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Weather

Temperature

Precipitation

Drought

Global

Tornadoes

Hurricanes

Earthquakes

Volcanoes

Pandemics

Weather

Temperature

Precipitation

Drought

Global

Tornadoes

Hurricanes

Earthquakes

Volcanoes

Pandemics

About Weather Predictions & Odds

Weather is one of the few subjects where almost everyone has an opinion and nature keeps an exact, public scorecard. Polymarket’s Weather category turns that scorecard into tradable markets, letting people put real money behind their read of the atmosphere, the oceans, and the planet beneath us. Each market asks one clear question, settles on official data, and pays $1 per winning share.

Markets span daily city temperatures, monthly precipitation totals, hurricane landfalls, tornado counts, earthquake magnitudes, volcanic eruptions, global temperature records, and pandemic risk. Prices update continuously as traders react to new forecasts, satellite data, and breaking developments. A share trading at 72¢ implies roughly a 72% probability that the stated outcome will occur.

Unlike traditional weather forecasts, which are point estimates from a single model or ensemble, prediction markets aggregate the views of many independent participants who are financially accountable for their positions. That structure can surface information that no single forecaster captures alone.

Frequently Asked Questions

Polymarket is the world’s largest prediction market, where users trade on the real-world outcomes of events across Weather and many other topics. Prices are quoted from 0 to 100 cents and reflect the implied probability that an event will occur. Because traders put real money behind their views, Polymarket odds represent a real-time, skin-in-the-game consensus, often referred to as the "wisdom of the crowd."

A Weather prediction market lets users trade Yes or No shares on a specific question tied to Weather-related events, such as "Highest temperature in Cape Town on October 18?". Each share pays out $1 if the outcome resolves in its favor, and $0 if it does not. The current share price, for example, 89% on "16°C", reflects the market’s implied probability for that outcome at any given moment.

The Weather category hosts 419 markets covering a wide range of subjects. Popular subcategories include Temperature, Global, and Pandemics, each with its own dedicated page showing live odds, trading volume, and active markets. You can browse the full list of Weather subcategories from the left-side navigation on the Weather page.

Every Weather market on Polymarket has outcomes priced between 0¢ and 100¢. That price is the implied probability of the outcome occurring. For example, if "16°C" is trading at 89% in "Highest temperature in Cape Town on October 18?", traders are collectively pricing in roughly that probability. Prices update continuously as new information, data releases, and events move trader sentiment.

Activity is constantly shifting, but you can sort the page by 24-hour volume to see where trading is concentrated. Currently, "Hantavirus pandemic in 2026?" is among the most actively traded markets on the Weather page, alongside other high-volume markets like "Highest temperature in Cape Town on October 18?" and "Highest temperature in Istanbul on October 22?".