US · America/Los_Angeles
Kalshi, Polymarket, IBKR and Polymarket US settle Los Angeles temperature on KLAX
KLAX is Los Angeles International, Los Angeles. Kalshi and Polymarket and IBKR ForecastEx and Polymarket US 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 CLILAX. 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. | Fahrenheit | 2°F Range contract | high · lowKXHIGHLAX, KXLOWTLAX |
| Polymarket | Routine METAR reports published by aviationweather.gov Source code KLAX. Every report not marked SPECI counts, off-hour ones included, read from the T group in tenths of a degree Celsius and rounded half up to a whole degree of the contract. It is the same report stream shown here, so the running high tracks it directly. | Fahrenheit | 2°F Range contract | high · lowhighest-temperature-in-los-angeles, lowest-temperature-in-los-angeles |
| IBKR ForecastEx Also sold through Robinhood: same ticker, same settlement. | Weather Underground daily history table for this station Source code KLAX. That table carries hourly METARs and SPECIs only, over the local clock day, and prints whole degrees rounded. | Fahrenheit | 1°F ladder Exceeds X, one rung per degree | high · lowUHLAX, ULLAX |
| Polymarket US | NWS Climatological Report (CLI) for this station Source code CLILAX. 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. | Fahrenheit | 2°F Range contract | hightemp-laxhigh |
Reporting and delay
Questions
Which weather station settles Los Angeles temperature contracts?
Kalshi, Polymarket, IBKR ForecastEx and Polymarket US settle Los Angeles on KLAX, Los Angeles International.
What is the resolution source for Kalshi Los Angeles 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 Polymarket Los Angeles temperature?
Polymarket names Routine METAR reports published by aviationweather.gov. Contracts settle in Fahrenheit, on 2-degree buckets. Every report not marked SPECI counts, off-hour ones included, read from the T group in tenths of a degree Celsius and rounded half up to a whole degree of the contract. It is the same report stream shown here, so the running high tracks it directly.
What is the resolution source for IBKR ForecastEx Los Angeles 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.
What is the resolution source for Polymarket US Los Angeles temperature?
Polymarket US names NWS Climatological Report (CLI) for this station. 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.
When does KLAX report?
:53 past each hour, UTC — 1 regular report per hour.
How long does a KLAX 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 3 min 30 s, with a 90th percentile of 3 min 43 s across 27 reports. This moves with upstream conditions and is not a service level.
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