Highest temperature in Los Angeles on August 9?

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Market context

Los Angeles International Airport’s temperature for 9 August is the settlement driver here, and the market has already converged on a very specific band because the observed daily maximum has been reported around 80–81°F in the primary Weather Underground-style resolution framing.[1][9] That is consistent with the weaker coastal profile on the day itself, with live National Weather Service observations at KLAX running in the upper 70s to around 79°F through early afternoon rather than pushing into the 90s.[10][12]

The historical read is that KLAX usually moves more slowly than inland Los Angeles on hot spells, so traders should anchor to airport microclimate rather than citywide headlines. Recent coverage showed the region was under a heat advisory with much hotter readings inland, while Los Angeles proper had recently topped out at 94°F on a prior day; that kind of spread matters because the airport can undershoot the broader basin when marine influence holds.[6][16] The current 0% crowd price on the market’s 0 range is therefore mainly a reflection of the already-printed daytime path, not a view that the airport cannot be warm.

What can still move the line is late official revision and the exact publication of the final Daily Observations table, since the market rules give that table priority over the Day High & Low summary and allow revisions until the first datapoint for the following date is published.[1] Traders should watch for any late update from Weather Underground or National Weather Service observation feeds at KLAX, alongside the end-of-day archive timing, because a one-degree adjustment is enough to shift the bin if the final figure is sitting on a range boundary.[1][10]

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