Highest temperature in Chengdu on July 24?

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Market context

Chengdu’s airport high for 24 July will be set by the warmest reading recorded at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport Station, with settlement in USDC depending on the Wunderground history page rather than any local headline forecast. July in Chengdu is typically hot, humid and rain-affected, with climatology pointing to average highs around 30°C and frequent showers, while current forecasts for the city sit in the mid-30s Celsius with elevated humidity. That leaves the practical question less about outright heat and more about whether cloud cover or rain suppresses the day’s peak before the settlement window closes. [3][4]

The current **0% YES** price implies the market is not assigning any probability to the event’s qualifying range yet, which is unusual for a summer temperature contract and may simply reflect thin liquidity or stale quoting rather than a strong view on the weather itself. Comparable Chengdu July conditions often produce highs in the low-to-mid 30s Celsius, and recent short-range forecasts have already shown values around 35–36°C, so traders will tend to read any move in the benchmark station’s morning progression against that seasonal backdrop. [1][3][4]

The main catalysts are the intraday weather updates, especially any shift in cloud cover, rainfall timing or moisture levels that could cap the airport station’s maximum before noon UTC. For a crypto-native market, the focus is on whether USDC inventory is sufficient on-chain for fast repricing and whether broader BTC and ETH risk sentiment is calm enough to let a weather market trade on its own fundamentals rather than spill over from macro volatility. If crypto funding rates or spot flows spike sharply, that can distort attention and liquidity even when the underlying contract is weather-led, but the settlement itself still turns only on the airport temperature print from Wunderground.

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Methodology

This page reads Highest temperature in Chengdu on July 24? on-chain. Polymarket's quote comes directly from the Polygon order book — the only comparable venue with on-chain settlement. Kalshi (USD, off-chain), Betfair (GBP/EUR, off-chain) and Manifold (play-money) are listed alongside for venue context. Every CTA routes to BTC Prediction, which mirrors the Polymarket order book directly.

Resolution & payout

Settlement is on-chain via UMA Optimistic Oracle. A proposer posts the outcome with a bond, a two-hour dispute window opens, then the smart contract lifts winning conditional tokens to 1 USDC and sends payments to holders' wallets automatically. No withdrawal fees beyond Polygon gas.

Off-chain venues (Kalshi, Betfair, Smarkets) settle in local fiat through bank-side clearing — faster than SWIFT, slower than on-chain. Manifold pays no real cash.

FAQ

What are crypto prediction markets?

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