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Busan June 4 High Temp: Will 25°C Hold?

Busan June 4 High Temp: Will 25°C Hold?

SR Sofia Renard Climate & Science Analyst
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Resolution Verdict
YES Market Resolved

Market has ended. Final implied probability: 100%.

Resolved
Volume
$57.7K
$44.2K in 24h
Liquidity
$89.2K
Moderate depth
Time Left
Ended
Resolves Jun 4
58K Vol. Ended
25°C $6K Vol.
100%
20°C or below $1K Vol.
0%
21°C $186 Vol.
0%
22°C $7K Vol.
0%
23°C $8K Vol.
0%
24°C $12K Vol.
0%

A 65% market probability doesn’t appear from nowhere. Busan’s June 4 daily high has attracted nearly $24,000 in trading volume in the last 24 hours alone, with the contract on a 25°C outcome surging almost 30% in a single day. The data doesn’t care about the politics, and right now the data points to one number.

The market question asks: what is the highest temperature recorded in Busan on June 4, 2026? The 25°C outcome trades at $0.65, with the field of alternatives collectively priced at $0.35. The contract resolves at 12:00 on June 4, 2026. Total volume stands at $31,615.

How the Busan Temperature Contract Works

This contract resolves YES if Busan’s official daily maximum temperature on June 4 registers exactly 25°C. The full outcome ladder runs from 20°C or below up through 30°C or higher, with each degree increment as a separate market. Resolution depends on the official temperature reading assigned to the Busan station for the date.

  • 25°C outcome trades at $0.65, implying a 65% probability of resolution.
  • Alternative outcomes collectively price the remaining 35% probability across ten other increments.

A miss on 25°C means capital flows to whichever adjacent outcome, 24°C or 26°C most likely, captured the correct reading. Neither adjacent outcome is showing strong competing volume, which reinforces the market’s conviction around 25°C specifically.

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Momentum and Market Signals

The momentum signal here is unusually sharp. The 25°C outcome gained 29.5% in the past 24 hours, building on moves of roughly 8.5% and 19.5% on June 3 alone. A trend score of 64.07 confirms sustained directional buying, not a single spike. The most likely driver is updated short-range forecast data becoming available for the Busan region on June 3, pulling traders toward a tight temperature window.

Total volume of $31,615 with $23,486 arriving in 24 hours signals a late-breaking conviction trade. Liquidity sits at $29,195, which is healthy for a single-city daily temperature market. Volume is below $1 million overall, so a fresh forecast update or a weather system shift could move the price sharply in either direction before resolution.

  • The 29.5% 24-hour gain combined with a trend score above 60 points to coordinated positioning, not noise.
  • $23,486 of the $31,615 total volume landed in the last 24 hours, concentrating risk near resolution.
  • Liquidity at $29,195 supports meaningful position sizing without slippage concerns at this scale.
  • No competing outcome shows a comparable volume surge, which narrows the probability mass around 25°C.
  • The 1-hour change of 0.0% suggests the market has found a near-term equilibrium at $0.65.

Lines Analysis: Busan on June Four

Here’s what the measurements are telling us. Busan in early June typically sits in a transitional window, post-spring warming but ahead of the humid summer surge. Average daily highs for the first week of June in Busan historically fall in the 22°C to 26°C range, with 25°C representing a plausible midpoint. The market’s sharp move toward 25°C tracks with synoptic patterns that traders are apparently reading as consistent with a mild, partly cloudy early June day rather than an unseasonably warm or cool outlier.

The risk to the 25°C outcome lives in forecast uncertainty at short range. A stronger-than-expected onshore flow from the Korea Strait could cap temperatures at 23°C or 24°C. Conversely, a clear sky day with southerly advection could push the reading to 26°C or 27°C. The market is pricing uncertainty, not science, and a two-degree miss in either direction would redistribute the entire $31,615 pot to a different outcome.

  • Korea Meteorological Administration short-range forecast for Busan on June 4 is the single most important signal remaining before resolution.
  • A cloud cover update or wind direction shift in morning model runs could move the $0.65 price before the 12:00 close.
  • Adjacent outcomes at 24°C and 26°C are the most likely beneficiaries if 25°C misses.
  • The 12:00 resolution window means morning temperature trends in Busan will begin confirming or denying the outcome before the market closes.

Total volume of $31,615 is concentrated enough to reflect genuine informational conviction, not random churn. The data favors 25°C based on the volume signal alone. What remains unknown is whether the forecast models that drove yesterday’s buying remain accurate through the June 4 morning observation window.

MARKET CONVICTION ON TWENTY-FIVE DEGREES

The late surge in volume and the clean directional trend score point to traders with access to current forecast data making a coordinated call on 25°C. The market has moved fast and held its level, which is exactly what conviction looks like in a short-duration weather contract.

What the market says: A 65% implied probability means the market assigns roughly two-to-one odds on a 25°C reading. With resolution in hours, the price will be sensitive to any morning forecast update or early temperature observation from Busan.

Key unknown: The Korea Meteorological Administration’s final short-range model output for Busan on June 4 morning is the single data point that could reprice this contract before the 12:00 close.

Frequently Asked Questions

The market assigns roughly a two-in-three chance that Busan’s official daily high on June 4 lands at exactly 25°C. A $0.65 stake on YES pays $1.00 if the outcome resolves correctly.

Any outcome other than exactly 25°C resolves this contract as NO. Capital would shift to whichever adjacent temperature outcome, most likely 24°C or 26°C, captured the correct reading.

An updated Korea Meteorological Administration short-range forecast showing a temperature above 26°C or below 24°C for Busan on June 4 would likely push the $0.65 price sharply lower.

The contract resolves at 12:00 on June 4, 2026, based on the official temperature reading assigned to the Busan station for that date.

Total volume of $31,615 is below $1 million, meaning a single large trade or fresh forecast data can move the price sharply. The signal is real but the market is small.

We aggregate the live positions of the top 50 Polymarket whales (ranked by 30-day tracked volume) into one composite reading per market. It refreshes every hour. The percentage shows how many of those whales hold YES versus NO; the net dollar position shows the cohort's directional exposure in dollars.

A convergence event fires when three or more tracked wallets buy the same outcome on the same market within a four-hour window. We surface these in the activity feed and the VIP digest.

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Market Resolved Outcome: YES
Final Price 100%
Settled Jun 4, 2026
Duration 2 days

Resolution Analysis

Morning Forecast Confirms 25°C Window

Korea Meteorological Administration model runs on June 4 morning lock in a 25°C reading with clear skies and light wind. Early Busan temperature observations track toward the target. The $0.65 price holds or ticks higher as the resolution window narrows and late traders pile in.

Onshore Flow Caps Temperature at 24°C

A stronger-than-forecast marine layer pushes in from the Korea Strait overnight, keeping Busan's morning high below target. The daily maximum stalls at 24°C. The 25°C contract collapses from $0.65 toward zero as resolution approaches, and the 24°C outcome captures the redistributed volume.

Adjacent Outcomes Gain on Forecast Uncertainty

Revised synoptic forecasts widen the temperature uncertainty band for Busan on June 4, spreading probability mass across 24°C, 25°C, and 26°C. The 26°C outcome attracts fresh buying as southerly flow strengthens in model runs. The 25°C contract eases from $0.65 as traders hedge across adjacent increments before the 12:00 close.

Unexpected Warm Surge Pushes Reading to 27°C or Above

A rapid southerly advection event, underweighted in current model guidance, drives Busan's official high to 27°C or above on June 4. The entire probability stack below 27°C collapses simultaneously. The redistribution hits multiple outcomes at once, repricing the full temperature ladder in the hour before the 12:00 resolution cutoff.

Key macro factor: Early June synoptic patterns over the Korean Peninsula are influenced by the East Asian monsoon onset timing, which in 2026 determines whether southerly warm advection or marine onshore flow dominates the Busan temperature window on June 4.

Market Timeline

Jun 2, 2026, 4:06 AM
Market Created
Jun 2, 2026, 4:42 AM
Event Start
Jun 2, 2026, 4:56 AM
Market Opened
Jun 4, 2026
Market Resolution

Market Comments

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