Highest temperature in Seoul (Incheon) on August 4?

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Market context

The live weather setup points to a very hot afternoon at Incheon International Airport, with Seoul-area forecasts clustering around the high 30s in Celsius and a heatwave warning already in force for parts of the capital region. That makes the relevant settlement question less about an ordinary summer day and more about whether the airport station can push into the upper end of the forecast band rather than merely sit near the seasonal average.[2][3][4]

For context, August in Seoul is usually warm to very hot, with typical highs around the mid-20s to low-30s Celsius depending on the source, but the current forecast is materially above that norm.[1][14][18][19] The crowd-implied 0% YES looks hard to reconcile with published forecasts showing Seoul at 38°C and Incheon at 37°C, especially after SBS reported the first serious heatwave warning of the year and very muggy morning conditions; comparable heat spikes in Seoul tend to be driven by stagnant air and strong sunshine rather than long-lived tropical minima.[2][3]

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