Peak wind gust in the world's windiest city in August

Según los datos más recientes del mercado de predicción para la consulta “Peak wind gust in the world's windiest city in August”, los operadores han formado un fuerte consenso.

Actualmente, 94 to 103 km/h domina el mercado con una abrumadora probabilidad de victoria del 4950%. 104 km/h or above le sigue en segundo lugar con 4950%, mientras que 93 km/h or below se sitúa tercero con 4750%. El volumen de apuestas de este mercado ya alcanza —, lo que refleja un enorme interés.

Para evaluar mejor la posición de cada resultado posible, el mercado puede segmentarse en tres niveles de negociación según la probabilidad implícita y el precio de los contratos:

🥇 Nivel 1: El líder dominante

• 94 to 103 km/h (4950%): Con la probabilidad más alta, 94 to 103 km/h cuenta con un fuerte respaldo del libro de órdenes. Quienes quieran apostar por este resultado se enfrentan a un precio de contrato “Buy Yes” de 4950¢, señal de una gran convicción del mercado.

🥈 Nivel 2: Los principales aspirantes

• 104 km/h or above (4950%): Como la alternativa más viable, 104 km/h or above mantiene una probabilidad del 4950% de resolverse a favor. Sus acciones “Buy Yes” cotizan actualmente a 4950¢.
• 93 km/h or below (4750%): En tercer lugar con una probabilidad del 4750%, el mercado muestra un escepticismo prudente hacia 93 km/h or below, tratándolo como un comodín externo salvo que cambie el impulso.

This market will resolve to the wind-gust range that contains the maximum wind gust, in km/h, recorded in any routine (METAR) or special (SPECI) observation from Wellington Airport (ICAO: NZWN) between August 1, 2026 12:00 AM ET and August 31, 2026 11:59 PM ET. Wellington, New Zealand is widely recognized as the world's windiest city, and its airport regularly records powerful gusts that make headlines and viral landing videos worldwide.

The resolution source for this market is the gust value in the wind group of NZWN's raw METAR/SPECI observations, encoded in knots (for example, "34020G45KT" denotes a 45-knot gust), as archived by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet (IEM) for station NZWN in network NF__ASOS ("New Zealand ASOS"). Gust speed is converted from knots using 1 kt = 1.852 km/h, rounded half-up to the nearest whole number. Because gusts are reported in whole knots, no observed gust converts to a value on a bracket boundary, so every observation maps to exactly one range.

The month's highest gust can be located via the IEM Data Calendar for NZWN: https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/sites/hist.phtml?network=NF__ASOS&year=2026&month=8&mode=monthly&station=NZWN. Each calendar day displays that day's peak gust inline; clicking a day's date opens the daily Summary for NF__ASOS, where the Peak Gust column in the NZWN (Wellington) row shows the day's maximum. Ensure station NZWN is selected, as the NF__ASOS network includes other New Zealand stations. Note that the IEM calendar and summary pages display gusts in mph; resolution is based on the knot value in the underlying raw METAR, which IEM archives alongside each parsed observation and which can be used to independently verify any value.

If any observations are missing or unavailable, this market will resolve to the range containing the highest gust reported during the resolution window. Should the IEM archive be unavailable or discontinued, this market will resolve based on the equivalent raw METAR/SPECI observations for NZWN from another credible archive or the original reporting authority.