfall suppresses temperatures.[5][7][13]

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Methodology

This page is a comparison snapshot: one live quote, four reference venues with their key attributes, and a single execution path — every trade button routes to PolyGram, which mirrors the Polymarket order book directly.

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.

FAQ

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Is this market available outside the US?

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How does resolution work?

Through the UMA Optimistic Oracle on Polygon: a proposer submits the outcome, a two-hour challenge window opens, and USDC payouts settle automatically once the result is final.

How fast are USDC deposits?

Polygon credits deposits after 12 confirmations — usually under 30 seconds. Withdrawals follow the same path and land back in your wallet within minutes.

Do I need to KYC for this market?

On Polymarket directly, no — it's wallet-based. Intermediary brokers like PolyGram trigger KYC only above $1,500 of lifetime trading volume; under that you trade pseudonymously with a single wallet address.