diff --git a/frontend/components/dashboard/ScanTerminalDashboard.tsx b/frontend/components/dashboard/ScanTerminalDashboard.tsx
index ad5acd1f..47a5c790 100644
--- a/frontend/components/dashboard/ScanTerminalDashboard.tsx
+++ b/frontend/components/dashboard/ScanTerminalDashboard.tsx
@@ -46,7 +46,11 @@ import { scanRootClass } from "@/components/dashboard/scan-root-styles";
 import { useRelativeTime } from "@/hooks/useRelativeTime";
 import { Panel } from "@/components/dashboard/scan-terminal/Panel";
 import { UsageGuideDashboard } from "@/components/dashboard/scan-terminal/UsageGuideDashboard";
-import { LiveTemperatureThresholdChart, clearCityDetailCache } from "@/components/dashboard/scan-terminal/LiveTemperatureThresholdChart";
+import {
+  LiveTemperatureThresholdChart,
+  clearCityDetailCache,
+  preloadTemperatureChartCanvas,
+} from "@/components/dashboard/scan-terminal/LiveTemperatureThresholdChart";
 import { KoyfinRowsTable } from "@/components/dashboard/scan-terminal/KoyfinRowsTable";
 import { rowName, pct, money, temp, edgeClass } from "@/components/dashboard/scan-terminal/utils";
 import { CitySelectorDropdown } from "@/components/dashboard/scan-terminal/CitySelectorDropdown";
@@ -428,6 +432,11 @@ function PolyWeatherTerminal({
   const [activeNavKey, setActiveNavKey] = useState<string>("thresholds");
   const [onlineCount, setOnlineCount] = useState<number | null>(null);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (activeNavKey !== "thresholds") return;
+    void preloadTemperatureChartCanvas();
+  }, [activeNavKey]);
+
   useEffect(() => {
     const fetchOnline = () => {
       if (typeof document !== "undefined" && document.visibilityState === "hidden") return;
diff --git a/frontend/components/dashboard/scan-terminal/LiveTemperatureThresholdChart.tsx b/frontend/components/dashboard/scan-terminal/LiveTemperatureThresholdChart.tsx
index 80735141..6c8c3ee4 100644
--- a/frontend/components/dashboard/scan-terminal/LiveTemperatureThresholdChart.tsx
+++ b/frontend/components/dashboard/scan-terminal/LiveTemperatureThresholdChart.tsx
@@ -63,9 +63,24 @@ const DEFERRED_DETAIL_LOAD_DELAY_MS = 1_200;
 const DEFERRED_DETAIL_LOAD_GROUP_SIZE = 3;
 const DEFERRED_DETAIL_LOAD_WAVE_STEP_MS = 900;
 
+let temperatureChartCanvasModulePromise: Promise<
+  typeof import("@/components/dashboard/scan-terminal/TemperatureChartCanvas")
+> | null = null;
+
+function loadTemperatureChartCanvasModule() {
+  temperatureChartCanvasModulePromise ??= import(
+    "@/components/dashboard/scan-terminal/TemperatureChartCanvas"
+  );
+  return temperatureChartCanvasModulePromise;
+}
+
+export function preloadTemperatureChartCanvas() {
+  return loadTemperatureChartCanvasModule().then(() => undefined, () => undefined);
+}
+
 const TemperatureChartCanvas = dynamic(
   () =>
-    import("@/components/dashboard/scan-terminal/TemperatureChartCanvas").then(
+    loadTemperatureChartCanvasModule().then(
       (mod) => mod.TemperatureChartCanvas,
     ),
   {
diff --git a/frontend/components/dashboard/scan-terminal/__tests__/refreshCadencePolicy.test.ts b/frontend/components/dashboard/scan-terminal/__tests__/refreshCadencePolicy.test.ts
index ae49c4dd..a08f0cd4 100644
--- a/frontend/components/dashboard/scan-terminal/__tests__/refreshCadencePolicy.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/components/dashboard/scan-terminal/__tests__/refreshCadencePolicy.test.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,17 @@ export async function runTests() {
       chartSource.includes("2 * 60_000"),
     "selected city chart should consume SSE patches and use a 2-minute no-patch fallback",
   );
+  assert(
+    chartSource.includes("loadTemperatureChartCanvasModule") &&
+      chartSource.includes("preloadTemperatureChartCanvas"),
+    "terminal chart canvas should expose a preload hook for the dynamic chart chunk",
+  );
+  assert(
+    dashboardSource.includes("preloadTemperatureChartCanvas") &&
+      dashboardSource.includes("void preloadTemperatureChartCanvas()") &&
+      dashboardSource.includes('activeNavKey !== "thresholds"'),
+    "terminal screen should preload the chart chunk once access is confirmed on the chart tab",
+  );
   assert(
     chartSource.includes("fetchHourlyForecastForCity(city, { ignoreCache: true, resolution: targetResolution })") &&
       chartSource.includes("setHourly(data)"),