Highest temperature in Munich on August 7?

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Market context

Polymarket prices this contract at **0% YES** today, so the market is effectively saying there is no current willingness to pay up for a 7 August Munich Airport high that lands in the specified winning range. On Polymarket, positions are bought in **USDC** on **Polygon**, with the outcome represented through conditional tokens, so the quoted price is the crowd’s live probability rather than a forecast of the weather itself.

The historical frame is not especially supportive of a spike. Munich’s August climate is usually mild rather than extreme: WeatherSpark puts average daily highs around **75°F to 70°F** through the month, with wet-day odds falling from **43%** to **37%** as August progresses, while other climatology sources cluster around low-to-mid 20s Celsius for daytime highs.[10][7][9] That makes a very hot outcome possible but not routine, and the current 0% quote suggests traders are not seeing enough evidence yet of a heat event that would push the airport station into an unusually high temperature band.[1][10]

For catalysts, the key inputs are the evolving Munich forecast and any short-term shifts in rain, cloud cover, or incoming warm air; the market resolves only from the **Munich Airport Station** reading on Wunderground, so the official daily high there is what matters, not city-centre conditions.[Market description] Current forecast pages vary, but several point to changeable weather, with some showing rain showers and highs in the low-to-mid 20s Celsius, while others briefly model warmer conditions above 25°C.[2][3][4][17] Traders watching the on-chain book should therefore focus on late forecast updates rather than the calendar alone, because a single revised daily high can move the implied probability quickly.

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Methodology

This page is a comparison snapshot: one live quote, four reference venues with their key attributes, and a single execution path — every trade button routes to Polymarket Scam?, which mirrors the Polymarket order book directly.

Resolution & payout

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