Highest temperature in Taipei on August 8?

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Market context

Taipei’s highest reading on 8 August will be set by the temperature logged at Songshan Airport Station in Weather Underground’s Daily Observations table, not by the broader Day High & Low panel. That matters because this market settles on an exact Celsius band for the day’s peak, so the key question is whether the station reaches the next threshold before cooling, cloud cover, or rain suppresses the afternoon maximum.

The historical frame is straightforward: Taipei can produce very hot August spikes, with past summer records above 38°C and an island record of 39.3°C noted on 8 August 2013, while ordinary August averages are much lower, around the low-30s Celsius. Recent market pricing at 0% YES implies traders see the listed band as very unlikely on the current forecast setup, but weather markets often reprice sharply if the observed peak diverges from model highs or arrives earlier than expected.

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Methodology

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