Highest temperature in Hong Kong on August 21?

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Market context

Hong Kong’s hottest reading for 21 August is a late-day weather outcome, so the key market driver is whether the Observatory posts a fresh daily maximum after the midday settlement window closes. The contract tracks the Hong Kong Observatory’s “Absolute Daily Max (deg. C)” in the final daily extract, and that figure is only usable once the day’s data are published and finalised.

A 0% yes price is consistent with a market that has not yet had the relevant data point confirmed rather than a view that the outcome is impossible. Hong Kong’s August climatology is often warm enough to leave room for a high reading, but the settlement source is a specific station metric to one decimal place, so traders normally watch the Observatory’s own daily extract rather than broader city forecasts. The day’s result can be read only against the final bulletin, not intraday snapshots.

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