Lowest temperature in Hong Kong on August 17?

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Market context

On 17 August 2026, the Hong Kong Observatory will record the lowest temperature for that calendar day in degrees Celsius. This market resolves to whichever temperature band contains that single daily minimum, measured to one decimal place and published in the Observatory's official Daily Extract records. Settlement occurs once the Observatory finalises and publishes the data, which typically happens within days of the observation date.

Hong Kong's August temperatures are constrained by geography and season. The city sits in a subtropical monsoon zone where August is the height of summer; daily minima during this month historically cluster between 25 and 27 degrees Celsius, with recorded lows rarely dropping below 24 degrees. The current 0% crowd probability on lower temperature bands reflects this seasonal reality—a minimum below, say, 20 degrees Celsius in mid-August would require exceptional meteorological conditions such as a major typhoon or cold front, events that do occur but remain statistically uncommon for that specific date window. Comparable August days from prior years show the Observatory's data exhibits tight clustering around the 25–27 range, making extreme outliers improbable rather than impossible.

Traders should monitor the Hong Kong Observatory's typhoon and weather alerts in the fortnight preceding 17 August 2026, as tropical cyclone activity is the primary catalyst for temperature deviation. The Observatory publishes daily forecasts and storm warnings at weather.gov.hk; any named system tracking toward Hong Kong in early-to-mid August would materially shift probability distributions. Additionally, the final settlement depends entirely on the Observatory's publication schedule—delays in data release can postpone resolution beyond the nominal settlement window, though this is rare for routine daily temperature records.

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