Settlement stations / KDCA

US · America/New_York

Kalshi and IBKR settle Washington DC temperature on KDCA

KDCA is Reagan National, Washington DC. Kalshi and IBKR ForecastEx 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

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. Its day runs in local standard time all year.		Fahrenheit2°F
Range contract		high · low
KXHIGHTDC, KXLOWTDC
IBKR ForecastEx
Also sold through Robinhood: same ticker, same settlement.		Weather Underground daily history table for this station
Source code KDCA. That table carries hourly METARs and SPECIs only, over the local clock day, and prints whole degrees rounded.		Fahrenheit1°F ladder
Exceeds X, one rung per degree		high · low
UHDCA, ULDCA

Reporting and delay

Regular reports:52:52 past each hour, UTC — 1 regular report per hour.
Median delay4 min 30 sFrom the observation time in the report to the public NOAA feed. 26 reports, measured 2026-09-17.
90th percentile4 min 41 sOne 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 and IBKR ForecastEx settle 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. Its day runs in local standard time all year.

What is the resolution source for IBKR ForecastEx Washington DC temperature?

IBKR ForecastEx names Weather Underground daily history table for this station. Contracts settle in Fahrenheit, as a ladder of contracts one degree apart that pay when the day's reading passes the strike. That table carries hourly METARs and SPECIs only, over the local clock day, and prints whole degrees rounded. Robinhood resells this same contract, at the same ticker and settlement.

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 2026-09-17, the median delay from the observation time in the report to its arrival on the public NOAA feed was 4 min 30 s, with a 90th percentile of 4 min 41 s across 26 reports. This moves with upstream conditions and is not a service level.

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WeatherTick tracks 76 settlement stations and publishes each day's running high and low already converted into the unit and bucket the contract settles in. Open Washington DC on the board, 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.