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Rule Golden Hour

Golden Hour Forecast for Höfn, Iceland

Hofn, East, Iceland

Höfn occupies a low harbour peninsula surrounded by tidal flats and fishing boats. Open water and wet sand lead toward Vatnajökull’s outlet glaciers and the sharply defined profile of Vestrahorn.

Currently

Real-time conditions
Low Cloud Cover15%
Mid Cloud Cover5%
High Cloud Cover68%
Sun Elevation4.6° (Golden hour)

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 (85-hour forecast)

  • Precipitation Chance100% of hours
  • Golden Hour Potential92% of hours
  • Golden Hour75% of hours

How this forecast is evaluated

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

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Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days
24
recorded matching windows · 71% average confidence
Last 90 days
34
recorded matching windows · 70% average confidence
Last 365 days
93
recorded matching windows · 71% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour

20:00 local time, shared by 10 of 93 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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85-hour requirements breakdown

When available, the detailed table below covers only the stated 85-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 85 hours
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Atlantic/Reykjavik
Golden Hour
Any
Golden Hour Potential
≥ 80.0%
Precipitation Chance
≤ 5.0%
Visibility
≥ 1000.0m
Sat, Aug 22
05:0051%1.2%24134m
06:0053%0%24134m
07:0014%0%24134m
08:0014%0%24135m
09:0014%0%24135m
10:0014%0%24134m
11:0017%0%24134m
12:0021%0%24134m
13:0024%1.2%24135m
14:0024%0%24134m
15:0021%0%24134m
16:0021%19%24135m
17:0021%37%24134m
18:0017%56%24134m
19:0080%68%24134m
20:0052%80%24135m
21:0046%92%24135m
22:009%94%2575m
23:009%97%1813m
Sun, Aug 23
24:009%99%1675m
01:009%94%1658m
02:009%89%1652m
03:009%84%1596m
04:0020%86%1470m
05:0022%88%1522m
06:0019%90%608m
07:0011%73%345m
08:0012%56%492m
09:0014%39%285m
10:0015%35%255m
11:0014%30%390m
12:0016%26%609m
13:0017%46%1622m
14:0024%65%21275m
15:0021%85%24135m
16:0021%90%24135m
17:0020%95%24134m
18:0018%100%24135m
19:0085%71%24134m
20:0087%42%24134m
21:0088%12%24134m
22:0026%22%24134m
23:0029%32%24134m
Mon, Aug 24
24:0026%41%24134m
01:0026%54%24134m
02:0026%67%24134m
03:0026%80%24135m
04:0064%83%24134m
05:0061%87%24134m
06:0058%90%24134m
07:0014%93%24134m
08:0014%97%24135m
09:0014%100%22680m
10:0012%100%11795m
11:0012%100%11254m
12:009%100%8538m
13:009%95%8255m
14:009%90%7109m
15:0014%85%6866m
16:0014%85%8404m
17:009%86%8231m
18:009%87%7232m
19:0025%81%2851m
20:0017%74%720m
21:0015%68%745m
22:009%71%1725m
23:009%73%9607m
Tue, Aug 25
24:009%76%20046m
01:000%69%20844m
02:000%62%21641m
03:000%54%22439m
04:00100%55%22372m
05:00100%56%22305m
06:00100%57%22238m
07:000%52%22231m
08:000%47%22225m
09:000%42%22218m
10:000%46%22210m
11:000%50%22201m
12:000%55%22193m
13:000%49%22194m
14:000%43%22196m
15:000%37%22197m
16:000%39%22197m
17:000%40%22198m
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
Atlantic/Reykjavik
Golden Hour
High Clouds
%
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
Relative Humidity
%
Solar Elevation
°
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Wind Speed
m/s
Sat, Aug 22 Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 20:52
20:00
- 68% 15% 5% 91% 4.6° 68% 8.2m/s
21:00
- 22% 61% 68% 94% -1.3° 68% 8.6m/s
22:00
- 100% 100% 100% 94% -6.6° 100% 9m/s
23:00
- 100% 100% 75% 96% -11° 100% 9.3m/s
Sun, Aug 23 Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 20:48
24:00
- 100% 100% 98% 97% -13° 100% 9.5m/s
01:00
- 100% 100% 5% 96% -14° 100% 9.8m/s
02:00
- 100% 100% 5% 97% -13° 100% 9.6m/s
03:00
- 100% 100% 0% 98% -11° 100% 9m/s
04:00
- 100% 100% 0% 98% -7.2° 100% 8.4m/s
05:00
- 100% 100% 3% 98% -2.1° 100% 7.1m/s
06:00
- 100% 100% 0% 99% 3.7° 100% 6.3m/s
07:00
- 100% 100% 73% 99% 10° 100% 5.5m/s
08:00
- 96% 100% 0% 99% 16° 100% 5.3m/s
09:00
- 100% 100% 5% 100% 23° 100% 3.9m/s
10:00
- 11% 100% 6% 100% 28° 100% 4.2m/s
11:00
- 74% 100% 27% 99% 33° 100% 3.5m/s
12:00
- 7% 76% 7% 99% 36° 76% 2.6m/s
13:00
- 74% 54% 99% 98% 37° 99% 2.3m/s
14:00
- 99% 17% 100% 93% 36° 100% 3.1m/s
15:00
- 100% 11% 100% 90% 33° 100% 3.6m/s
16:00
- 100% 10% 100% 88% 29° 100% 3.7m/s
17:00
- 100% 12% 100% 87% 23° 100% 4.3m/s
18:00
- 5% 12% 8% 85% 17° 12% 3.7m/s
19:00
- 0% 0% 0% 84% 11° 0% 4m/s
20:00
- 0% 0% 0% 84% 4.3° 0% 3.7m/s
21:00
- 0% 0% 0% 79% -1.7° 0% 3.1m/s
22:00
- 0% 0% 0% 73% -7° 0% 2.5m/s
23:00
- 78% 0% 0% 68% -11° 78% 2.2m/s
Mon, Aug 24 Sunrise 05:19 Sunset 20:45
24:00
- 93% 0% 1% 70% -14° 93% 1.5m/s
01:00
- 97% 0% 21% 74% -15° 97% 0.65m/s
02:00
- 10% 0% 9% 80% -14° 11% 3.4m/s
03:00
- 100% 2% 65% 86% -11° 100% 3.7m/s
04:00
- 100% 2% 20% 80% -7.6° 100% 2.9m/s
05:00
- 100% 3% 92% 75% -2.5° 100% 3.3m/s
06:00
- 100% 5% 99% 77% 3.5° 100% 4.6m/s
07:00
- 100% 68% 100% 78% 9.7° 100% 4.8m/s
08:00
- 100% 100% 96% 78% 16° 100% 4.7m/s
09:00
- 100% 100% 100% 79% 22° 100% 4.7m/s
10:00
- 100% 100% 100% 82% 28° 100% 4.9m/s
11:00
- 100% 100% 91% 85% 33° 100% 5m/s
12:00
- 100% 100% 100% 88% 36° 100% 4.6m/s
13:00
- 100% 100% 100% 88% 37° 100% 4.8m/s
14:00
- 100% 100% 98% 88% 36° 100% 4.9m/s
15:00
- 59% 100% 89% 92% 33° 100% 5.8m/s
16:00
- 5% 99% 10% 94% 28° 99% 4.1m/s
17:00
- 2% 100% 100% 94% 23° 100% 5.3m/s
18:00
- 2% 100% 100% 95% 17° 100% 5.7m/s
19:00
- 0% 100% 100% 96% 10° 100% 5.9m/s
20:00
- 5% 100% 100% 98% 3.9° 100% 7.1m/s
21:00
- 0% 100% 100% 97% -2.1° 100% 8.5m/s
22:00
- 0% 99% 89% 97% -7.3° 99% 8.7m/s
23:00
- 0% 100% 4% 90% -11° 100% 7.7m/s
Tue, Aug 25 Sunrise 05:22 Sunset 20:41
24:00
- 5% 100% 0% 88% -14° 100% 7.9m/s
01:00
- 3% 78% 0% 88% -15° 78% 6.5m/s
02:00
- 2% 57% 0% 88% -14° 57% 5m/s
03:00
- 0% 35% 0% 88% -12° 35% 3.6m/s
04:00
- 6% 26% 0% 83% -7.9° 29% 3.8m/s
05:00
- 12% 18% 0% 78% -2.8° 24% 4.1m/s
06:00
- 19% 9% 0% 73% 3.2° 19% 4.4m/s
07:00
- 46% 12% 0% 72% 9.4° 46% 4.2m/s
08:00
- 73% 14% 0% 71% 16° 73% 4m/s
09:00
- 100% 16% 0% 70% 22° 100% 3.9m/s
10:00
- 100% 17% 0% 73% 28° 100% 3.4m/s
11:00
- 100% 18% 0% 76% 32° 100% 3m/s
12:00
- 100% 19% 0% 80% 35° 100% 2.5m/s
13:00
- 99% 24% 24% 83% 36° 99% 1.9m/s
14:00
- 97% 29% 48% 86% 35° 97% 1.2m/s
15:00
- 96% 34% 73% 89% 33° 96% 0.58m/s
16:00
- 81% 35% 57% 88% 28° 81% 0.86m/s
17:00
- 66% 36% 42% 88% 23° 66% 1.2m/s
18:00
- 51% 37% 27% 88% 16° 52% 1.4m/s
19:00
- 67% 51% 36% 88% 9.9° 68% 1.3m/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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