Highest temperature in Madrid on July 31?

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Market context

Madrid’s airport temperature on 31 July will be set by the highest reading at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport Station before the settlement cut-off, so the key variable is the day’s actual peak, not the forecast high or a citywide average. Local forecasts for Madrid point to a hot, dry afternoon, with one Spanish outlet citing 38°C and 0% rain, while AccuWeather’s monthly outlooks for 31 July cluster around the mid-30s °C, which is consistent with a broad summer range rather than an outlier.[4][1][5]

Historically, Madrid in July usually posts very warm daytime maxima: WeatherSpark says daily highs rise from about 31°C to 33°C on average through the month and rarely fall below 26°C or exceed 37°C, while another view of the monthly pattern shows highs often around 33°C.[6][16] That framing makes a 0% implied probability for YES on a temperature range feel disconnected from the climatology unless the contract’s YES band is extremely high or the market has a settlement-definition mismatch. For traders, the more relevant cue is whether the airport station matches the city forecast closely enough for the peak to sit in the expected hot-but-not-record territory.[4][6]

The main catalysts are the intraday evolution of the heat and any late forecast updates from Spanish weather services or global forecasters before the 12:00 UTC settlement window closes. Because the contract settles off Wunderground’s airport station, a trader should watch whether sunshine and dry air allow the airport to edge above the city forecast, or whether morning cloud, wind, or an afternoon cooling trend keeps the maximum contained.[15][4] In crypto-market terms, this is a straightforward USDC-settled weather binary, so the price should mostly reflect local meteorology rather than BTC or ETH direction, unless broader market stress changes liquidity or position sizing.

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Methodology

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Resolution & payout

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