Measured at the Cape Town International Airport station, which is the official record for the city. One hot day is all it takes.
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This market resolves YES if the highest daily maximum temperature recorded at the Cape Town International Airport weather station during the reference month is 35.0 degrees Celsius or higher. It resolves NO in every other case.
Settles from: South African Weather Service official climate record for the Cape Town International Airport station (https://www.weathersa.co.za/home/equiries_climatedata). Closes 2026-11-06 12:00 SAST. Decided 2026-11-09 12:00 SAST. The station is Cape Town International Airport. The station name and its SAWS station number must be stated in full on the market page, a market on 'Cape Town' without a named station is not resolvable, because different stations in the metro routinely differ by several degrees on the same day.
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If any of the following happens, the question is voided and every stake goes back. It scores for nobody either way.
The South African Weather Service does not supply the climate record for the station and reference month within 30 calendar days of the determination date; The station is decommissioned, relocated, or its observations are not recorded for more than five days of the reference month; The South African Weather Service records the month's data as incomplete or unverifi
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