How the Boston high-temperature market settles

Kalshi's Boston market settles on the daily high at Logan (KBOS), as the climate report CLIBOS and The Weather Company publish it. Series KXHIGHTBOS, listed since Feb 5, 2026.

Updated Oct 31, 4:21 AM EDT: newest final official high is for Fri, Oct 30.

Today in Boston

The settlement station

Boston Logan International Airport

Station
KBOS
Report code
CLIBOS
NWS office
BOX
Time zone
America/New York

Source: Kalshi contract terms; NWS climate report CLIBOS

Today's window (Sat, Oct 31)

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

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

Opened
Oct 30, 10:00 AM EDT
Closes
Nov 1, 1:00 AM EDT
Usually settles
around 6:12 AM
median 6.2 h after close, 76 settled days

Today's six brackets, in whole degrees

  • 51° or below
  • 52° to 53°
  • 54° to 55°
  • 56° to 57°
  • 58° to 59°
  • 60° or above

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How Boston settled, day by day

Since Aug 14, 2026, 15 of 76 days (20%) settled on a tail bracket: 12 below the bottom bracket and 3 above the top one. In the last 30 days: 5 of 30.

DaySettled onWinning bracket
Thu, Oct 2969°69° to 70°
Wed, Oct 2852°53° or belowbottom tail
Tue, Oct 2757°57° to 58°
Mon, Oct 2673°72° or abovetop tail
Sun, Oct 2562°62° to 63°
Fri, Oct 2353°52° to 53°
Thu, Oct 2265°65° or abovetop tail
Wed, Oct 2156°56° to 57°
Tue, Oct 2062°61° to 62°
Mon, Oct 1956°55° to 56°
Sun, Oct 1853°53° to 54°
Sat, Oct 1762°61° to 62°
Fri, Oct 1669°68° to 69°
Thu, Oct 1562°61° to 62°
Wed, Oct 1477°77° to 78°
Tue, Oct 1362°62° to 63°
Mon, Oct 1271°70° to 71°
Sun, Oct 1160°60° to 61°
Sat, Oct 1063°63° to 64°
Fri, Oct 969°68° to 69°
Thu, Oct 873°72° to 73°
Wed, Oct 766°65° to 66°
Tue, Oct 663°62° to 63°
Mon, Oct 571°70° to 71°
Sun, Oct 463°63° to 64°
Sat, Oct 367°67° to 68°
Fri, Oct 287°85° or abovetop tail
Thu, Oct 179°79° to 80°
Wed, Sep 3066°68° or belowbottom tail
Tue, Sep 2966°66° to 67°

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

When the high happens at Logan

Over 349 days (Oct 31, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026), the median time of the official high was 2:47 PM local standard time, and half the highs came between 12:50 PM and 4:17 PM. Over the last 57 days the median was 2:15 PM.

Logan's high came before 1 AM standard time (1 to 2 AM daylight time) on 13 of 349 days (4%): the climate day's warmest minutes were its first.

  • Midnight to 1 AM4%
  • 1 to 6 AM4%
  • 6 AM to noon11%
  • Noon to 3 PM36%
  • 3 to 6 PM34%
  • 6 PM to midnight12%

KBOS report times, standard time. 15 without a time (MM) left out.

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

Did the afternoon report's high hold?

On 179 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 164 of 179 days (92%). The final report came in higher on 14 and lower on 1.

12 of those 14 higher finals put the high after the 5 PM cutoff. A final lower than the afternoon report means a reading was corrected or removed in between (1 day).

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

Records and normals at Logan

The normal high for Oct 31 is 57°F and the record high is 81°F. The normal falls to 47°F by Nov 30.

Against the normal
+0.3°F on average
above on 156, below on 191 of 364 days
Warmest and coolest
101° and 15°
101° on Jul 2, 2026; 15° on Jan 24, 2026
Record highs set or tied
4 days
Jul 2 101°, May 20 91°, May 19 96°, …

364 final highs at KBOS, Oct 31, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026, against the normal and record each report printed.

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

Stations nearby

Other reporting stations within 25 km (METARs only, no climate report): Milton/Blue Hills Observatory (KMQE, 19 km), Norwood Mem (KOWD, 23 km), South Weymouth (KNZW, 24 km).

Straight-line distances from KBOS; snapshot Oct 21, 2026.

Source: IEM's list of NWS climate-report sites; aviationweather.gov station information

Questions about Boston

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

Boston Logan International Airport (KBOS), the station named by the climate-report code CLIBOS in the market's rules.

What hours count toward Boston's daily high?

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

When does the Boston market close and settle?

Trading closes at 1:00 AM EDT after the day ends. Over the last 76 settled days the result posted a median of 6.2 hours after close.

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

51° or below, 52° to 53°, 54° to 55°, 56° to 57°, 58° to 59°, 60° or above, compared with Logan's published whole-degree high. The two tails are strict.

How often does Boston settle on a tail bracket?

On 15 of 76 settled days from Aug 14, 2026 to Oct 29, 2026 (20%): 12 on the bottom tail and 3 on the top tail.

When does Boston's daily high usually happen?

Over 349 days to Oct 30, 2026, the median time of the official high at KBOS was 2:47 PM local standard time. On 13 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 Boston?

From May 1, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026, the afternoon preliminary report's high matched the final report's on 164 of 179 days. The final was higher on 14 and lower on 1.

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