Settlement stations / KDCA

US · America/New_York

Kalshi Washington DC temperature: settles on KDCA

KDCA is Reagan National, Washington DC. Kalshi settles 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

VenueResolution sourceUnitBucketContracts
KalshiNWS Climatological Report (CLI), relayed by The Weather Company
Source code CLIDCA. The daily climatological report is compiled from the full one-minute record, so it can print a high that the hourly reports never showed.		Fahrenheit2°Fhigh · low
KXHIGHTDC, KXLOWTDC

Reporting and delay

Regular reports:52:52 past each hour, UTC — 1 regular report per hour.
Median delay4.5 minFrom the observation time in the report to the public NOAA feed. 26 reports, measured 2026-09-16.
90th percentile4.6 minOne report in ten is at least this late. Worth knowing before you trust a quiet hour.
Coordinates38.847, -77.034Local civil time: America/New_York

Questions

Which weather station settles Washington DC temperature contracts?

Kalshi settles Washington DC on KDCA, Reagan National.

What is the resolution source for Kalshi Washington DC 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.

When does KDCA report?

:52 past each hour, UTC — 1 regular report per hour.

How long does a KDCA 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 4.5 min, with a 90th percentile of 4.6 min across 26 reports. This moves with upstream conditions and is not a service level.

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WeatherTick tracks 67 settlement stations and publishes each day's running high and low already converted into the unit and bucket the contract settles in. Open the terminal for Washington DC, or see every settlement station. Settlement always follows the resolution source named by the venue; the figures here are computed from the public feed and are not a settlement source.