How the Minneapolis high-temperature market settles

Kalshi's Minneapolis market settles on the daily high at Minneapolis-St. Paul International (KMSP), as the climate report CLIMSP and The Weather Company publish it. Series KXHIGHTMIN, listed since Feb 4, 2026.

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

Today in Minneapolis

The settlement station

Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport

Station
KMSP
Report code
CLIMSP
NWS office
MPX
Time zone
America/Chicago

Source: Kalshi contract terms; NWS climate report CLIMSP

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 Minneapolis'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, 76 settled days

Today's six brackets, in whole degrees

  • 53° or below
  • 54° to 55°
  • 56° to 57°
  • 58° to 59°
  • 60° to 61°
  • 62° or above

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How Minneapolis settled, day by day

Since Aug 14, 2026, 15 of 76 days (20%) settled on a tail bracket: 11 below the bottom bracket and 4 above the top one. In the last 30 days: 4 of 30.

DaySettled onWinning bracket
Thu, Oct 2958°58° to 59°
Wed, Oct 2872°72° to 73°
Mon, Oct 2649°48° to 49°
Sun, Oct 2555°54° to 55°
Sat, Oct 2475°74° to 75°
Fri, Oct 2376°75° to 76°
Thu, Oct 2275°74° to 75°
Wed, Oct 2174°73° to 74°
Tue, Oct 2069°69° to 70°
Mon, Oct 1966°66° to 67°
Sun, Oct 1870°70° or abovetop tail
Sat, Oct 1760°60° to 61°
Fri, Oct 1653°53° to 54°
Thu, Oct 1551°52° or belowbottom tail
Wed, Oct 1455°58° or belowbottom tail
Tue, Oct 1357°63° or belowbottom tail
Mon, Oct 1281°81° to 82°
Sun, Oct 1190°89° to 90°
Sat, Oct 1090°89° to 90°
Fri, Oct 973°72° to 73°
Thu, Oct 867°67° to 68°
Wed, Oct 774°74° to 75°
Tue, Oct 682°81° to 82°
Mon, Oct 568°68° to 69°
Sun, Oct 469°68° to 69°
Sat, Oct 371°70° to 71°
Fri, Oct 264°64° to 65°
Thu, Oct 167°67° to 68°
Wed, Sep 3072°72° to 73°
Tue, Sep 2968°67° to 68°

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

When the high happens at Minneapolis-St. Paul International

Over 353 days (Oct 30, 2025 to Oct 29, 2026), the median time of the official high was 3:50 PM local standard time, and half the highs came between 2:39 PM and 4:52 PM. Over the last 60 days the median was 3:37 PM.

Minneapolis-St. Paul International's high came before 1 AM standard time (1 to 2 AM daylight time) on 13 of 353 days (4%): the climate day's warmest minutes were its first.

  • Midnight to 1 AM4%
  • 1 to 6 AM2%
  • 6 AM to noon4%
  • Noon to 3 PM23%
  • 3 to 6 PM58%
  • 6 PM to midnight10%

KMSP report times, standard time. 12 without a time (MM) left out.

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

Did the afternoon report's high hold?

On 178 days from May 1, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026, the NWS's afternoon preliminary report (usually "as of 4 PM" local time) had the same high as the final report on 118 of 178 days (66%). The final report came in higher on 60 and never lower.

56 of those 60 higher finals put the high after the 4 PM cutoff.

On 1 daythe NWS sent a second final report with a different high. Kalshi's contract terms use the first one: Oct 27: 61°, then 56°.

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

Records and normals at Minneapolis-St. Paul International

The normal high for Oct 31 is 50°F and the record high is 83°F. The normal falls to 35°F by Nov 30.

Against the normal
+2.9°F on average
above on 218, below on 133 of 365 days
Warmest and coolest
100° and -9°
100° on Jul 27, 2026; -9° on Jan 23, 2026
Record highs set or tied
7 days
Oct 11 90°, Oct 10 90°, Mar 21 79°, …

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

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

Stations nearby

Climate-report stations near Minneapolis-St. Paul International, and how their official highs ran against it. None settles the Minneapolis market.

  • Minneapolis NWS KMPX · 27 km−1.9°F on average; the same whole degree on 31 of 365 days, 2°F or more apart on 233.

Other reporting stations within 25 km (METARs only, no climate report): Saint Paul/Downtown Arpt (KSTP, 15 km), South St Paul Muni (KSGS, 16 km), Eden Prairie/Flying (KFCM, 20 km), Minneapolis/Crystal Arpt (KMIC, 22 km).

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

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

Questions about Minneapolis

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

Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (KMSP), the station named by the climate-report code CLIMSP in the market's rules.

What hours count toward Minneapolis'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 Minneapolis market close and settle?

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

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

53° or below, 54° to 55°, 56° to 57°, 58° to 59°, 60° to 61°, 62° or above, compared with Minneapolis-St. Paul International's published whole-degree high. The two tails are strict.

How often does Minneapolis settle on a tail bracket?

On 15 of 76 settled days from Aug 14, 2026 to Oct 29, 2026 (20%): 11 on the bottom tail and 4 on the top tail.

When does Minneapolis's daily high usually happen?

Over 353 days to Oct 29, 2026, the median time of the official high at KMSP was 3:50 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 Minneapolis?

From May 1, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026, the afternoon preliminary report's high matched the final report's on 118 of 178 days. The final was higher on 60 and lower on 0.

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