Highest temperature in Wellington on August 5?

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Market context

The real-world event is the highest temperature recorded at Wellington International Airport on 5 August, measured before the market’s settlement window closes at 12:00 UTC. Recent Wellington forecasts cluster around a cool late-winter day, with August norms near 12°C and day-to-day highs commonly sitting in the low teens rather than anything materially warmer.[9][14][18]

That context helps explain why the crowd-implied 0% YES can be read as a statement that the market is pricing an extremely low chance of a headline outlier, not a certainty that the day cannot spike. Wellington’s airport observations and forecasts often show brisk wind and cloud, which can cap daytime warming, but local temperature swings are still possible if sunshine arrives early or winds briefly ease; the relevant comparator is the airport station’s recorded maximum, not the city forecast alone.[3][5][15] As a framing point, the settlement source is a specific Wunderground history page for Wellington Intl Airport, so only that station’s on-the-day high matters.[15]

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