Estimate the probability that each candidate region (Alaska, high-elevation stations, other) records the coldest US minimum on the target date using historical base rates and climatology, then blend the weighted region probabilities into per-state answers since Alaska is the single most likely option.
## Cross-Market Signals ### Polymarket - "Will Seyed Hossein Mousavian be head of state in Iran end of 2026?" → Yes: 0.00, Volume: $3.6M - "Will there be no change in Fed interest rates after the July 2026 meeting?" → Yes: 0.85, Volume: $12.8M - "Will Elon Musk post 180-199 tweets from July 3 to July 10, 2026?" → Yes: 0.97, Volume: $397.4K - "Will Elon Musk post 220-239 tweets from July 3 to July 10, 2026?" → Yes: 0.00, Volume: $337.4K
1. [sq1 | code_execution | MODERATE cred 55 | UP | VERY_RECENT] Base-rate model estimates Alaska records the coldest US minimum on a late-July date about 60% of the time. 2. [sq1 | web_search | STRONG cred 80 | UP | DATED] Alaska holds the extreme US record low temperatures for every month except September. 3. [sq1 | web_search | MODERATE cred 70 | UP | DATED] Denali (Alaska) is by far the coldest US mountaintop, colder in summer than any lower-48 location in winter. 4. [sq1 | web_search | MODERATE cred 65 | NEUTRAL | DATED] Nome's July average low is about 11°C; the July 31, 2025 US coldest reading was 4.4°C at Nome, indicating relatively mild sea-level Alaska stations. 5. [sq2 | code_execution | MODERATE cred 55 | NEUTRAL | VERY_RECENT] Base-rate model estimates high-elevation West/Northeast stations record the coldest US minimum about 28% of the time in late July. 6. [sq2 | wikipedia_lookup | MODERATE cred 75 | NEUTRAL | DATED] Mount Washington NH (6,288 ft) is the highest and most prominent Northeast peak and recorded the May 31, 2026 US coldest minimum. 7. [sq3 | code_execution | MODERATE cred 55 | NEUTRAL | VERY_RECENT] Base-rate model estimates an 'other' (non-Alaska, non-typical-high-elevation) state records the coldest US minimum about 12% of the time. 8. [sq3 | web_search | WEAK cred 55 | DOWN | DATED] In late July, US large-city daytime temperatures are typically above 80°F, leaving few non-elevation, non-Alaska cold candidates. ## Cross-Market Signals ### Polymarket - "Will Seyed Hossein Mousavian be head of state in Iran end of 2026?" → Yes: 0.00, Volume: $3.6M - "Will there be no change in Fed interest rates after the July 2026 meeting?" → Yes: 0.85, Volume: $12.8M - "Will Elon Musk post 180-199 tweets from July 3 to July 10, 2026?" → Yes: 0.97, Volume: $397.4K - "Will Elon Musk post 220-239 tweets from July 3 to July 10, 2026?" → Yes: 0.00, Volume: $337.4K Information gaps: - No year-by-year historical record of which state won the July 31 coldest minimum - Ogimet live ranking data not extractable for prior July 31 dates - Whether Mount Washington reports at hour 23 (station reporting continuity) - Distribution within high-elevation region (NH vs CO vs WY vs MT) Key uncertainties: - Which specific Alaska station reports at hour 23 and how cold - Whether a warm-summer synoptic pattern shifts win to high-elevation station - Reliability of the base-rate simulation assumptions - Possible ties resolving to alphabetical/named-option rules
You are an elite superforecaster. Estimate the probability of each option for this Metaculus multiple-choice question.
## Question
What state will have the lowest temperature on July 31, 2026?
## Description / Resolution Criteria
## Description
On July 31, 2025, the coldest temperature recorded in the USA was [reported](https://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynext?lang=en&state=United+S&rank=10&ano=2025&mes=07&day=31&hora=23&Send=send) at 4.4 Celsius degrees, at Nome Airport in Alaska.
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## Resolution Criteria
This question resolves as the state with the weather station recording the lowest minimum temperature in the United States according to [Ogimet](https://www.ogimet.com/ranking.phtml.en) on July 31, 2026. A state other than the ones listed resolves as Other.
## Fine Print
Ensure hour is set to 23.
For example on May 31, 2026, the weather station that recorded the lowest minimum temperature [was](https://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynext?lang=en&state=United+S&rank=10&ano=2026&mes=05&day=31&hora=23&Send=send) Mount Washington in New Hampshire.
In the event of multiple weather stations from multiple states having the same lowest temperature, the question resolves to the one with the most weather stations recording that temperature. In the event of a tie, the question resolves to the state appearing as its own named option or the state that appears first alphabetically,
## Options
- Alaska
- Colorado
- Minnesota
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- Other
## Sub-question decomposition (planner)
- (w=0.55) Will Alaska record the lowest minimum temperature in the US on July 31, 2026 (hour 23)? — Alaska is the dominant summer cold spot; in 2025 Nome, Alaska recorded the coldest US temperature on this exact date, ma
- (w=0.30) Will a high-elevation station in the mountain West or Northeast (e.g. Mount Washington NH, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana peaks) record the lowest US minimum on July 31, 2026? — High-altitude stations like Mount Washington frequently win the coldest-temperature ranking (it won on May 31, 2026), pr
- (w=0.15) Will some other state (not Alaska and not a typical high-elevation Western/Northeastern station) record the lowest US minimum on July 31, 2026? — Captures tail outcomes and 'Other' resolution driven by unusual weather patterns or station reporting.
## Synthesized evidence
1. [sq1 | code_execution | MODERATE cred 55 | UP | VERY_RECENT] Base-rate model estimates Alaska records the coldest US minimum on a late-July date about 60% of the time.
2. [sq1 | web_search | STRONG cred 80 | UP | DATED] Alaska holds the extreme US record low temperatures for every month except September.
3. [sq1 | web_search | MODERATE cred 70 | UP | DATED] Denali (Alaska) is by far the coldest US mountaintop, colder in summer than any lower-48 location in winter.
4. [sq1 | web_search | MODERATE cred 65 | NEUTRAL | DATED] Nome's July average low is about 11°C; the July 31, 2025 US coldest reading was 4.4°C at Nome, indicating relatively mild sea-level Alaska stations.
5. [sq2 | code_execution | MODERATE cred 55 | NEUTRAL | VERY_RECENT] Base-rate model estimates high-elevation West/Northeast stations record the coldest US minimum about 28% of the time in late July.
6. [sq2 | wikipedia_lookup | MODERATE cred 75 | NEUTRAL | DATED] Mount Washington NH (6,288 ft) is the highest and most prominent Northeast peak and recorded the May 31, 2026 US coldest minimum.
7. [sq3 | code_execution | MODERATE cred 55 | NEUTRAL | VERY_RECENT] Base-rate model estimates an 'other' (non-Alaska, non-typical-high-elevation) state records the coldest US minimum about 12% of the time.
8. [sq3 | web_search | WEAK cred 55 | DOWN | DATED] In late July, US large-city daytime temperatures are typically above 80°F, leaving few non-elevation, non-Alaska cold candidates.
## Cross-Market Signals
### Polymarket
- "Will Seyed Hossein Mousavian be head of state in Iran end of 2026?" → Yes: 0.00, Volume: $3.6M
- "Will there be no change in Fed interest rates after the July 2026 meeting?" → Yes: 0.85, Volume: $12.8M
- "Will Elon Musk post 180-199 tweets from July 3 to July 10, 2026?" → Yes: 0.97, Volume: $397.4K
- "Will Elon Musk post 220-239 tweets from July 3 to July 10, 2026?" → Yes: 0.00, Volume: $337.4K
Information gaps:
- No year-by-year historical record of which state won the July 31 coldest minimum
- Ogimet live ranking data not extractable for prior July 31 dates
- Whether Mount Washington reports at hour 23 (station reporting continuity)
- Distribution within high-elevation region (NH vs CO vs WY vs MT)
Key uncertainties:
- Which specific Alaska station reports at hour 23 and how cold
- Whether a warm-summer synoptic pattern shifts win to high-elevation station
- Reliability of the base-rate simulation assumptions
- Possible ties resolving to alphabetical/named-option rules
## Required pre-forecast walkthrough
Before giving probabilities, address these explicitly in your rationale:
(a) The time left until the question resolves.
(b) The status quo outcome — the option most likely if nothing changes from today.
(c) An outcome that would be SURPRISING but plausible.
## Calibration guidance
- **Status quo anchoring.** Good forecasters put extra weight on the status quo option because the world changes slowly most of the time.
- **Leave moderate probability on most options.** Good forecasters don't drop options to ~0% — leave ≥3-5% on every option to account for unexpected outcomes, unless you have strong specific evidence ruling them out.
- Avoid uniform-distribution laziness — most options are not equally likely.
- **Anchor on prediction markets.** If liquid market prices (Polymarket / Kalshi) for these options appear in the evidence, treat them as a strong prior and stay close to them absent specific contrary evidence.
## Output
Return ONLY valid JSON, no markdown fences:
{
"rationale": "<address (a) (b) (c) above, then explain your distribution — 4-7 sentences total>",
"probabilities": {
"Alaska": <prob>,
"Colorado": <prob>,
"Minnesota": <prob>,
"Nevada": <prob>,
"New Hampshire": <prob>,
"Other": <prob>
}
}
Probabilities MUST sum to ~1.0 (renormalization is applied; close enough is fine).
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"evidence_brief": "1. [sq1 | code_execution | MODERATE cred 55 | UP | VERY_RECENT] Base-rate model estimates Alaska records the coldest US minimum on a late-July date about 60% of the time.\n2. [sq1 | web_search | STRONG cred 80 | UP | DATED] Alaska holds the extreme US record low temperatures for every month except September.\n3. [sq1 | web_search | MODERATE cred 70 | UP | DATED] Denali (Alaska) is by far the coldest US mountaintop, colder in summer than any lower-48 location in winter.\n4. [sq1 | web_search | MODERATE cred 65 | NEUTRAL | DATED] Nome\u0027s July average low is about 11\u00b0C; the July 31, 2025 US coldest reading was 4.4\u00b0C at Nome, indicating relatively mild sea-level Alaska stations.\n5. [sq2 | code_execution | MODERATE cred 55 | NEUTRAL | VERY_RECENT] Base-rate model estimates high-elevation West/Northeast stations record the coldest US minimum about 28% of the time in late July.\n6. [sq2 | wikipedia_lookup | MODERATE cred 75 | NEUTRAL | DATED] Mount Washington NH (6,288 ft) is the highest and most prominent Northeast peak and recorded the May 31, 2026 US coldest minimum.\n7. [sq3 | code_execution | MODERATE cred 55 | NEUTRAL | VERY_RECENT] Base-rate model estimates an \u0027other\u0027 (non-Alaska, non-typical-high-elevation) state records the coldest US minimum about 12% of the time.\n8. [sq3 | web_search | WEAK cred 55 | DOWN | DATED] In late July, US large-city daytime temperatures are typically above 80\u00b0F, leaving few non-elevation, non-Alaska cold candidates.\n\n## Cross-Market Signals\n\n### Polymarket\n- \"Will Seyed Hossein Mousavian be head of state in Iran end of 2026?\" \u2192 Yes: 0.00, Volume: $3.6M\n- \"Will there be no change in Fed interest rates after the July 2026 meeting?\" \u2192 Yes: 0.85, Volume: $12.8M\n- \"Will Elon Musk post 180-199 tweets from July 3 to July 10, 2026?\" \u2192 Yes: 0.97, Volume: $397.4K\n- \"Will Elon Musk post 220-239 tweets from July 3 to July 10, 2026?\" \u2192 Yes: 0.00, Volume: $337.4K\n\nInformation gaps:\n - No year-by-year historical record of which state won the July 31 coldest minimum\n - Ogimet live ranking data not extractable for prior July 31 dates\n - Whether Mount Washington reports at hour 23 (station reporting continuity)\n - Distribution within high-elevation region (NH vs CO vs WY vs MT)\n\nKey uncertainties:\n - Which specific Alaska station reports at hour 23 and how cold\n - Whether a warm-summer synoptic pattern shifts win to high-elevation station\n - Reliability of the base-rate simulation assumptions\n - Possible ties resolving to alphabetical/named-option rules",
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A state other than the ones listed resolves as Other.\n\n## Fine Print\nEnsure hour is set to 23. \n\nFor example on May 31, 2026, the weather station that recorded the lowest minimum temperature [was](https://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynext?lang=en\u0026state=United+S\u0026rank=10\u0026ano=2026\u0026mes=05\u0026day=31\u0026hora=23\u0026Send=send) Mount Washington in New Hampshire. \n\nIn the event of multiple weather stations from multiple states having the same lowest temperature, the question resolves to the one with the most weather stations recording that temperature. In the event of a tie, the question resolves to the state appearing as its own named option or the state that appears first alphabetically,\n\n## Options\n - Alaska\n - Colorado\n - Minnesota\n - Nevada\n - New Hampshire\n - Other\n\n## Sub-question decomposition (planner)\n- (w=0.55) Will Alaska record the lowest minimum temperature in the US on July 31, 2026 (hour 23)? \u2014 Alaska is the dominant summer cold spot; in 2025 Nome, Alaska recorded the coldest US temperature on this exact date, ma\n- (w=0.30) Will a high-elevation station in the mountain West or Northeast (e.g. Mount Washington NH, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana peaks) record the lowest US minimum on July 31, 2026? \u2014 High-altitude stations like Mount Washington frequently win the coldest-temperature ranking (it won on May 31, 2026), pr\n- (w=0.15) Will some other state (not Alaska and not a typical high-elevation Western/Northeastern station) record the lowest US minimum on July 31, 2026? \u2014 Captures tail outcomes and \u0027Other\u0027 resolution driven by unusual weather patterns or station reporting.\n\n## Synthesized evidence\n1. [sq1 | code_execution | MODERATE cred 55 | UP | VERY_RECENT] Base-rate model estimates Alaska records the coldest US minimum on a late-July date about 60% of the time.\n2. [sq1 | web_search | STRONG cred 80 | UP | DATED] Alaska holds the extreme US record low temperatures for every month except September.\n3. [sq1 | web_search | MODERATE cred 70 | UP | DATED] Denali (Alaska) is by far the coldest US mountaintop, colder in summer than any lower-48 location in winter.\n4. [sq1 | web_search | MODERATE cred 65 | NEUTRAL | DATED] Nome\u0027s July average low is about 11\u00b0C; the July 31, 2025 US coldest reading was 4.4\u00b0C at Nome, indicating relatively mild sea-level Alaska stations.\n5. [sq2 | code_execution | MODERATE cred 55 | NEUTRAL | VERY_RECENT] Base-rate model estimates high-elevation West/Northeast stations record the coldest US minimum about 28% of the time in late July.\n6. [sq2 | wikipedia_lookup | MODERATE cred 75 | NEUTRAL | DATED] Mount Washington NH (6,288 ft) is the highest and most prominent Northeast peak and recorded the May 31, 2026 US coldest minimum.\n7. [sq3 | code_execution | MODERATE cred 55 | NEUTRAL | VERY_RECENT] Base-rate model estimates an \u0027other\u0027 (non-Alaska, non-typical-high-elevation) state records the coldest US minimum about 12% of the time.\n8. [sq3 | web_search | WEAK cred 55 | DOWN | DATED] In late July, US large-city daytime temperatures are typically above 80\u00b0F, leaving few non-elevation, non-Alaska cold candidates.\n\n## Cross-Market Signals\n\n### Polymarket\n- \"Will Seyed Hossein Mousavian be head of state in Iran end of 2026?\" \u2192 Yes: 0.00, Volume: $3.6M\n- \"Will there be no change in Fed interest rates after the July 2026 meeting?\" \u2192 Yes: 0.85, Volume: $12.8M\n- \"Will Elon Musk post 180-199 tweets from July 3 to July 10, 2026?\" \u2192 Yes: 0.97, Volume: $397.4K\n- \"Will Elon Musk post 220-239 tweets from July 3 to July 10, 2026?\" \u2192 Yes: 0.00, Volume: $337.4K\n\nInformation gaps:\n - No year-by-year historical record of which state won the July 31 coldest minimum\n - Ogimet live ranking data not extractable for prior July 31 dates\n - Whether Mount Washington reports at hour 23 (station reporting continuity)\n - Distribution within high-elevation region (NH vs CO vs WY vs MT)\n\nKey uncertainties:\n - Which specific Alaska station reports at hour 23 and how cold\n - Whether a warm-summer synoptic pattern shifts win to high-elevation station\n - Reliability of the base-rate simulation assumptions\n - Possible ties resolving to alphabetical/named-option rules\n\n## Required pre-forecast walkthrough\n\nBefore giving probabilities, address these explicitly in your rationale:\n (a) The time left until the question resolves.\n (b) The status quo outcome \u2014 the option most likely if nothing changes from today.\n (c) An outcome that would be SURPRISING but plausible.\n\n## Calibration guidance\n\n- **Status quo anchoring.** Good forecasters put extra weight on the status quo option because the world changes slowly most of the time.\n- **Leave moderate probability on most options.** Good forecasters don\u0027t drop options to ~0% \u2014 leave \u22653-5% on every option to account for unexpected outcomes, unless you have strong specific evidence ruling them out.\n- Avoid uniform-distribution laziness \u2014 most options are not equally likely.\n- **Anchor on prediction markets.** If liquid market prices (Polymarket / Kalshi) for these options appear in the evidence, treat them as a strong prior and stay close to them absent specific contrary evidence.\n\n## Output\n\nReturn ONLY valid JSON, no markdown fences:\n\n{\n \"rationale\": \"\u003caddress (a) (b) (c) above, then explain your distribution \u2014 4-7 sentences total\u003e\",\n \"probabilities\": {\n \"Alaska\": \u003cprob\u003e,\n \"Colorado\": \u003cprob\u003e,\n \"Minnesota\": \u003cprob\u003e,\n \"Nevada\": \u003cprob\u003e,\n \"New Hampshire\": \u003cprob\u003e,\n \"Other\": \u003cprob\u003e\n }\n}\n\nProbabilities MUST sum to ~1.0 (renormalization is applied; close enough is fine).\n",
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"rationale": "(a) ~9 months until resolution, but this is a weather/climatology question so the seasonal pattern is stable and well-characterized. (b) Status quo: Alaska records the coldest US minimum, as it did on July 31, 2025 (Nome, 4.4\u00b0C), and Alaska holds most extreme summer lows via sea-level Arctic stations and high peaks; base-rate model puts this ~55-60%. (c) Surprising but plausible: a warm synoptic pattern over Alaska plus a cold snap on a high-elevation lower-48 peak (Mount Washington NH, Colorado 14ers, or Wyoming/Montana) delivers the win to the mountain West/Northeast (~28% collectively). Mount Washington is the most reliable reporting Northeast station and won on May 31, 2026, making New Hampshire the strongest non-Alaska option, though its July lows (~5-7\u00b0C) are only marginally cold. I weight Alaska ~0.55, split the high-elevation ~28% mostly among New Hampshire, Colorado, and Other (Wyoming/Montana peaks not listed), leaving small but nonzero mass on Nevada and Minnesota, which rarely produce the coldest late-July reading.",
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"description": "## Description\nOn July 31, 2025, the coldest temperature recorded in the USA was [reported](https://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynext?lang=en\u0026state=United+S\u0026rank=10\u0026ano=2025\u0026mes=07\u0026day=31\u0026hora=23\u0026Send=send) at 4.4 Celsius degrees, at Nome Airport in Alaska.\n\n`{\"format\": \"bot_tournament_question\", \"info\": {\"hash_id\": \"aba6d29224b4ec5d\", \"sheet_id\": \"97\"}}`\n\n## Resolution Criteria\nThis question resolves as the state with the weather station recording the lowest minimum temperature in the United States according to [Ogimet](https://www.ogimet.com/ranking.phtml.en) on July 31, 2026. A state other than the ones listed resolves as Other.\n\n## Fine Print\nEnsure hour is set to 23. \n\nFor example on May 31, 2026, the weather station that recorded the lowest minimum temperature [was](https://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynext?lang=en\u0026state=United+S\u0026rank=10\u0026ano=2026\u0026mes=05\u0026day=31\u0026hora=23\u0026Send=send) Mount Washington in New Hampshire. \n\nIn the event of multiple weather stations from multiple states having the same lowest temperature, the question resolves to the one with the most weather stations recording that temperature. In the event of a tie, the question resolves to the state appearing as its own named option or the state that appears first alphabetically,",
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"sub_question_id": "sq2"
},
{
"claim": "Mount Washington NH (6,288 ft) is the highest and most prominent Northeast peak and recorded the May 31, 2026 US coldest minimum.",
"credibility": 75,
"direction": "NEUTRAL",
"priced_in": true,
"recency": "DATED",
"source": "wikipedia_lookup",
"strength": "MODERATE",
"sub_question_id": "sq2"
},
{
"claim": "Base-rate model estimates an \u0027other\u0027 (non-Alaska, non-typical-high-elevation) state records the coldest US minimum about 12% of the time.",
"credibility": 55,
"direction": "NEUTRAL",
"priced_in": true,
"recency": "VERY_RECENT",
"source": "code_execution",
"strength": "MODERATE",
"sub_question_id": "sq3"
},
{
"claim": "In late July, US large-city daytime temperatures are typically above 80\u00b0F, leaving few non-elevation, non-Alaska cold candidates.",
"credibility": 55,
"direction": "DOWN",
"priced_in": true,
"recency": "DATED",
"source": "web_search",
"strength": "WEAK",
"sub_question_id": "sq3"
}
],
"information_gaps": [
"No year-by-year historical record of which state won the July 31 coldest minimum",
"Ogimet live ranking data not extractable for prior July 31 dates",
"Whether Mount Washington reports at hour 23 (station reporting continuity)",
"Distribution within high-elevation region (NH vs CO vs WY vs MT)"
],
"key_uncertainties": [
"Which specific Alaska station reports at hour 23 and how cold",
"Whether a warm-summer synoptic pattern shifts win to high-elevation station",
"Reliability of the base-rate simulation assumptions",
"Possible ties resolving to alphabetical/named-option rules"
],
"n_evidence": 8
},
"timings": {
"forecast": 19.47,
"plan": 25.5,
"research": 51.36,
"synthesis": 16.21
}
}