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Durango - Golden Hour - Rocky Mountains

Pagosa Springs, Colorado, United States

That magical warm light just after sunrise or before sunset

Currently

Real-time conditions
Golden Hour Potential
12%
Low Cloud Cover5%
Mid Cloud Cover0%
High Cloud Cover75%
Sun Elevation-13.6° (Astronomical twilight)

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Times shown in America/Denver
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Next opportunity
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Durango
Tomorrow · 06:30–07:21 · 1h window
Medium confidence
63%
🌇Golden Hour Potential96.2-100%
Low Cloud Cover: 3%
Mid Cloud Cover: 0%
High Cloud Cover: 5%
Sun Elevation: -10.1° (Nautical twilight)
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Durango
Thu, Feb 26 · 06:26–07:17
🌇Golden Hour Potential:98.3-98.6%
Medium

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
4matching hours in the next 95 hoursJump to next match
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
America/Denver
Golden Hour
Any
Golden Hour Potential
≥ 80.0%
Precipitation Chance
≤ 5.0%
Visibility
≥ 1000.0m
Sat, Feb 21
18:00✕95%0%24135m
19:00✕15%0%24134m
20:00✕15%0%24135m
21:00✕15%0%24134m
22:00✕16%0%24135m
23:00✕16%0%24134m
Sun, Feb 22
24:00✕16%0%24134m
01:00✕16%0%24134m
02:00✕16%0%24135m
03:00✕16%0%24135m
04:00✕17%0%24135m
05:00✕17%0%24134m
06:00✓97%0%24135m
07:00✓95%0%24135m
08:00✕17%0%24135m
09:00✕19%0%24135m
10:00✕14%0%24135m
11:00✕16%0%24135m
12:00✕18%0%24135m
13:00✕18%0%24135m
14:00✕18%0%24134m
15:00✕19%0%24134m
16:00✕18%0%24135m
17:00✕13%0%24134m
18:00✕81%0%24134m
19:00✕12%0%24135m
20:00✕11%0%24134m
21:00✕11%0%24134m
22:00✕11%0%24134m
23:00✕11%0%24135m
Mon, Feb 23
24:00✕11%0%24134m
01:00✕11%0%24135m
02:00✕11%0%24135m
03:00✕11%0%24135m
04:00✕17%0%24135m
05:00✕17%0%24135m
06:00✓96%0%24134m
07:00✓100%0%24135m
08:00✕11%0%24135m
09:00✕12%0%24135m
10:00✕18%0%24135m
11:00✕17%0%24134m
12:00✕17%0%24135m
13:00✕19%0%24134m
14:00✕19%0%24134m
15:00✕17%0%24135m
16:00✕12%0%24135m
17:00✕10%0%13904m
18:00✕70%0%23381m
19:00✕9.8%0%23384m
20:00✕16%0%24134m
21:00✕9.8%0%24135m
22:00✕9.8%0%24135m
23:00✕9.8%0%24135m
Tue, Feb 24
24:00✕11%0%24135m
01:00✕16%0%24135m
02:00✕16%0%24135m
03:00✕9.8%0%24134m
04:00✕9.8%0%24135m
05:00✕9.8%0%24135m
06:00✓59%0%24135m
07:00✓61%0%24135m
08:00✕11%0%24134m
09:00✕13%0%24134m
10:00✕17%0%24134m
11:00✕17%0%24134m
12:00✕19%0%24135m
13:00✕15%0%24135m
14:00✕18%0%24134m
15:00✕18%0%24134m
16:00✕19%0%24135m
17:00✕11%0%24134m
18:00✕62%0%24135m
19:00✕10%0%24135m
20:00✕10%0%24134m
21:00✕12%0%24135m
22:00✕13%0%24134m
23:00✕10%0%24135m
Wed, Feb 25
24:00✕10%0%24135m
01:00✕11%0%24135m
02:00✕11%0%24135m
03:00✕10%0%19093m
04:00✕9.2%0%14051m
05:00✕8.6%0%9010m
06:00✓46%25%9074m
07:00✓46%50%9138m
08:00✕8.1%76%9202m
09:00✕7.2%80%9263m
10:00✕7.6%85%9323m
11:00✕7.6%90%9384m
12:00✕9.2%65%10176m
13:00✕12%41%10969m
14:00✕16%17%11761m
15:00✕14%17%11156m
16:00✕12%17%10550m
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/Denver
Golden Hour
High Clouds
%
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
Relative Humidity
%
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Wind Speed
m/s
Sun, Feb 22 Sunrise 06:47 Sunset 17:54
19:00 ☾
- 75% 5% 0% 85% 75% 2.7m/s
20:00 ☾
- 100% 4% 0% 84% 100% 2.7m/s
21:00 ☾
- 99% 3% 0% 82% 99% 2.6m/s
22:00 ☾
- 94% 2% 0% 82% 94% 2.5m/s
23:00 ☾
- 98% 2% 0% 82% 98% 2.5m/s
Mon, Feb 23 Sunrise 06:47 Sunset 17:54
24:00 ☾
- 100% 3% 0% 82% 100% 2.3m/s
01:00 ☾
- 100% 3% 0% 82% 100% 2.3m/s
02:00 ☾
- 100% 3% 0% 82% 100% 2.2m/s
03:00 ☾
- 91% 3% 0% 83% 91% 2.3m/s
04:00 ☾
- 7% 3% 0% 83% 7% 2.3m/s
05:00 ☾
- 9% 3% 0% 83% 9% 2.4m/s
06:00 ☾
- 5% 3% 0% 83% 5% 2.3m/s
07:00 ☾
- 38% 2% 0% 82% 38% 2.3m/s
08:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 0% 74% 100% 1.6m/s
09:00 ☾
- 86% 0% 0% 67% 86% 0.46m/s
10:00 ☾
- 38% 0% 0% 64% 38% 0.52m/s
11:00 ☾
- 5% 0% 0% 63% 5% 0.71m/s
12:00 ☾
- 49% 0% 0% 62% 49% 0.79m/s
13:00 ☾
- 24% 1% 0% 60% 24% 0.68m/s
14:00 ☾
- 10% 2% 0% 61% 10% 0.49m/s
15:00 ☾
- 5% 1% 0% 61% 5% 0.13m/s
16:00 ☾
- 94% 1% 0% 71% 94% 0.77m/s
17:00 ☾
- 100% 20% 0% 87% 100% 0.92m/s
18:00 ☾
- 68% 2% 0% 91% 68% 1.8m/s
19:00 ☾
- 92% 2% 0% 91% 92% 2.3m/s
20:00 ☾
- 10% 2% 0% 92% 10% 2.2m/s
21:00 ☾
- 97% 4% 0% 91% 97% 2.5m/s
22:00 ☾
- 96% 5% 0% 90% 96% 2.4m/s
23:00 ☾
- 100% 5% 2% 90% 100% 2.3m/s
Tue, Feb 24 Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:56
24:00 ☾
- 72% 5% 2% 91% 72% 1.8m/s
01:00 ☾
- 10% 5% 0% 91% 10% 2.1m/s
02:00 ☾
- 36% 5% 0% 91% 36% 2m/s
03:00 ☾
- 88% 5% 0% 91% 88% 2.1m/s
04:00 ☾
- 100% 5% 0% 91% 100% 2.1m/s
05:00 ☾
- 100% 5% 0% 91% 100% 2.1m/s
06:00 ☾
- 98% 5% 0% 90% 98% 2.1m/s
07:00 ☾
- 100% 5% 0% 90% 100% 2.1m/s
08:00 ☾
- 82% 5% 0% 82% 82% 1.4m/s
09:00 ☾
- 79% 2% 0% 74% 79% 0.63m/s
10:00 ☾
- 5% 2% 0% 68% 5% 0.62m/s
11:00 ☾
- 5% 2% 0% 64% 5% 0.76m/s
12:00 ☾
- 31% 2% 0% 63% 31% 1.1m/s
13:00 ☾
- 59% 3% 0% 63% 59% 0.89m/s
14:00 ☾
- 44% 3% 0% 61% 44% 0.75m/s
15:00 ☾
- 5% 2% 0% 59% 5% 0.89m/s
16:00 ☾
- 26% 1% 0% 64% 26% 1.6m/s
17:00 ☾
- 86% 0% 0% 81% 86% 1.9m/s
18:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 0% 89% 100% 2.3m/s
19:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 0% 88% 100% 2.4m/s
20:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 0% 87% 100% 2.5m/s
21:00 ☾
- 66% 0% 0% 86% 66% 2.4m/s
22:00 ☾
- 62% 2% 0% 86% 62% 2.3m/s
23:00 ☾
- 98% 2% 0% 86% 98% 2.3m/s
Wed, Feb 25 Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 17:57
24:00 ☾
- 98% 3% 2% 86% 98% 1.6m/s
01:00 ☾
- 97% 4% 3% 86% 97% 0.95m/s
02:00 ☾
- 97% 5% 5% 86% 97% 0.28m/s
03:00 ☾
- 77% 25% 4% 90% 95% 0.85m/s
04:00 ☾
- 57% 45% 3% 93% 93% 1.4m/s
05:00 ☾
- 36% 66% 2% 97% 90% 2m/s
06:00 ☾
- 51% 65% 11% 97% 87% 2.4m/s
07:00 ☾
- 65% 64% 21% 96% 83% 2.8m/s
08:00 ☾
- 79% 64% 31% 96% 79% 3.1m/s
09:00 ☾
- 86% 52% 21% 94% 86% 2.8m/s
10:00 ☾
- 93% 40% 12% 92% 93% 2.5m/s
11:00 ☾
- 100% 29% 3% 90% 100% 2.2m/s
12:00 ☾
- 67% 33% 4% 92% 81% 2m/s
13:00 ☾
- 33% 38% 4% 94% 61% 1.9m/s
14:00 ☾
- 0% 42% 5% 97% 42% 1.7m/s
15:00 ☾
- 0% 36% 24% 95% 49% 2.1m/s
16:00 ☾
- 1% 30% 43% 93% 56% 2.5m/s
17:00 ☾
- 1% 24% 63% 91% 63% 2.9m/s
18:00 ☾
- 1% 18% 42% 90% 43% 3.1m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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