How the Seattle high-temperature market settles

Kalshi's Seattle market settles on the daily high at Sea-Tac (KSEA), as the climate report CLISEA and The Weather Company publish it. Series KXHIGHTSEA, listed since Jan 14, 2026.

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

Today in Seattle

The settlement station

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport

Station
KSEA
Report code
CLISEA
NWS office
SEW
Time zone
America/Los Angeles

Source: Kalshi contract terms; NWS climate report CLISEA

Today's window (Sat, Oct 31)

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

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

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

Since Aug 14, 2026, 9 of 77 days (12%) settled on a tail bracket: 8 below the bottom bracket and 1 above the top one. In the last 30 days: 2 of 30.

DaySettled onWinning bracket
Thu, Oct 2955°54° to 55°
Wed, Oct 2854°53° to 54°
Tue, Oct 2757°56° to 57°
Mon, Oct 2658°57° to 58°
Sun, Oct 2558°58° to 59°
Sat, Oct 2455°54° to 55°
Fri, Oct 2358°57° to 58°
Thu, Oct 2260°60° to 61°
Wed, Oct 2164°63° to 64°
Tue, Oct 2062°61° to 62°
Mon, Oct 1962°61° to 62°
Sun, Oct 1860°60° to 61°
Sat, Oct 1762°62° to 63°
Fri, Oct 1677°77° to 78°
Thu, Oct 1568°68° to 69°
Wed, Oct 1467°66° to 67°
Tue, Oct 1362°62° to 63°
Mon, Oct 1261°60° to 61°
Sun, Oct 1160°60° to 61°
Sat, Oct 1058°58° to 59°
Fri, Oct 958°58° or belowbottom tail
Thu, Oct 867°67° or belowbottom tail
Wed, Oct 767°67° to 68°
Tue, Oct 666°66° to 67°
Mon, Oct 568°67° to 68°
Sun, Oct 469°69° to 70°
Sat, Oct 367°66° to 67°
Fri, Oct 271°70° to 71°
Thu, Oct 168°67° to 68°
Wed, Sep 3065°65° to 66°

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

When the high happens at Sea-Tac

Over 364 days (Oct 30, 2025 to Oct 29, 2026), the median time of the official high was 3:45 PM local standard time, and half the highs came between 2:38 PM and 4:34 PM. Over the last 60 days the median was 3:29 PM.

Sea-Tac's high came before 1 AM standard time (1 to 2 AM daylight time) on 5 of 364 days (1%): the climate day's warmest minutes were its first.

  • Midnight to 1 AM1%
  • 1 to 6 AM1%
  • 6 AM to noon2%
  • Noon to 3 PM29%
  • 3 to 6 PM60%
  • 6 PM to midnight7%

KSEA report times, standard time. 1 without a time (MM) left out.

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

Seattle on Polymarket

Polymarket's Seattle market settles on the same station, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (KSEA), 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 Seattle: the stations and the last 30 days side by side

Did the afternoon report's high hold?

On 181 days from May 1, 2026 to Oct 29, 2026, the NWS's afternoon preliminary report (usually "as of 5 PM" local time) had the same high as the final report on 181 of 181 days (100%). The final report came in higher on 0 and never lower.

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

Records and normals at Sea-Tac

The normal high for Oct 31 is 56°F and the record high is 71°F. The normal falls to 49°F by Nov 30.

Against the normal
+0.5°F on average
above on 176, below on 168 of 365 days
Warmest and coolest
95° and 35°
95° on Jul 22, 2026; 35° on Mar 13, 2026
Record highs set or tied
5 days
Jun 15 91°, Jun 14 89°, May 12 82°, …

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

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

Stations nearby

Climate-report stations near Sea-Tac, and how their official highs ran against it. None settles the Seattle market.

  • Seattle NWS KSEW · 27 km+1.2°F on average; the same whole degree on 71 of 359 days, 2°F or more apart on 194.

Other reporting stations within 25 km (METARs only, no climate report): Renton Muni (KRNT, 9 km), Seattle/Boeing Fld (KBFI, 11 km).

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

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

Questions about Seattle

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

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (KSEA), the station named by the climate-report code CLISEA in the market's rules.

What hours count toward Seattle's daily high?

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

When does the Seattle market close and settle?

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

What are Seattle'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 Sea-Tac's published whole-degree high. The two tails are strict.

How often does Seattle settle on a tail bracket?

On 9 of 77 settled days from Aug 14, 2026 to Oct 29, 2026 (12%): 8 on the bottom tail and 1 on the top tail.

When does Seattle's daily high usually happen?

Over 364 days to Oct 29, 2026, the median time of the official high at KSEA was 3:45 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 Seattle?

From May 1, 2026 to Oct 29, 2026, the afternoon preliminary report's high matched the final report's on 181 of 181 days. The final was higher on 0 and lower on 0.

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