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Rule Golden Hour

Golden Hour Forecast for Haleakala, Hawaii

Makawao, Hawaii, United States

Haleakalā's summit overlooks a vast erosional crater filled with cinder cones, whose repeated forms lead toward the island and Pacific horizon.

Currently

Real-time conditions
Low Cloud Cover90%
Mid Cloud Cover11%
High Cloud Cover34%
Sun Elevation-28.1° (Astronomical night)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Pacific/Honolulu
golden-hour weather icon
Next opportunity
Exceptional Golden Hour (breezy) at Sunrise
Haleakala
Sat, Aug 22 · 05:52–06:35 · 1h window
Low confidence
34%
🌇Golden Hour Potential87-87.3%
Low Cloud Cover: 2%
Mid Cloud Cover: 0%
High Cloud Cover: 5%
Sun Elevation: -15.7° (Astronomical twilight)
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Exceptional Golden Hour (breezy) at Sunrise
Haleakala
Sun, Aug 23 · 05:52–06:35
🌇Golden Hour Potential:87.6-88.9%
Low

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Golden Hour conditions across Hawaii. The requirements and hourly values below show how those signals apply at Haleakala.

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Recorded match history

Completed PhotoWeather forecast matches recorded for this exact rule at Haleakala during the last 365 days.

Last 30 days
7
recorded matching windows · 69% average confidence
Last 90 days
19
recorded matching windows · 67% average confidence
Last 365 days
37
recorded matching windows · 70% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour

06:00 local time, shared by 20 of 37 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

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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95-hour requirements breakdown

When available, the detailed table below covers only the stated 95-hour horizon (typically 72–168 hours, depending on available hourly data). Opportunity records above span the next 14 days, so this table does not explain that entire 14-day period.

What passed or failed, hour by hour
0matching hours in the next 95 hours
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Pacific/Honolulu
Golden Hour
Any
Golden Hour Potential
≥ 80.0%
Precipitation Chance
≤ 5.0%
Visibility
≥ 1000.0m
Mon, Aug 17
03:0016%26%9007m
04:0016%55%9421m
05:0044%41%9378m
06:0048%40%10615m
07:0012%40%6660m
08:0012%39%3155m
09:0012%26%10325m
10:0014%13%1456m
11:009%0%162m
12:009%0%502m
13:0015%0%529m
14:0015%0%3451m
15:0017%0%8243m
16:0022%0%1223m
17:0024%0.001%8402m
18:0069%0%8377m
19:0060%0%4088m
20:0024%0%1205m
21:0025%0%552m
22:0025%0%697m
23:0023%0%4155m
Tue, Aug 18
24:0023%0%1428m
01:0019%0%9076m
02:0018%0%129m
03:0017%0%88m
04:0017%0%431m
05:0044%0%8197m
06:0029%0%281m
07:0014%0%225m
08:0015%0%1308m
09:0020%0%8427m
10:0020%0%24134m
11:0015%0%24134m
12:0015%0%24135m
13:0017%0%24135m
14:0017%0%24134m
15:0018%0%1058m
16:0020%0%1000m
17:0024%0%1910m
18:0069%13%24134m
19:0068%26%10394m
20:0027%39%8674m
21:0026%26%10311m
22:0026%13%12396m
23:0027%0%10072m
Wed, Aug 19
24:0026%13%16203m
01:0020%26%9313m
02:0021%39%14737m
03:0018%26%15273m
04:0018%13%8985m
05:0054%0%14810m
06:0060%13%8864m
07:0020%26%8721m
08:0018%39%24134m
09:0019%39%24134m
10:0020%39%24134m
11:0018%39%24134m
12:0015%45%24135m
13:0015%50%24134m
14:0017%56%17286m
15:0017%50%16526m
16:0020%45%24134m
17:0020%39%23826m
18:0051%39%9011m
19:0059%39%9372m
20:0024%39%18381m
21:0026%39%8673m
22:0026%39%8861m
23:0026%39%8386m
Thu, Aug 20
24:0026%33%8336m
01:0026%28%8436m
02:0021%22%9293m
03:0024%21%16795m
04:0022%20%24134m
05:0092%19%24135m
06:0084%31%8930m
07:0018%44%8413m
08:0018%56%15495m
09:000%57%18375m
10:000%58%21255m
11:000%59%24135m
12:000%63%24135m
13:000%67%24135m
14:000%72%24135m
15:000%66%24135m
16:000%61%24135m
17:000%56%24135m
18:00100%59%21911m
19:00100%61%19686m
20:000%64%17462m
21:000%50%16270m
22:000%36%15077m
23:000%22%13885m
Fri, Aug 21
24:000%31%17302m
01:000%40%20718m
How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity).

What does Golden Hour Potential mean?

Inputs that drive the score

This derived score summarizes multiple raw weather signals. The table below shows the supporting inputs hour by hour, so you can see what's pushing the score up or down.

Time
Pacific/Honolulu
Golden Hour
High Clouds
%
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
Relative Humidity
%
Solar Elevation
°
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Wind Speed
m/s
Tue, Aug 18 Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 18:52
04:00
- 34% 90% 11% 96% -28° 90% 2.7m/s
05:00
- 90% 95% 9% 95% -15° 100% 2.4m/s
06:00
- 87% 90% 3% 96% -1.9° 95% 2.4m/s
07:00
- 100% 72% 1% 95% 12° 100% 2m/s
08:00
- 100% 65% 0% 92% 26° 100% 1.6m/s
09:00
- 100% 39% 0% 86% 40° 100% 1.3m/s
10:00
- 100% 55% 0% 82% 54° 100% 0.83m/s
11:00
- 100% 67% 0% 79% 67° 100% 1m/s
12:00
- 100% 69% 0% 78% 79° 100% 0.95m/s
13:00
- 100% 72% 0% 77% 79° 100% 0.65m/s
14:00
- 100% 80% 0% 80% 67° 100% 1.1m/s
15:00
- 100% 83% 0% 84% 53° 100% 1.3m/s
16:00
- 100% 76% 0% 85% 39° 100% 1.4m/s
17:00
- 100% 51% 0% 85% 25° 100% 1.5m/s
18:00
- 99% 37% 0% 84% 11° 99% 1.7m/s
19:00
- 90% 21% 0% 88% -2.4° 95% 1.6m/s
20:00
- 94% 21% 0% 90% -16° 94% 1.3m/s
21:00
- 100% 21% 0% 91% -29° 100% 1.6m/s
22:00
- 100% 23% 0% 92% -40° 100% 1.7m/s
23:00
- 100% 22% 0% 92% -50° 100% 1.8m/s
Wed, Aug 19 Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 18:51
24:00
- 100% 20% 0% 92% -56° 100% 1.7m/s
01:00
- 100% 18% 0% 92% -56° 100% 2.1m/s
02:00
- 81% 14% 0% 92% -50° 81% 1.8m/s
03:00
- 48% 21% 0% 93% -40° 48% 1.8m/s
04:00
- 81% 12% 0% 93% -28° 81% 1.6m/s
05:00
- 100% 12% 0% 92% -15° 100% 1.5m/s
06:00
- 74% 12% 0% 90% -1.9° 74% 1.8m/s
07:00
- 100% 13% 0% 88% 12° 100% 1.2m/s
08:00
- 68% 17% 0% 81% 26° 68% 1.1m/s
09:00
- 83% 24% 1% 78% 40° 83% 0.42m/s
10:00
- 86% 33% 4% 76% 54° 86% 0.45m/s
11:00
- 100% 68% 24% 76% 67° 100% 0.52m/s
12:00
- 100% 87% 27% 80% 79° 100% 0.7m/s
13:00
- 100% 90% 24% 82% 79° 100% 0.82m/s
14:00
- 100% 79% 25% 83% 67° 100% 0.97m/s
15:00
- 100% 64% 70% 82% 53° 100% 0.98m/s
16:00
- 100% 58% 76% 82% 39° 100% 1.1m/s
17:00
- 100% 51% 62% 86% 25° 100% 1.1m/s
18:00
- 100% 50% 50% 89% 11° 100% 1.4m/s
19:00
- 100% 47% 20% 92% -2.6° 100% 1.4m/s
20:00
- 100% 48% 18% 94% -16° 100% 1.6m/s
21:00
- 100% 38% 3% 93% -29° 100% 1.5m/s
22:00
- 100% 33% 2% 93% -41° 100% 1.2m/s
23:00
- 100% 31% 4% 94% -50° 100% 1.4m/s
Thu, Aug 20 Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 18:50
24:00
- 100% 26% 2% 95% -56° 100% 1.5m/s
01:00
- 100% 20% 1% 95% -56° 100% 1.1m/s
02:00
- 83% 13% 0% 93% -50° 83% 1.1m/s
03:00
- 88% 8% 0% 92% -40° 88% 1.1m/s
04:00
- 71% 4% 0% 90% -28° 71% 1.1m/s
05:00
- 33% 4% 0% 90% -16° 33% 0.87m/s
06:00
- 1% 8% 0% 90% -2° 8% 0.82m/s
07:00
- 0% 12% 0% 88% 12° 12% 0.61m/s
08:00
- 0% 6% 0% 81% 26° 6% 0.33m/s
09:00
- 2% 6% 0% 82% 40° 6% 1m/s
10:00
- 3% 6% 0% 82% 53° 7% 1.7m/s
11:00
- 5% 6% 0% 83% 67° 8% 2.4m/s
12:00
- 15% 12% 0% 84% 79° 18% 2m/s
13:00
- 25% 18% 0% 85% 79° 28% 1.6m/s
14:00
- 35% 23% 0% 86% 66° 39% 1.3m/s
15:00
- 27% 18% 0% 87% 53° 30% 1m/s
16:00
- 19% 12% 0% 88% 39° 21% 0.77m/s
17:00
- 11% 7% 0% 90% 25° 12% 0.52m/s
18:00
- 11% 9% 0% 90% 11° 14% 0.76m/s
19:00
- 11% 12% 0% 90% -2.8° 16% 0.99m/s
20:00
- 10% 14% 0% 90% -16° 18% 1.2m/s
21:00
- 40% 13% 0% 89% -29° 45% 1.4m/s
22:00
- 70% 13% 0% 89% -41° 73% 1.5m/s
23:00
- 100% 12% 0% 89% -51° 100% 1.6m/s
Fri, Aug 21 Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 18:49
24:00
- 93% 11% 0% 88% -56° 93% 1.9m/s
01:00
- 86% 10% 0% 87% -56° 86% 2.2m/s
02:00
- 79% 9% 0% 86% -50° 79% 2.5m/s
03:00
- 55% 12% 0% 85% -40° 60% 3m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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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