How the Austin high-temperature market settles

Kalshi's Austin market settles on the daily high at Austin-Bergstrom (KAUS), not Camp Mabry, as the climate report CLIAUS and The Weather Company publish it. Series KXHIGHAUS, listed since May 11, 2023.

Updated Oct 30, 5:21 AM CDT: newest final official high is for Thu, Oct 29.

Today in Austin

The settlement station

Austin-Bergstrom International Airport

Not Camp Mabry.

Station
KAUS
Report code
CLIAUS
NWS office
EWX
Time zone
America/Chicago

Source: Kalshi contract terms; NWS climate report CLIAUS

Today's window (Sat, Oct 31)

1:00 AM Oct 31 to 1:00 AM Nov 1 CDT

Midnight to midnight CST, local standard time: 1:00 AM to 1:00 AM on Austin's clock while daylight saving is on.

Opened
Oct 30, 10:00 AM EDT
Closes
Nov 1, 1:00 AM CDT
Usually settles
around 6:12 AM
median 6.2 h after close, 77 settled days

Today's six brackets, in whole degrees

  • 76° or below
  • 77° to 78°
  • 79° to 80°
  • 81° to 82°
  • 83° to 84°
  • 85° or above

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How Austin settled, day by day

Since Aug 14, 2026, 7 of 77 days (9%) settled on a tail bracket: 5 below the bottom bracket and 2 above the top one. In the last 30 days: 7 of 30.

DaySettled onWinning bracket
Thu, Oct 2974°76° or belowbottom tail
Wed, Oct 2881°81° or belowbottom tail
Tue, Oct 2783°82° to 83°
Mon, Oct 2680°80° or belowbottom tail
Sun, Oct 2582°81° to 82°
Sat, Oct 2488°87° to 88°
Fri, Oct 2387°86° to 87°
Thu, Oct 2287°86° to 87°
Wed, Oct 2185°85° to 86°
Tue, Oct 2084°83° to 84°
Mon, Oct 1980°80° to 81°
Sun, Oct 1875°75° to 76°
Sat, Oct 1770°70° to 71°
Fri, Oct 1675°75° to 76°
Thu, Oct 1592°91° to 92°
Wed, Oct 1495°95° to 96°
Tue, Oct 1396°95° to 96°
Mon, Oct 1292°92° to 93°
Sun, Oct 1194°94° to 95°
Sat, Oct 1093°93° to 94°
Fri, Oct 992°92° to 93°
Thu, Oct 892°92° to 93°
Wed, Oct 792°91° to 92°
Tue, Oct 690°90° or abovetop tail
Mon, Oct 589°89° or abovetop tail
Sun, Oct 477°79° or belowbottom tail
Sat, Oct 378°78° or belowbottom tail
Fri, Oct 279°78° to 79°
Thu, Oct 187°87° to 88°
Wed, Sep 3098°97° to 98°

Source: Each market's result, settlement value and time: Kalshi's public market data; Time of the high: NWS climate reports for KAUS, via IEM

When the high happens at Austin-Bergstrom

Over 362 days (Oct 30, 2025 to Oct 29, 2026), the median time of the official high was 3:51 PM local standard time, and half the highs came between 3:11 PM and 4:27 PM. Over the last 59 days the median was 3:25 PM.

Austin-Bergstrom's high came before 1 AM standard time (1 to 2 AM daylight time) on 5 of 362 days (1%): the climate day's warmest minutes were its first.

  • Midnight to 1 AM1%
  • 1 to 6 AM2%
  • 6 AM to noon2%
  • Noon to 3 PM17%
  • 3 to 6 PM78%
  • 6 PM to midnight1%

KAUS report times, standard time. 3 without a time (MM) left out.

Source: NWS climate reports for KAUS, via IEM; IEM table of NWS climate reports

Not Camp Mabry

Kalshi's Austin market settles on Austin-Bergstrom (KAUS) and nothing else. Camp Mabry (KATT) publishes its own climate report, with its own daily high, which doesn't count.

Camp Mabry (KATT) against Austin-Bergstrom, 17 km apart

Over 365 days (Oct 21, 2025 to Oct 20, 2026), the two official highs were the same whole degree on 137 of 365 days (38%). Camp Mabry was warmer on 107 and cooler on 121, −0.1°F on average, and 2°F or more apart (a bracket's width) on 62.

Widest gaps: Dec 3, 2025, KATT 59° and KAUS 56°; Oct 1, 2026, KATT 82° and KAUS 87°.

Source: NWS climate reports for KATT (CLIATT), via IEM; NWS climate reports for KAUS, via IEM

Austin on Polymarket

Polymarket's Austin market settles on the same station, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (KAUS), but reads it its own way: the highest of the day's hourly readings in whole °F, over the local calendar day, in 2°F ranges.

Kalshi vs Polymarket in Austin: the stations and the last 30 days side by side

Did the afternoon report's high hold?

On 182 days from May 1, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026, the NWS's afternoon preliminary report (usually "as of 5 PM" local time) had the same high as the final report on 170 of 182 days (93%). The final report came in higher on 12 and never lower.

10 of those 12 higher finals put the high after the 5 PM cutoff.

Source: Every NWS climate report issued for KAUS (CLIAUS), via IEM's text archive

Records and normals at Austin-Bergstrom

The normal high for Oct 31 is 77°F and the record high is 90°F. The normal falls to 67°F by Nov 30.

Against the normal
+3.9°F on average
above on 250, below on 96 of 365 days
Warmest and coolest
107° and 29°
107° on Aug 22, 2026; 29° on Jan 25, 2026
Record highs set or tied
26 days
Sep 30 98°, Sep 16 99°, Sep 15 102°, …

365 final highs at KAUS, Oct 30, 2025 to Oct 29, 2026, against the normal and record each report printed.

Source: NWS climate reports for KAUS, via IEM; NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals

Questions about Austin

Which station settles Kalshi's Austin high-temperature market?

Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (KAUS), the station named by the climate-report code CLIAUS in the market's rules. Not Camp Mabry.

What hours count toward Austin's daily high?

Midnight to midnight CST, local standard time. During daylight saving that is 1:00 AM Oct 31 to 1:00 AM Nov 1 CDT.

When does the Austin market close and settle?

Trading closes at 1:00 AM CDT after the day ends. Over the last 77 settled days the result posted a median of 6.2 hours after close.

What are Austin's brackets for Sat, Oct 31?

76° or below, 77° to 78°, 79° to 80°, 81° to 82°, 83° to 84°, 85° or above, compared with Austin-Bergstrom's published whole-degree high. The two tails are strict.

How often does Austin settle on a tail bracket?

On 7 of 77 settled days from Aug 14, 2026 to Oct 29, 2026 (9%): 5 on the bottom tail and 2 on the top tail.

When does Austin's daily high usually happen?

Over 362 days to Oct 29, 2026, the median time of the official high at KAUS was 3:51 PM local standard time. On 5 of those days it came before 1 AM standard time.

How often does the afternoon climate report's high change by the final report in Austin?

From May 1, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026, the afternoon preliminary report's high matched the final report's on 170 of 182 days. The final was higher on 12 and lower on 0.

Does Camp Mabry's temperature count for Kalshi's Austin market?

No. Only Austin-Bergstrom (KAUS) does. Over 365 days to Oct 20, 2026, KATT's official high was the same whole degree as KAUS's on 137 days and 2°F or more apart on 62.

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