diff --git a/frontend/components/dashboard/scan-terminal/LiveTemperatureThresholdChart.tsx b/frontend/components/dashboard/scan-terminal/LiveTemperatureThresholdChart.tsx
index c7aa24de..27d1e643 100644
--- a/frontend/components/dashboard/scan-terminal/LiveTemperatureThresholdChart.tsx
+++ b/frontend/components/dashboard/scan-terminal/LiveTemperatureThresholdChart.tsx
@@ -1117,6 +1117,7 @@ export function LiveTemperatureThresholdChart({
   const city = String(row?.city || "").toLowerCase().trim();
   const [timeframe, setTimeframe] = useState<"1D" | "3D">("1D");
   const [userToggledKeys, setUserToggledKeys] = useState<Record<string, boolean>>({});
+  const [liveTemp, setLiveTemp] = useState<number | null>(null);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     setUserToggledKeys({});
@@ -1167,6 +1168,24 @@ export function LiveTemperatureThresholdChart({
     };
   }, [city, row, isActive, slotIndex]);
 
+  // ── 60s lightweight live-temp poll ──
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!city) return;
+    const fetchLiveTemp = () => {
+      fetch(`/api/city/${encodeURIComponent(city)}/summary`)
+        .then((res) => (res.ok ? res.json() : null))
+        .then((payload) => {
+          if (!payload) return;
+          const temp = validNumber(payload?.current?.temp);
+          if (temp !== null) setLiveTemp(temp);
+        })
+        .catch(() => {});
+    };
+    fetchLiveTemp();
+    const id = setInterval(fetchLiveTemp, 60_000);
+    return () => clearInterval(id);
+  }, [city]);
+
   const { data, series } = useMemo(() => {
     if (timeframe === "3D") {
       return build3DayChartData(row, hourly);
@@ -1247,6 +1266,7 @@ export function LiveTemperatureThresholdChart({
     () => getObservationDisplayMetrics(row, hourly, settlementPlate),
     [row, hourly, settlementPlate],
   );
+  const displayRunwayTemp = liveTemp ?? currentRunwayTemp;
   const wundergroundDailyHigh = validNumber(hourly?.airportCurrent?.max_so_far ?? hourly?.airportPrimary?.max_so_far) ?? null;
 
   const modelValues = Object.values(row?.model_cluster_sources || {})
@@ -1412,7 +1432,7 @@ export function LiveTemperatureThresholdChart({
               <div className="flex items-center gap-4 text-[11px]">
                 <span className="font-semibold text-slate-500">
                   {isEn ? "Runway" : runwayHeaderLabel}:{" "}
-                  <strong className="text-[#009688] font-mono">{temp(currentRunwayTemp)}</strong>
+                  <strong className="text-[#009688] font-mono">{temp(displayRunwayTemp)}</strong>
                 </span>
                 <span className="text-slate-300">|</span>
                 <span className="font-semibold text-slate-500">
@@ -1454,7 +1474,7 @@ export function LiveTemperatureThresholdChart({
                       {isEn ? "Runway Live (1m)" : `${runwayHeaderLabel}`}
                     </span>
                     <span className="text-2xl font-bold font-mono text-[#009688] mt-1">
-                      {temp(currentRunwayTemp)}
+                      {temp(displayRunwayTemp)}
                     </span>
                   </div>
                   <div className="flex flex-col">
diff --git a/frontend/components/dashboard/scan-terminal/__tests__/refreshCadencePolicy.test.ts b/frontend/components/dashboard/scan-terminal/__tests__/refreshCadencePolicy.test.ts
index c39f5fe4..861f0308 100644
--- a/frontend/components/dashboard/scan-terminal/__tests__/refreshCadencePolicy.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/components/dashboard/scan-terminal/__tests__/refreshCadencePolicy.test.ts
@@ -34,10 +34,13 @@ export function runTests() {
   );
   assert(
     chartSource.includes("DASHBOARD_REFRESH_POLICY_MS.metar") &&
-      !chartSource.includes("setInterval(") &&
       !chartSource.includes("window.setInterval"),
     "selected city detail chart cache should align with 5-minute scan/metar cadence",
   );
+  assert(
+    chartSource.includes("setInterval(fetchLiveTemp, 60_000)"),
+    "selected city chart should poll live temperature every 60 seconds via lightweight summary endpoint",
+  );
   assert(
     chartSource.includes("_hourlyRequestCache") &&
       chartSource.includes("seedHourlyForecastFromRow") &&