How the New Orleans high-temperature market settles

Kalshi's New Orleans market settles on the daily high at Louis Armstrong International (KMSY), as the climate report CLIMSY and The Weather Company publish it. Series KXHIGHTNOLA, listed since Jan 14, 2026.

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

Today in New Orleans

The settlement station

Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport

Station
KMSY
Report code
CLIMSY
NWS office
LIX
Time zone
America/Chicago

Source: Kalshi contract terms; NWS climate report CLIMSY

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 New Orleans'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

  • 78° or below
  • 79° to 80°
  • 81° to 82°
  • 83° to 84°
  • 85° to 86°
  • 87° or above

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How New Orleans settled, day by day

Since Aug 14, 2026, 3 of 77 days (4%) settled on a tail bracket: 1 below the bottom bracket and 2 above the top one. In the last 30 days: 0 of 30.

DaySettled onWinning bracket
Thu, Oct 2980°80° to 81°
Wed, Oct 2880°80° to 81°
Tue, Oct 2780°79° to 80°
Mon, Oct 2678°77° to 78°
Sun, Oct 2577°77° to 78°
Sat, Oct 2479°78° to 79°
Fri, Oct 2382°81° to 82°
Thu, Oct 2282°81° to 82°
Wed, Oct 2178°77° to 78°
Tue, Oct 2078°77° to 78°
Mon, Oct 1975°74° to 75°
Sun, Oct 1874°74° to 75°
Sat, Oct 1772°72° to 73°
Fri, Oct 1688°88° to 89°
Thu, Oct 1587°87° to 88°
Wed, Oct 1486°85° to 86°
Tue, Oct 1389°88° to 89°
Mon, Oct 1289°88° to 89°
Sun, Oct 1187°87° to 88°
Sat, Oct 1081°81° to 82°
Fri, Oct 984°84° to 85°
Thu, Oct 885°85° to 86°
Wed, Oct 787°87° to 88°
Tue, Oct 683°82° to 83°
Mon, Oct 583°82° to 83°
Sun, Oct 482°82° to 83°
Sat, Oct 383°83° to 84°
Fri, Oct 289°89° to 90°
Thu, Oct 191°91° to 92°
Wed, Sep 3092°92° to 93°

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

When the high happens at Louis Armstrong International

Over 362 days (Oct 30, 2025 to Oct 29, 2026), the median time of the official high was 2:47 PM local standard time, and half the highs came between 1:38 PM and 3:44 PM. Over the last 59 days the median was 3:00 PM.

Louis Armstrong International's high came before 1 AM standard time (1 to 2 AM daylight time) on 6 of 362 days (2%): the climate day's warmest minutes were its first.

  • Midnight to 1 AM2%
  • 1 to 6 AM1%
  • 6 AM to noon9%
  • Noon to 3 PM44%
  • 3 to 6 PM43%
  • 6 PM to midnight1%

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

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

Did the afternoon report's high hold?

On 183 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 164 of 183 days (90%). The final report came in higher on 18 and lower on 1.

Every one of those 18 higher finals put the high after the 4 PM cutoff. A final lower than the afternoon report means a reading was corrected or removed in between (1 day).

On 1 daythe NWS sent a second final report with a different high. Kalshi's contract terms use the first one: May 19: 87°, then 88°.

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

Records and normals at Louis Armstrong International

The normal high for Oct 31 is 76°F and the record high is 89°F. The normal falls to 68°F by Nov 30.

Against the normal
+1.8°F on average
above on 225, below on 116 of 365 days
Warmest and coolest
97° and 40°
97° on Aug 21, 2026; 40° on Jan 31, 2026
Record highs set or tied
14 days
Oct 13 89°, Mar 10 83°, Mar 7 83°, …

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

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

Stations nearby

Other reporting stations within 25 km (METARs only, no climate report): Audubon Park (KAUD, 14 km), New Orleans/Superdome (K7N0, 17 km), New Orleans/Lakefront Arpt (KNEW, 22 km).

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

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

Questions about New Orleans

Which station settles Kalshi's New Orleans high-temperature market?

Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (KMSY), the station named by the climate-report code CLIMSY in the market's rules.

What hours count toward New Orleans'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 New Orleans 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 New Orleans's brackets for Sat, Oct 31?

78° or below, 79° to 80°, 81° to 82°, 83° to 84°, 85° to 86°, 87° or above, compared with Louis Armstrong International's published whole-degree high. The two tails are strict.

How often does New Orleans settle on a tail bracket?

On 3 of 77 settled days from Aug 14, 2026 to Oct 29, 2026 (4%): 1 on the bottom tail and 2 on the top tail.

When does New Orleans's daily high usually happen?

Over 362 days to Oct 29, 2026, the median time of the official high at KMSY was 2:47 PM local standard time. On 6 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 New Orleans?

From May 1, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026, the afternoon preliminary report's high matched the final report's on 164 of 183 days. The final was higher on 18 and lower on 1.

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