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Rule Golden Hour

Golden Hour Forecast for Bar Harbor, New England, USA

Bar Harbor, Maine, United States

Bar Harbor provides access to Acadia's granite shoreline, rounded mountains, working harbor, and lighthouses for strong land-and-sea layers.

Currently

Real-time conditions
Low Cloud Cover100%
Mid Cloud Cover100%
High Cloud Cover97%
Sun Elevation35.5° (Daylight)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in America/New_York
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Next opportunity
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunset
Bar Harbor
Tue, Aug 25 · 18:43–19:40 · 1h window
Low confidence
38%
🌇Golden Hour Potential88.8%
Low Cloud Cover: 4%
Mid Cloud Cover: 0%
High Cloud Cover: 0%
Sun Elevation: 13.6° (Daylight)
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Bar Harbor
Wed, Aug 26 · 05:29–06:00
🌇Golden Hour Potential:95.7%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunset
Bar Harbor
Wed, Aug 26 · 18:41–19:38
🌇Golden Hour Potential:93.6-94%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Bar Harbor
Thu, Aug 27 · 05:30–06:00
🌇Golden Hour Potential:100%
Medium

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Golden Hour conditions across New England, USA. The requirements and hourly values below show how those signals apply at Bar Harbor.

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Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days
27
recorded matching windows · 68% average confidence
Last 90 days
76
recorded matching windows · 68% average confidence
Last 365 days
156
recorded matching windows · 72% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour

19:00 local time, shared by 50 of 156 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

July, with 33 of 156 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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86-hour requirements breakdown

When available, the detailed table below covers only the stated 86-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 86 hours
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
America/New_York
Golden Hour
Any
Golden Hour Potential
≥ 80.0%
Precipitation Chance
≤ 5.0%
Visibility
≥ 1000.0m
Sat, Aug 22
24:0023%0%24134m
01:0029%0%24134m
02:0017%0%24134m
03:0018%0%24134m
04:0023%0%24135m
05:0077%0%24135m
06:0091%8.7%24134m
07:0024%17%24134m
08:0018%26%24134m
09:0017%17%24135m
10:0017%34%24134m
11:0015%51%24134m
12:0014%63%24135m
13:0014%75%24134m
14:0015%87%24134m
15:0014%82%24134m
16:0014%77%24135m
17:0014%73%24135m
18:0049%77%22928m
19:0048%82%24134m
20:0014%86%22017m
21:0014%70%24134m
22:0014%55%16512m
23:0014%39%10724m
Sun, Aug 23
24:009%39%1647m
01:009%39%252m
02:009%39%125m
03:009%33%86m
04:009%28%74m
05:0024%22%69m
06:0024%27%66m
07:009%32%61m
08:009%38%64m
09:0011%36%85m
10:0011%34%434m
11:009%32%5333m
12:009%40%4791m
13:009%48%3982m
14:0011%56%3943m
15:0011%47%3965m
16:0015%38%4263m
17:0014%29%4077m
18:0036%44%3952m
19:0031%59%1445m
20:009%74%120m
21:009%62%83m
22:009%50%74m
23:009%38%72m
Mon, Aug 24
24:009%49%69m
01:009%59%65m
02:009%70%66m
03:009%68%66m
04:009%66%61m
05:0024%64%60m
06:0024%66%59m
07:009%68%56m
08:009%69%54m
09:009%46%60m
10:009%23%64m
11:009%0%3491m
12:0011%0%24135m
13:0012%0%24134m
14:0017%0%24135m
15:0020%33%24134m
16:0027%67%24134m
17:0028%100%24134m
18:0074%100%24135m
19:0088%100%24134m
20:0022%100%24134m
21:000%74%24134m
22:000%48%24134m
23:000%22%24135m
Tue, Aug 25
24:000%48%24135m
01:000%74%24135m
02:000%100%24135m
03:000%83%24135m
04:000%67%24135m
05:00100%50%24135m
06:0093%40%24135m
07:000%31%24135m
08:000%21%24135m
09:000%27%24135m
10:000%33%24135m
11:000%39%24135m
12:000%33%24135m
13:000%28%24135m
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
America/New_York
Golden Hour
High Clouds
%
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
Relative Humidity
%
Solar Elevation
°
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Wind Speed
m/s
Sat, Aug 22 Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 19:26
16:00
- 97% 100% 100% 77% 35° 100% 2.5m/s
17:00
- 100% 100% 100% 83% 25° 100% 2.4m/s
18:00
- 100% 100% 100% 85% 14° 100% 2m/s
19:00
- 100% 86% 100% 89% 3.9° 100% 2.6m/s
20:00
- 100% 100% 100% 93% -6.4° 100% 2.9m/s
21:00
- 100% 100% 100% 95% -16° 100% 3m/s
22:00
- 100% 100% 48% 97% -24° 100% 2.9m/s
23:00
- 100% 100% 43% 98% -30° 100% 2.9m/s
Sun, Aug 23 Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 19:24
24:00
- 100% 100% 38% 99% -34° 100% 3.3m/s
01:00
- 100% 100% 11% 99% -34° 100% 3m/s
02:00
- 100% 100% 43% 99% -31° 100% 2.6m/s
03:00
- 100% 100% 63% 99% -25° 100% 2.3m/s
04:00
- 100% 100% 92% 99% -18° 100% 2.2m/s
05:00
- 100% 100% 100% 99% -8.3° 100% 2.3m/s
06:00
- 100% 100% 81% 99% 100% 2.1m/s
07:00
- 100% 100% 62% 99% 12° 100% 1.9m/s
08:00
- 100% 100% 86% 98% 23° 100% 2m/s
09:00
- 20% 100% 50% 98% 33° 100% 2.2m/s
10:00
- 24% 63% 86% 93% 43° 86% 2.4m/s
11:00
- 100% 87% 100% 82% 51° 100% 3.8m/s
12:00
- 100% 68% 98% 95% 56° 100% 2.5m/s
13:00
- 100% 60% 100% 92% 56° 100% 2.7m/s
14:00
- 100% 49% 99% 87% 52° 100% 2.6m/s
15:00
- 93% 54% 80% 82% 45° 93% 2.9m/s
16:00
- 25% 66% 99% 82% 35° 99% 3.3m/s
17:00
- 41% 85% 100% 87% 25° 100% 2.7m/s
18:00
- 100% 100% 100% 93% 14° 100% 2.3m/s
19:00
- 100% 100% 92% 98% 3.7° 100% 2m/s
20:00
- 100% 100% 40% 99% -6.7° 100% 1.8m/s
21:00
- 100% 100% 93% 99% -16° 100% 1.6m/s
22:00
- 100% 100% 98% 99% -24° 100% 1.5m/s
23:00
- 98% 100% 100% 99% -30° 100% 1.5m/s
Mon, Aug 24 Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 19:22
24:00
- 100% 100% 100% 99% -34° 100% 1.4m/s
01:00
- 100% 100% 100% 100% -34° 100% 1.8m/s
02:00
- 100% 100% 100% 100% -31° 100% 1.3m/s
03:00
- 100% 100% 100% 100% -26° 100% 2.1m/s
04:00
- 100% 100% 100% 100% -18° 100% 1.8m/s
05:00
- 100% 100% 100% 100% -8.5° 100% 2m/s
06:00
- 94% 100% 100% 100% 1.8° 100% 1.9m/s
07:00
- 100% 100% 100% 100% 12° 100% 1.7m/s
08:00
- 100% 100% 45% 100% 23° 100% 2m/s
09:00
- 100% 100% 0% 99% 33° 100% 2.2m/s
10:00
- 100% 100% 0% 97% 43° 100% 2.3m/s
11:00
- 100% 68% 0% 94% 51° 100% 2.4m/s
12:00
- 100% 6% 0% 76% 56° 100% 3.6m/s
13:00
- 100% 2% 0% 70% 56° 100% 4.5m/s
14:00
- 99% 1% 0% 66% 52° 99% 4.8m/s
15:00
- 99% 1% 0% 64% 44° 99% 5.4m/s
16:00
- 98% 0% 4% 64% 35° 98% 4.8m/s
17:00
- 45% 0% 0% 64% 25° 45% 4.6m/s
18:00
- 87% 0% 0% 72% 14° 87% 3.6m/s
19:00
- 1% 0% 0% 80% 3.4° 1% 2.7m/s
20:00
- 0% 0% 0% 87% -7° 0% 2.1m/s
21:00
- 0% 0% 0% 85% -16° 0% 2m/s
22:00
- 0% 0% 0% 83% -25° 0% 1.8m/s
23:00
- 0% 0% 0% 80% -31° 0% 1.6m/s
Tue, Aug 25 Sunrise 05:47 Sunset 19:21
24:00
- 0% 2% 0% 76% -34° 2% 2.1m/s
01:00
- 0% 3% 0% 72% -35° 3% 2.6m/s
02:00
- 0% 5% 0% 67% -32° 5% 3.1m/s
03:00
- 2% 12% 2% 64% -26° 12% 3.7m/s
04:00
- 3% 19% 3% 61% -18° 19% 4.3m/s
05:00
- 5% 26% 5% 58% -8.8° 26% 5m/s
06:00
- 3% 47% 23% 61% 1.7° 47% 5.3m/s
07:00
- 2% 69% 42% 63% 12° 69% 5.5m/s
08:00
- 0% 91% 61% 65% 23° 91% 5.8m/s
09:00
- 0% 64% 41% 66% 33° 64% 5.6m/s
10:00
- 0% 38% 21% 67% 43° 38% 5.4m/s
11:00
- 0% 11% 2% 68% 51° 11% 5.2m/s
12:00
- 31% 24% 30% 77% 55° 39% 4.3m/s
13:00
- 62% 36% 57% 86% 56° 66% 3.3m/s
14:00
- 93% 49% 85% 95% 52° 94% 2.4m/s
15:00
- 62% 34% 57% 96% 44° 64% 2.5m/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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