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Painted Sky Forecast for Stow-on-the-Wold, Cotswolds

Stow on the Wold, England, United Kingdom

A broad hilltop market square, stone inns and St Edward's Church offer layered architecture, including its yew-framed north door.

1 matching opportunities in the 14-day forecast.

Hourly forecast scores

Forecast valid from Oct 7, 2026, 11:00 PM UTC (one hour; not an observation)
Low Cloud Cover3%
Mid Cloud Cover0%
High Cloud Cover0%
Sun Elevation-42.5°

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/London
golden-clouds weather icon
First upcoming window
Excellent Painted Sky at Sunset
Stow-on-the-Wold
Thu, Oct 8 · 18:00–18:49 · 1h window
Medium confidence
62%
🌤️Painted Sky Potential83.2%
Low Cloud Cover: 27%
Mid Cloud Cover: 0%
High Cloud Cover: 25%
Sun Elevation: 3.7° (Golden hour)

72-hour requirements breakdown

When available, this detailed table covers only the stated 72-hour horizon (typically 72–168 hours, depending on available hourly data). Opportunity records above span the full 14-day forecast period, so this table does not explain that entire period. Times shown in Europe/London.

Most common blockers

Ranked across the 95-hour forecast horizon, not the full opportunity period.

  • Painted Sky Potential99% of hours
  • Golden Hour81% of hours
  • Wind Speed43% of hours
1matching hours in the displayed 72-hour forecastJump to first displayed match
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Europe/London
Golden Hour
Any
Painted Sky Potential
≥ 80.0%
Wind Speed
≤ 6.0m/s
Precipitation Chance
≤ 10.0%
Thu, Oct 8
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 15%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 19%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 13%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 15%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 15%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 27%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 18%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 19%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 30%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 35%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 29%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 29%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 31%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 48%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 83%. Meets requirementWind Speed: 3.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 52%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 2%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 5%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 14%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.1m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 38%. Misses requirement
Fri, Oct 9
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.4m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 68%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.8m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 82%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.9m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 64%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.1m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 31%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 17%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.3m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 6%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.9m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 44%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.5m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 50%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.3m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 8%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 57%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.5m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 11%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 9.4m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 16%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 9.5m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 25%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 29%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.8m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 41%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 20%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 9.2m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 60%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 9.3m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 75%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 18%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 9.3m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 83%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.2m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 86%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 18%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.1m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 80%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 27%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.7m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 58%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 30%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 27%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 4%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 18%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 19%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 20%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Sat, Oct 10
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 20%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 18%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 18%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.1m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 20%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 14%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.5%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.6m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 5.3%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.2m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 13%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.5m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 14%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.6m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 7%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 7.9%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.7m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 10%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 7.2%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.7m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 10%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 4.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.6m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 8%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 6.7%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.4m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 6%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 68%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.8m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 4%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 75%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.1m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 2%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 7.2%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.1m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 9.6%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity).

Supporting forecast inputs

Additional hourly values for interpreting the forecast and any derived scores. See the separate requirements breakdown for rule logic; missing values are unavailable.

Forecast time (Europe/London)Golden HourHigh CloudsLow CloudsMid-Level CloudsSolar ElevationTotal Cloud CoverageVisibility
Thu, Oct 8, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable0%3%0%-42°3%41160m
NightUnavailable0%36%0%-44°36%44520m
NightUnavailable0%2%0%-42°2%46200m
NightUnavailable0%7%0%-37°7%45500m
NightUnavailable0%2%0%-30°2%45680m
NightUnavailable0%62%0%-22°62%47740m
NightUnavailable0%2%0%-13°2%46280m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-3.7°0%41520m
Unavailable0%0%0%5.4°0%40180m
Unavailable0%0%0%14°0%40780m
Unavailable0%0%0%21°0%44900m
Unavailable0%21%0%27°21%47840m
Unavailable0%40%0%31°40%49240m
Unavailable0%19%0%32°24%49720m
Unavailable0%80%0%30°88%52140m
Unavailable13%95%0%26°97%42080m
Unavailable32%89%0%20°97%53400m
Unavailable42%91%0%12°96%52160m
Unavailable25%27%0%3.7°45%52460m
NightUnavailable100%5%31%-5.6°100%47180m
NightUnavailable100%0%100%-15°100%36180m
NightUnavailable100%73%100%-24°100%38400m
NightUnavailable100%60%100%-32°100%21000m
NightUnavailable100%80%100%-39°100%15660m
Fri, Oct 9, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable100%100%100%-43°100%10800m
NightUnavailable100%100%100%-44°100%23800m
NightUnavailable99%95%0%-42°100%27600m
NightUnavailable100%99%0%-37°100%16460m
NightUnavailable100%87%0%-31°100%24440m
NightUnavailable100%84%100%-22°100%28940m
NightUnavailable100%94%0%-13°100%30840m
NightUnavailable0%77%84%-4°97%33540m
Unavailable99%69%95%5.2°100%34300m
Unavailable59%70%100%14°100%15800m
Unavailable0%93%0%21°98%28860m
Unavailable0%94%100%27°100%28160m
Unavailable0%99%100%31°100%11360m
Unavailable0%100%100%32°100%21440m
Unavailable0%99%70%30°100%27920m
Unavailable0%99%100%26°100%16020m
Unavailable0%17%0%20°18%44520m
Unavailable0%0%0%12°0%50360m
Unavailable0%0%5%3.4°5%46940m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-5.9°0%47180m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-15°0%49200m
NightUnavailable0%1%0%-24°1%48040m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-32°0%47820m
NightUnavailable0%1%0%-39°1%43700m
Sat, Oct 10, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable0%2%0%-43°2%34350m
NightUnavailable0%3%0%-45°3%28310m
NightUnavailable0%3%0%-43°3%20740m
NightUnavailable0%2%0%-38°2%20540m
NightUnavailable0%2%0%-31°2%20320m
NightUnavailable0%3%0%-23°3%20140m
NightUnavailable0%5%0%-14°4%19980m
NightUnavailable0%6%0%-4.2°6%19800m
Unavailable0%7%0%4.9°5%20100m
Unavailable0%8%0%13°4%20400m
Unavailable0%9%0%21°11%20700m
Unavailable0%13%25%27°34%20180m
Unavailable0%17%59%30°64%19680m
Unavailable0%19%83%31°86%19160m
Unavailable0%16%91%30°93%20040m
Unavailable0%12%89%25°91%20920m
Unavailable0%8%80%19°83%21800m
Unavailable0%8%59%12°64%21980m
Unavailable0%9%30%3°38%22180m
NightUnavailable0%9%11%-6.3°20%22360m
NightUnavailable0%7%10%-16°17%22020m
NightUnavailable0%5%19%-24°21%21700m
NightUnavailable0%3%23%-33°23%21360m
NightUnavailable0%3%17%-39°17%21080m

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Painted Sky conditions across Cotswolds. The requirements and hourly values above show how those signals apply at Stow-on-the-Wold.

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Recorded match history

Completed PhotoWeather forecast matches recorded for this exact rule at Stow-on-the-Wold during the last 365 days.

Last 30 days
1
recorded matching window · 69% average confidence
Last 90 days
4
recorded matching windows · 76% average confidence
Last 365 days
5
recorded matching windows · 75% average confidence

Only 5 completed matches are recorded in the last 365 days—insufficient history to identify a reliable typical start time or month.

These figures use completed PhotoWeather MatchEvent records from the previous 365 days only. They describe recorded forecast matches, not observations, climatological probability, or a guarantee of future conditions.

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How this forecast is made

Opportunities are threshold-based signals: PhotoWeather checks whether forecast conditions match the rules for a photography scenario. They are planning guidance, not guarantees. Forecasts can change as new model runs arrive, and confidence generally decreases farther into the forecast horizon, so recheck conditions before travelling.

The weather forecast foundation comes through Open-Meteo , which aggregates models from weather agencies. PhotoWeather applies condition-specific thresholds and derived calculations; not every condition uses every model or data input.

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