توقع: Highest temperature in Madrid on August 2?

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Market context

Madrid’s August heat is usually already well into the low 30s Celsius, with long-run August daytime maxima around 32°C and many forecasts clustering in the mid-30s rather than the high 30s. That matters because this market resolves to the highest reading at Madrid-Barajas Airport on 2 August, so the relevant question is not whether it will be hot, but whether the day pushes into the upper end of the summer range or stalls around the sort of values that dominate most August afternoons.[1][8][10]

Historical extremes show there is room for a much hotter outcome, but they are uncommon enough that they should not be treated as the base case. AEMET’s Madrid Retiro climatology lists an August absolute maximum of 40.7°C, matching the station’s July and June extremes, which underlines that the city can produce severe heat when a heat mass locks in over central Spain.[13] Reuters also reported Madrid reaching 40°C during Spain’s first official heatwave of 2026, reinforcing that the region has already seen the kind of synoptic setup that can drive a high daily maximum well beyond seasonal averages.[12]

For traders, the key catalysts are the local forecast updates and any late-day adjustments to the hot-air pattern over central Spain, because the settlement value depends on the single highest temperature recorded before the next day’s datapoint is published.[2] The market page itself has already pointed to a hot consensus around the mid-30s, with 36°C and 37°C leading the crowd view, while one Spanish forecast source has published a 35.6°C maximum for the day; that gap is narrow enough that small forecast shifts, cloud cover, or stronger-than-expected afternoon mixing could decide which band wins.[2][3][10]

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