Highest temperature in Milan on August 7?

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Market context

The event is the highest Celsius reading recorded at Milano Malpensa Airport on 7 August, with settlement based on Weather Underground’s **Daily Observations** table rather than its summary high/low display. That makes the market more about the station report cadence than about generic city forecasts: a late-afternoon spike can matter more than the day’s headline forecast if it is captured in the observations feed.

The current 0% YES pricing is hard to read as a temperature call and more plausibly reflects accessibility and resolution mechanics. Comparable Milan August forecasts still point to a hot but not extreme profile, with forecast highs around the high-20s to low-30s Celsius and an official yellow high-temperature warning in force on the day, while the market’s own range outcomes suggest traders are focused on whether the airport station prints in the mid-30s or lower. Polymarket’s own listing notes that revisions within the market window are counted only until the first datapoint for the following date appears, which matters because airports often publish several intraday observations before the final daily maximum is fixed.[9][12][14]

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