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Rule Winter Wonderland

Winter Wonderland Forecast for Akureyri, Iceland

Akureyri, Northeast, Iceland

Akureyri’s waterfront and hillside streets sit deep within Eyjafjörður. Long enclosing mountain slopes compress the town against the water and retain pale snow streaks well into summer.

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Atlantic/Reykjavik

No opportunities in the next 14 days

See which requirements block the most forecast hours below.

Most common blockers (95-hour forecast)

  • Snow Depth100% of hours
  • Temperature100% of hours
  • Golden Hour83% of hours

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Winter Wonderland conditions across Iceland. The requirements and hourly values below show how those signals apply at Akureyri.

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Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days
0
recorded matching windows
Last 90 days
0
recorded matching windows
Last 365 days
136
recorded matching windows · 65% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour

09:00 local time, shared by 19 of 136 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

January, with 87 of 136 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
OR logic: one branch per group is enough
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Atlantic/Reykjavik
Snow Depth
≥ 0.1m
Temperature
≤ 2.0°C
Visibility
≥ 5000.0m
Wind Speed
≤ 8.0m/s
Precipitation Chance
≤ 30.0%
Golden Hour
OR1·B1
Any
Sunshine Duration
OR1·B1
≥ 1800.0seconds
Blue Hour
OR1·B2
Any
Total Cloud Coverage
OR1·B2
≤ 50.0%
Wed, Jul 15
01:000m12°C24134m6m/s0%0seconds71%
02:000m12°C24134m6.4m/s0%0seconds35%
03:000m11°C24135m6.9m/s0%0seconds5%
04:000m11°C24134m7.1m/s0%0seconds5%
05:000m12°C24135m5.7m/s0%0seconds4.7%
06:000m13°C24135m6.4m/s0%0seconds3.9%
07:000m15°C24134m6.2m/s0.3%3600seconds100%
08:000m14°C24135m7.6m/s0.61%3600seconds100%
09:000m14°C24134m7.6m/s0.91%3600seconds100%
10:000m15°C24135m7.9m/s0.61%3600seconds100%
11:000m16°C24135m8.8m/s0.3%3600seconds100%
12:000m16°C24135m9.2m/s0%3600seconds100%
13:000m17°C24135m11m/s0%3600seconds96%
14:000m17°C24135m9.5m/s0%3600seconds100%
15:000m15°C24135m9.1m/s0%3600seconds27%
16:000m14°C24135m5.4m/s0%3600seconds92%
17:000m13°C24134m5.3m/s0%3600seconds100%
18:000m12°C24135m4.9m/s0%3600seconds100%
19:000m12°C24135m4.9m/s13%0seconds100%
20:000m11°C24134m5m/s26%0seconds100%
21:000m11°C24134m4.8m/s39%0seconds100%
22:000m11°C24135m3.8m/s39%0seconds100%
23:000m11°C24135m3.4m/s39%0seconds100%
Thu, Jul 16
24:000m11°C24135m2.9m/s39%0seconds100%
01:000m11°C24135m2.6m/s26%0seconds100%
02:000m10°C24134m2.4m/s13%0seconds100%
03:000m10°C24134m2.4m/s0%0seconds100%
04:000m10°C24135m2.5m/s0%0seconds98%
05:000m9.8°C24135m3.2m/s0%0seconds25%
06:000m10°C24134m4.2m/s0%0seconds4.8%
07:000m11°C24134m4.5m/s13%3600seconds99%
08:000m12°C24134m4.4m/s26%3600seconds100%
09:000m12°C24135m4.1m/s39%3600seconds100%
10:000m13°C24135m4.1m/s33%3600seconds100%
11:000m13°C24135m4.3m/s28%3600seconds99%
12:000m13°C24135m4.4m/s22%3600seconds98%
13:000m13°C24134m4.3m/s15%3600seconds100%
14:000m12°C24135m4.3m/s7.4%3600seconds100%
15:000m12°C24135m4.6m/s0%3600seconds100%
16:000m12°C24135m4.1m/s0%0seconds100%
17:000m12°C24135m3.7m/s0%0seconds100%
18:000m12°C24134m3.6m/s0%0seconds99%
19:000m12°C24134m3.5m/s2.3%3600seconds100%
20:000m12°C24135m3.3m/s4.7%0seconds100%
21:000m12°C24134m2.8m/s7%0seconds90%
22:000m12°C24135m2.8m/s4.7%0seconds99%
23:000m12°C24135m2.6m/s2.3%0seconds100%
Fri, Jul 17
24:000m11°C24134m2.3m/s0%0seconds100%
01:000m11°C24135m2.3m/s0%0seconds85%
02:000m11°C24134m2.3m/s0%0seconds12%
03:000m9.3°C24135m2.5m/s0%0seconds11%
04:000m8.9°C24135m2.8m/s0%0seconds43%
05:000m9.5°C24134m2.8m/s0%0seconds42%
06:000m11°C24135m3m/s0%0seconds9.2%
07:000m12°C24134m3.2m/s0%3600seconds0%
08:000m12°C24134m3.1m/s0%3600seconds0%
09:000m13°C24135m2.8m/s0%3600seconds0%
10:000m14°C24134m2.3m/s0%3600seconds0%
11:000m15°C24135m2.2m/s0%3600seconds0%
12:000m16°C24135m1.9m/s0%3600seconds0%
13:000m18°C24135m1.8m/s0%3600seconds0.3%
14:000m19°C24135m1.7m/s0%3600seconds0.3%
15:000m20°C24135m2m/s0%3600seconds0.8%
16:000m20°C24134m1.9m/s0%3600seconds5%
17:000m20°C24134m1.6m/s0%3600seconds7.9%
18:000m20°C24134m1.5m/s0%3600seconds9.3%
19:000m19°C24135m2.2m/s5%3600seconds9.2%
20:000m18°C24135m2.5m/s10%3600seconds19%
21:000m17°C24134m2.2m/s15%3600seconds100%
22:000m15°C24135m1.9m/s17%3600seconds100%
23:000m13°C24134m1.2m/s19%3600seconds100%
Sat, Jul 18
24:000m13°C24134m0.22m/s21%3600seconds100%
01:000m13°C24135m1.2m/s31%0seconds100%
02:000m13°C24134m1.5m/s40%0seconds100%
03:000m13°C24135m1.6m/s50%0seconds100%
04:000m13°C24134m1.9m/s58%0seconds100%
05:000m13°C24134m2m/s65%0seconds100%
06:000m13°C24134m2m/s73%0seconds100%
07:000m13°C24134m2.3m/s58%0seconds100%
08:000m12°C24135m2.6m/s44%0seconds100%
09:000m12°C24135m3m/s30%0seconds100%
10:000m12°C24135m2.8m/s37%0seconds100%
11:000m11°C24135m2.6m/s44%0seconds100%
12:000m11°C24135m2.4m/s51%0seconds100%
13:000m11°C24135m2.6m/s43%0seconds93%
14:000m12°C24135m2.7m/s34%0seconds85%
15:000m12°C24135m2.8m/s26%0seconds78%
16:000m11°C22126m3m/s24%0seconds64%
17:000m9.8°C20118m3.3m/s23%0seconds50%
18:000m9°C18109m3.6m/s21%0seconds36%
19:000m8.7°C20118m3.5m/s14%0seconds36%
20:000m8.5°C22127m3.5m/s6.9%0seconds36%
21:000m8.2°C24135m3.4m/s0%0seconds36%
22:000m8.7°C24135m3.7m/s7.4%0seconds47%
23:000m9.2°C24135m3.9m/s15%0seconds58%
How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity). For OR groups, only one branch is required, so some OR-branch predicates can be ✕ even in a matching hour.

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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