The Wedding Forecast

Put your wedding day in the light.

Your venue, your date: the sun, golden hour and 30 years of weather, mapped to the minute.

Tell us where and when, and we’ll do the rest.

What’s in your report

Eight pages covering every angle of your wedding day light: the sun, the shadows, the golden hour, the moon, and thirty years of weather at your venue. Designed to sit on a planner’s desk or open on a photographer’s phone on the morning of your day.

Sample report · Cliveden House, 15 September 2026

  1. At a glance page showing sunrise, golden hour and moon phase
    Page 02

    At a glance

    Sunrise, sunset, solar noon, golden hour windows, and the moon phase. The numbers that set the rhythm of your day.

  2. Four satellite shadow maps showing shade across the venue at 10:00, 16:00, 17:06 and 18:36
    Page 04

    Sun & shadow through the day

    Your venue from above at four key moments. The navy areas are real shadows cast by buildings and trees. Wherever they fall, your guests will be standing in shade.

  3. Sun path arc chart showing the sun's trajectory from east to west
    Page 03

    Sun path map

    The full arc of the sun drawn from real solar geometry for your venue and date. Each marker shows the sun's compass bearing at that hour.

  4. Hour by hour light quality timeline with golden hour and ceremony markers
    Page 05

    Hour by hour

    A visual timeline from first light to last, with light-quality bands and your ceremony, golden hour, and sunset marked. Includes the photographer's key windows.

  5. Historical weather page showing sunny, cloudy and rain probability bars
    Page 06

    Historical weather

    Thirty years of weather for your exact date and location. Not a forecast, a pattern, drawn from the same latitude and longitude as your venue.

  6. Recommendations page with ceremony timing and photo window guidance
    Page 08

    Recommendations

    Suggested ceremony time, where to face the altar, the best photo windows, and a plan for cloud or rain, written for your venue and date specifically.

  7. Moon phases page showing the lunar cycle strip and night sky star chart
    Page 07

    Phases of the moon

    The full lunar calendar surrounding your wedding night, with your exact moon phase highlighted. If the sky is clear, a star and planet chart shows what will be visible after dark.

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Read a whole one before you buy

This is a complete report, exactly as it arrives: seven pages for Cliveden House on 15 June 2027, with the sun path, the shadow maps, the hour-by-hour light and thirty years of weather. Nothing is held back.

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David Baker

Who makes this

I’m David Baker, and I built Wedding Forecast on my own.

Every report is computed from scratch for your venue and your date — there is no stock of them sitting on a shelf. If anything in yours is wrong, write to me and I’ll refund you in full.

hello@weddingforecast.co.uk reaches me, not a support desk.

Who it’s for

For couples

Plan your ceremony and your photographs around the light, not against it. Know whether your 5pm vows will catch sun or shade, when golden hour begins, and what the weather has done at your venue on this date for the last thirty years.

For photographers

Walk into a venue you’ve never shot at knowing where the sun will be at every hour. Plan group shots, couple portraits, and reception details around the light you’ll actually have.

For planners

Brief venues and suppliers with the kind of detail couples remember you for. Hand the report straight to the florist, the photographer, and the band. Everyone working from the same light.

Where the numbers come from

Real astronomy

Sun and moon positions are computed with astronomy-engine, the same open-source library used for observatory planning. No model, no margin of error.

Thirty years of records

Weather patterns come from the Open-Meteo historical archive, read at your venue's exact latitude and longitude for your exact calendar day.

Real satellite imagery

Shadow maps are drawn over Mapbox satellite tiles of your venue, so the shade you see is cast by the actual buildings and trees.

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Questions, answered

How accurate is the forecast?
The astronomy is exact. The sun’s position, altitude, and azimuth at your venue on your wedding day are mathematical certainties: no model, no margin. The weather context is drawn from thirty years of records for that exact calendar day at your venue’s coordinates. It’s the long pattern of what your venue tends to do, not a day-of forecast.
When is it delivered?
Within minutes of payment. Your PDF is generated, attached to an email, and arrives before the kettle’s boiled. If anything goes wrong, we’ll spot it and write to you the same day.
What’s your refund policy?
Once your report has been generated for your venue and date, the work is done. If anything in it is wrong, write to hello@weddingforecast.co.uk and we’ll refund you in full. Full policy in the footer.
What if it’s cloudy on the day?
The sun is still where it is. Your report tells you where the sun would be, which is exactly what your photographer needs to plan around any cloud cover. Pages five and six help you think through the contingency.
Can I gift it?
Yes, many do. Order with the recipients’ details, or get in touch and we’ll prepare a printable gift voucher for them to redeem in their own time.