Washington DC high temperature today

Kalshi goes by the thermometer at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (KDCA), not Dulles. Today's high counts from 1:00 AM Nov 1 to 12:00 AM Nov 2 EDT.

Newest official high: Sat, Oct 31, posted Nov 1, 3:20 AM EST.

How today is going

  • Station readings
  • High so far
  • Brackets, brighter = pricier (Kalshi, 30 min late)

Washington DC so far today: the high is 66°F (the station's 6-hour high, 6:52 PM), in the 65° to 66° bracket. The favorite is 65° to 66° at 99¢ (Kalshi, 30 minutes late). Trading closes at 1:00 AM EST. 18 reports from KDCA from 1:00 AM to 10:22 PM EST, between 50°F and 65°F; the latest 53°F at 9:52 PM.

aviationweather.gov25 min ago, fetched Nov 1, 9:57 PM ESTKalshi, 30 min late30 min ago, fetched Nov 1, 9:52 PM EST
The chart's numbers
Brackets (prices 30 minutes late)
BracketPriceNote
71° or above1¢
69° to 70°1¢
67° to 68°1¢
65° to 66°99¢favorite, high so far
63° to 64°1¢
62° or below1¢
Station reports
TimeReading
9:52 PM53°F
8:52 PM54°F
7:52 PM55°F
6:52 PM58°F
5:52 PM58°F
4:52 PM61°F
3:52 PM63°F
2:52 PM65°F
1:52 PM65°F
12:52 PM62°F
11:52 AM62°F
10:52 AM61°F
9:52 AM59°F
8:52 AM55°F
7:52 AM52°F
6:52 AM50°F
5:52 AM51°F
4:52 AM52°F

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Prices (30 min late) 30 min ago· Readings 30 min ago

High so far today

66°F

the station's 6-hour high at 6:52 PM, 18 reports so far

aviationweather.gov3 h ago, observed Nov 1, 6:52 PM EST

Latest reading

53°F

taken 9:52 PM, counts toward today

aviationweather.gov25 min ago, fetched Nov 1, 9:57 PM EST

Trading closes in

2 h 38 min

usually settles around 7:12 AM (median of 60 days)

at Nov 2, 1:00 AM EST

Today, Sun, Nov 1

Kalshi, 30 min late30 min ago, fetched Nov 1, 9:52 PM EST
BracketPriceBidTraded
71° or above1¢—50
69° to 70°1¢—1,155
67° to 68°1¢—3,737
65° to 66°favoritehigh so far 66°—99¢3,829
63° to 64°1¢—3,576
62° or below1¢—876

Each bracket pays $1 a contract if the official high lands in it; the price is what one contract costs now. Prices as of Nov 1, 9:52 PM EST.

The official high can be higher than every report (a peak between readings), and occasionally lower if the NWS discards a reading.

Tomorrow, Mon, Nov 2

Kalshi, 30 min late30 min ago, fetched Nov 1, 9:52 PM EST
BracketPriceBidTraded
73° or above1¢—22
71° to 72°1¢—20
69° to 70°3¢2¢323
67° to 68°31¢29¢189
65° to 66°favorite52¢51¢389
64° or below20¢16¢875

Each bracket pays $1 a contract if the official high lands in it; the price is what one contract costs now. Prices as of Nov 1, 9:52 PM EST.

Today's low

Every city's low

50°F

Favorite 49° or above at 91¢ · in it now

Low so far set at 12:52 PM. Same station and day as the high; closes in 2 h 38 min.

Streaks and records

  • Yesterday the market's favorite at the start of the day, 63° to 64° (58¢), settled.
  • The start-of-day favorite has settled on 10 of the last 13 days in Washington DC with prices stored.

From KDCA's NWS climate reports (via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet) and Kalshi's settlements and stored prices. Facts about past days, not forecasts.

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KDCA readings today(22 reports)

aviationweather.gov25 min ago, fetched Nov 1, 9:57 PM EST

Every report from the station today (a METARA station's routine weather report: about once an hour (Central Park's go out at 51 minutes past), plus specials (SPECI) when the weather changes. Its body gives the temperature in whole degrees Celsius; its remarks give the exact reading.More in the glossary), in exact whole °F. “6 h max” is the station's own highest reading over the past 6 hours, which can catch a peak between hourly reports.

TimeReading6 h max
9:52 PM53°
8:52 PM54°
7:52 PM55°
6:52 PM58°66°
5:52 PM58°
4:52 PM61°
3:52 PM63°
2:52 PM65°
1:52 PM65°
12:52 PM62°62°
11:52 AM62°
10:52 AM61°
9:52 AM59°
8:52 AM55°
7:52 AM52°
6:52 AM50°54°
5:52 AM51°
4:52 AM52°
3:52 AM—
2:52 AM—
1:52 AM—
1:52 AM—

Yesterday, Sat, Oct 31

NWS climate report via IEM19 h ago, fetched Nov 1, 3:20 AM EST

64°F

Official high at 2:49 PM (standard time), 0° vs the normal 64°.

Settled: 63° to 64° (Kalshi, 7:10 AM)

All 24 cities on Sat, Oct 31

The settlement station

Station
KDCA
Climate report
CLIDCA (CLI report (NWS Daily Climate Report)The National Weather Service's daily summary for one station: the day's high and low with their times, the normal, the record and precipitation. Each station's report has a code: CLINYC is Central Park's, CLIMDW is Chicago Midway's. Kalshi's rules name every city by that code.More in the glossary)
NWS office
LWX
Kalshi series
KXHIGHTDC
Today's window
1:00 AM Nov 1 to 12:00 AM Nov 2 EDT

How Washington DC settles, and its last 30 highs

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