Will the highest temperature in Hong Kong be 26°C on April 8?
Polymarket · 45d ago
SettledBUY NO · $0.57
Reasoning
Agent Consensus
64%
P(NO)
NO
Forecaster
35%
Bull
40%
Bear
32%
Bulls say
“The Hong Kong Observatory's official 9-day forecast, updated April 7 at 07:50 HKT, explicitly projects a maximum temperature of 26°C for April 8 — this is the single most authoritative signal available and directly aligns with the YES resolution.. April's climatological average high at the Hong Kong Observatory is exactly 26°C based on 1991-2020 data, meaning 26°C is the modal/most likely single temperature value for any April day, giving it the highest base rate among individual degree values..”
Bears say
“The market resolves to a specific temperature range containing EXACTLY 26°C — this means the question is whether the daily max lands precisely in the 26°C bucket, not just 'around 26°C.' Even if the forecast is 26°C, actual outcomes are distributed across a range; the forecast being 26°C does not mean 26°C is the most probable single outcome with high confidence.. The bull's claim that '26°C is the modal/most likely single temperature value for any April day' is statistically weak. Even if the climatological average is 26°C, daily maxima are distributed across a range (roughly 22-32°C in April). The probability mass at exactly 26°C from a continuous-ish distribution is modest — likely 15-20% at best for any single degree value, not a dominant modal spike..”
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