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Kalshi and Polymarket Austin temperature: settle on KAUS
KAUS is Austin-Bergstrom International, Austin. Kalshi and Polymarket settle temperature contracts here. Below: the resolution source each venue names, when the station reports, and how long a reading takes to reach the public feed.
How it settles
| Venue | Resolution source | Unit | Bucket | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kalshi | NWS Climatological Report (CLI), relayed by The Weather Company Source code CLIAUS. The daily climatological report is compiled from the full one-minute record, so it can print a high that the hourly reports never showed. | Fahrenheit | 2°F | high · lowKXHIGHAUS, KXLOWTAUS |
| Polymarket | NOAA station observations published by weather.gov Source code KAUS. The observation table is the same hourly report stream shown here, so the running high tracks it directly. | Fahrenheit | 2°F | high · lowhighest-temperature-in-austin, lowest-temperature-in-austin |
Reporting and delay
Questions
Which weather station settles Austin temperature contracts?
Kalshi and Polymarket settle Austin on KAUS, Austin-Bergstrom International.
What is the resolution source for Kalshi Austin temperature?
Kalshi names NWS Climatological Report (CLI), relayed by The Weather Company. Contracts settle in Fahrenheit on 2-degree buckets. The daily climatological report is compiled from the full one-minute record, so it can print a high that the hourly reports never showed.
What is the resolution source for Polymarket Austin temperature?
Polymarket names NOAA station observations published by weather.gov. Contracts settle in Fahrenheit on 2-degree buckets. The observation table is the same hourly report stream shown here, so the running high tracks it directly.
When does KAUS report?
:53 past each hour, UTC — 1 regular report per hour.
How long does a KAUS observation take to become public?
Measured over 26 hours on 2026-09-16, the median delay from the observation time in the report to its arrival on the public NOAA feed was 3.5 min, with a 90th percentile of 4.1 min across 32 reports. This moves with upstream conditions and is not a service level.