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Seoul June 24 High Temperature: Will It Hit Twenty-Eight?

Seoul June 24 High Temperature: Will It Hit Twenty-Eight?

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SR Sofia Renard Climate & Science Analyst
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Lines Verdict
YES at 100% implied probability

MARKET SETTLED: Short-range forecast models and a $262K single-day volume surge confirm trader consensus around 28°C for Seoul on June 24. Market probability: 95.5%.

100% Market Probability
1h +0.0% 24h +62.1% Trend Moderate (65/100)
Volume
$379.8K
$354.5K in 24h
Liquidity
$208.8K
Deep liquidity
Time Left
7 hours
Resolves Jun 24
380K Vol. Jun 24, 2026

Seoul’s peak temperature on June 24 has the prediction market locked in. The contract for a high of 28°C sits at 95.5% implied probability, meaning traders have essentially treated this as a done deal. That kind of conviction doesn’t come from nowhere. It comes from actual atmospheric data pointing at a specific outcome before the day even closes.

The market question asks for the highest temperature recorded in Seoul on June 24. The 28°C outcome is priced at $0.95 YES and $0.05 NO. The market resolves at noon UTC on June 24, 2026. Total volume has reached $285,179, with $262,396 of that arriving in the last 24 hours alone.

How the Twenty-Eight Degree Contract Works

The YES side pays out if Seoul’s official high temperature on June 24 registers exactly 28°C as the contract’s resolution source confirms. The NO side pays if the recorded high lands anywhere other than 28°C. That means both hotter and cooler readings would push the NO side into the money.

  • YES ($0.95): Seoul’s June 24 high temperature resolves at exactly 28°C.
  • NO ($0.05): Seoul’s June 24 high lands at any other temperature, whether 27°C, 29°C, or any other listed outcome.

The NO side becomes real if Seoul’s weather deviates from the forecast corridor. A front pushing cooler air through the Korean Peninsula or an unexpectedly warm surge past 28°C would both invalidate this contract. Seoul’s June temperatures cluster in the mid-to-upper twenties historically, but daily highs can shift by two to three degrees depending on wind direction and cloud cover on any given afternoon.

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Momentum and Market Signals

The momentum composite here is decisive. The 24-hour price change of +20.4% combined with a trend score of 64.07 and flat 1-hour movement signals that a major repricing already happened, and the market has now settled into conviction. The driver is almost certainly current weather data and short-range forecast models for Seoul on June 24, which appear to have converged tightly around 28°C.

Total volume of $285,179 with $262,396 arriving in 24 hours tells a clear story. Traders rushed to lock in a position once the forecast window tightened. Liquidity sits at $175,399, which is healthy for a single-day weather contract. Volume above $100K on a daily temperature market is a strong conviction signal.

  • The 24-hour volume surge of $262,396 reflects traders pricing in updated short-range weather model output for Seoul.
  • The 1-hour price change is flat at 0.0%, meaning the market reached a consensus and stopped moving.
  • Liquidity of $175,399 gives the contract enough depth that a single large trade will not dramatically reprice it.
  • The trend score of 64.07 sits in moderately bullish territory, consistent with a market that has already made up its mind.
  • The 24-hour price change of +20.4% is the key signal. That move from $0.31 at open to $0.95 maps directly to forecast data locking in around 28°C.

Lines Analysis: What the Seoul Forecast Is Saying

June in Seoul typically sees daily highs ranging from the mid-twenties to the low thirties, with the average high in late June sitting near 27 to 29°C. A forecast of 28°C for June 24 falls squarely in the climatological normal range. The Korea Meteorological Administration’s short-range models have a strong track record within a 48-hour window, and the market’s dramatic price move suggests those models pointed at 28°C with high confidence.

What makes the NO outcome credible, even at 4.5%, is the resolution mechanism’s precision. This contract pays YES only on an exact 28°C reading. A high of 28.4°C that rounds to 28°C in reporting, or a reading of 27.9°C that gets reported as 28°C, depends entirely on how the resolution source handles decimal precision. That rounding ambiguity is arguably the last real source of uncertainty here.

  • Korea Meteorological Administration forecast data for June 24: a convergence on 28°C would explain the price surge from $0.31 to $0.95 within a single trading day.
  • Any late-day convective activity or sea breeze effect from the Yellow Sea could push Seoul’s afternoon high a degree in either direction.
  • Resolution source precision matters: how the official high is reported (rounded vs. decimal) could affect a near-threshold reading.
  • The market resolves at noon UTC, which is 9:00 PM Seoul time, well after the afternoon peak.
  • A second look at competing temperature outcome contracts (27°C, 29°C) would confirm whether other brackets absorbed any volume.

The $285,179 in total volume on a single-day weather market is substantial. The data here strongly favors the 28°C YES outcome. The only remaining risk is forecast deviation in the final hours and resolution precision on a near-28 reading.

LINES VERDICT

MARKET SETTLED: TWENTY-EIGHT DEGREES PRICED AS CONFIRMED

The forecast convergence and the dramatic single-day price surge tell the same story. Short-range weather models have pointed at 28°C for Seoul on June 24 with enough confidence to move over a quarter million dollars into this contract in 24 hours.

What the market says: At 95.5% implied probability, traders have priced this as settled. The contract resolves at noon UTC on June 24, leaving minimal time for weather to reprice it.

Key unknown: The single most important factor now is resolution precision. Whether the official reporting source records the daily high as exactly 28°C or a decimal value that rounds differently is the last remaining variable that could shift this contract.

Frequently Asked Questions

Traders have priced a 95.5% chance that Seoul's official high on June 24 lands at exactly 28°C. It reflects strong short-range forecast convergence, not a guarantee.

The NO side pays if Seoul's June 24 high records any temperature other than 28°C, including 27°C, 29°C, or any other listed outcome. Even a one-degree miss settles NO.

Updated short-range weather model output, likely from the Korea Meteorological Administration's 48-hour forecast window, appears to have locked in a 28°C projection for Seoul on June 24.

The market resolves at noon UTC on June 24, 2026, which is 9:00 PM Seoul local time, after the afternoon temperature peak has already been recorded.

Yes. Over $262,000 arrived in 24 hours, which is substantial for a single-day temperature contract. Liquidity of $175,399 means the price reflects genuine trader consensus, not a thin-book spike.

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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What Could Shift These Probabilities?

Forecast Holds at Twenty-Eight

Korea Meteorological Administration models maintain their 28°C projection through the afternoon peak. Seoul's June 24 high records exactly 28°C in official reporting. The contract resolves YES and the 95.5% probability proves accurate. Traders who entered at the $0.31 open capture the full return.

Afternoon Surge Pushes to Twenty-Nine

A stronger-than-forecast warm air mass or reduced afternoon cloud cover pushes Seoul's high to 29°C. The 28°C contract resolves NO despite the near-miss. The $0.05 NO side would cash out, and the 29°C alternative contract would gain significant value in final-hour trading.

Cooler Air Drops It to Twenty-Seven

A sea breeze from the Yellow Sea or unexpected cloud cover holds Seoul's high to 27°C. The 28°C contract resolves NO. The 27°C alternative outcome contract would see rapid repricing in the final trading window before the noon UTC resolution.

Resolution Precision Creates a Dispute

Seoul records an official high of 27.6°C or 28.4°C. Depending on how the resolution source rounds or reports the decimal value, the outcome could land in a contested gray zone. Rounding methodology at the official Korean weather station becomes the decisive variable rather than the temperature itself.

Key macro factor: Late June in Seoul sits in the pre-monsoon transition period, when the East Asian summer monsoon front approaches the peninsula, creating day-to-day temperature variability that can shift daily highs by two to three degrees.

Market Timeline

Jun 22, 4:03 AM
Market Created
Jun 22, 4:18 AM
Market Opened
12:00 PM
Market Resolution

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