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Central Park from above, early morning. Video: the Dronalist, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; cut and looped. Silent; stops if your phone is set to reduce motion.

EXAMPLE MARKET · NOT A LIVE CONTRACT
P(x)

The high temperature in Central Park on Thu, Oct 15, 2026 is 75°F or higher.

True
38¢
False
62¢
62% implied
(•) the National Weather Service daily climate report for Central Park
Published the morning after the day ends. If it is not published on time, the applies. Listed on Kalshi, a CFTC-designated contract market.
WHAT THIS MEASURES

A weather station in Central Park has recorded the temperature since 1869. This contract asks one thing: will the day's , as first published in the daily report, be 75°F or higher.

FILM · 30 SECONDS · TO BE MADE
How this settles
1Orders close
2The station records the day's high
3The NWS publishes its daily report
4The holder pays out
PAST READINGS · DAILY HIGH, °F
14 days to Oct 15 line: 75°F

Illustrative values. The live chart reads the station's record. Every bar is one colour: a day above the line is a fact, not a win.

WHEN IT SETTLES
→Orders taken until trading closes, Thu, Oct 15, 2026
◷Settling: the NWS publishes the daily report
⊢Settled: the day's high, as first published
↧Paid to the holder, in the holder's own words

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Why people with a real reason watch this
An outdoor event, a café's iced-drink order, a landscaper's crew schedule: their day depends on the weather. A contract pays $1.00 or $0 per contract on the published high. It does not cover a loss and is not insurance. Information only.
for 10 contracts at 38¢$0.17

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One weather market, as a customer would meet it

Weather is the one non-sports category growing fast, and the one with the clearest economic purpose. Example market, not a live contract. See also the CPI market.

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