Highest temperature in Taipei on July 24?

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Market context

Taipei’s peak temperature on 24 July is already sitting inside a fairly tight summer band, with July daily highs typically around 33-34°C and only rarely getting much above 36°C under normal conditions. That makes the market’s current crowd-implied 0% for the top end look aggressive if the day behaves like a standard Taipei July, but it also reflects how quickly a wet afternoon or earlier cloud build can cap the airport station’s maximum. Historical July data also show that the city’s long-run extreme is well above the everyday average, so a hot outlier is not impossible even if it is not the base case.[2][3][5][7]

What traders should watch is the day’s actual heat profile at Taipei Songshan Airport, not just the citywide forecast: early sunshine, late-morning cloud cover, and any convective rain can all stop the maximum from printing in the highest bucket. July in Taipei is notably humid and changeable, with frequent rainfall and late-day downpours common, so the key catalyst is whether the afternoon stays dry long enough for temperatures to extend into the mid-30s Celsius or gets trimmed by showers and sea-breeze effects.[4][5][8] Polymarket’s own ladder currently has 35°C as the leading outcome at 25%, with 32°C next at 19%, which suggests the market is pricing a fairly warm but not exceptional day rather than a true heat spike.[1]

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Methodology

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Resolution & payout

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FAQ

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What's the difference between match odds and outright odds?

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