Settlement stations / KHOU

US · America/Chicago

Kalshi and Polymarket Houston temperature: settle on KHOU

KHOU is William P. Hobby, Houston. 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

VenueResolution sourceUnitBucketContracts
KalshiNWS Climatological Report (CLI), relayed by The Weather Company
Source code CLIHOU. 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
KXHIGHTHOU, KXLOWTHOU
PolymarketNOAA station observations published by weather.gov
Source code KHOU. The observation table is the same hourly report stream shown here, so the running high tracks it directly.		Fahrenheit2°Fhigh · low
highest-temperature-in-houston, lowest-temperature-in-houston

Reporting and delay

Regular reports:53:53 past each hour, UTC — 1 regular report per hour.
Median delay3.5 minFrom the observation time in the report to the public NOAA feed. 31 reports, measured 2026-09-16.
90th percentile3.8 minOne report in ten is at least this late. Worth knowing before you trust a quiet hour.
Coordinates29.646, -95.282Local civil time: America/Chicago

Questions

Which weather station settles Houston temperature contracts?

Kalshi and Polymarket settle Houston on KHOU, William P. Hobby.

What is the resolution source for Kalshi Houston 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 Houston 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 KHOU report?

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

How long does a KHOU 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 3.8 min across 31 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 Houston, 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.