Highest temperature in Taipei on August 8?

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Market context

Taipei is facing a weather call that resolves to the day’s highest temperature at Songshan Airport, not the more visible day-high summary, and the market is currently priced as if a very low ceiling is most likely. That 0% crowd-implied Yes probability sits against a city whose August climate is normally hot and humid, with average highs around 30–34°C and occasional spikes well into the high 30s, including a recorded 39.3°C on 8 August 2013 and 38.5°C in August 2017. August forecasts published for Taipei around this period have generally pointed to highs in the low 30s to low 90s Fahrenheit, which is consistent with the market leaning away from an extreme outcome and towards a more routine late-summer reading.[2][4][6][10][11]

For historical framing, the key point is that Taipei’s August distribution is not narrow: most days cluster around the low-to-mid 30s Celsius, but the city has repeatedly produced outlier heat when conditions favour clear skies and weak wind. Songshan Airport is the resolution source here, so the exact station reading matters more than citywide headlines or the broad forecast range shown on consumer sites. Traders should watch for the final morning and early-afternoon evolution of cloud cover, rainfall bands and typhoon-related moisture, because those are the main near-term dependencies that can suppress the daily maximum; current public forecasts have also shown heavy rain risk around the date, which would materially reduce the chance of a high-end temperature print.[7][8][16]

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