◌Note —Forecasts for this spot have come out about 12 points optimistic across 2 rechecks, so estimates here are read down by that much. See what has been tried here.
Each month read on its 30th, or the last day of a shorter month · 2026
Works
Tight
No
Unanswered
Rings run from 3 pm at the centre to 11 pm at the edge. Schematic: A shape of the facts, not a picture of a particular date or a measured outline. Each month is its 30th, or the last day of a shorter month, not a promise about the other days.
The dining table is open for dinner outside 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM, August to September. It opens at different hours October. Shut November to July.
November to July: shut for dinner outside. What it feels like stops it in 5 of those months and privacy exposure in most of the rest.
August to September: open 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM.
October: open 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM. What it feels like is what closes it.
The shut months are not shut for the same reason. What it feels like closes 5 of them and privacy exposure closes most of the rest, so a single change will not open the year — it will open part of it.
The same year as a table
Month
Open
Usable hours
What decides it
January 30
shut
—
What it feels like stops it
February 28
shut
—
Privacy exposure stops it
March 30
shut
—
Privacy exposure stops it
April 30
shut
—
Privacy exposure stops it
May 30
shut
—
Privacy exposure stops it
June 30
shut
—
What it feels like stops it
July 30
shut
—
What it feels like stops it
August 30
8:00 PM–9:00 PM
1 h
September 30
7:00 PM–9:00 PM
2 h
October 30
6:00 PM–7:00 PM
1 h
What it feels like closes it
November 30
shut
—
What it feels like stops it
December 30
shut
—
What it feels like stops it
The dining table for Dinner outside. October 30, 2026 at 2:01 AM, America/Denver. Now on this date. Confidence low. Cause: What it feels like is what stops it.
Sit down, eat, and still want to be there ninety minutes later.
No
Dinner outside
The dining table does not work for dinner outside right now, and what it feels like is why.
“No” means the model does not support this use under the conditions being read. The controlling limits are listed below.
Your 2 rechecks at this spot read it 12 lower than the model’s 44 on the 0–100 reporting scale, which is mapped from the physical readings and is not itself a measurement.
Past the limitWhat it feels like isabout 35°F — 24°F under (at least 59°F)Estimate: Worked out, but at least one input was assumed rather than measured.
The air is 41.9°F. It feels about 6.9 degrees cooler than the air, near 35°F.
Nobody finishes a meal in a seat that is cooking.
Still unanswered:Noise
Why it is unanswered
Noise. Nobody has told us what the noise is like here, and it is not something geometry can infer.
What would change this. This would change if what it feels like were measured rather than estimated, or if noise were measured.
Confidence low (50%). Treat this as a starting hypothesis, not an answer.
What this answer was built from
Use
Dinner outside
Place
The dining table
Weather
High desert, cold winters, intense sun (scenario shape), scenario (from a published source)
Method
Traced geometry and radiation at this hour, measured against what this use needs
Your rechecks
Model said 44; 2 rechecks of this spot move it to 32.
7 of 8 milestones. The forecasts have been checked against what actually happened, so a figure from here can go to somebody who will charge for it.
Getting an honest answer4 of 4 done
✓Placed on the earth — done. The sun is in the right part of the sky for this address.
✓A spot to read — done. 2 spots are being read.
✓What stands in the way — done. 4 things are drawn, so the shade is worked out rather than assumed.
✓Who can see in — done. Privacy and sightlines can be answered here.
Testing a change2 of 2 done
✓A change tested — done. 3 changes have been put on the record.
✓A forecast checked — done. Across 2 rechecks the forecasts have been out by about 13 points on average. That is a lot, and it is why this is recorded rather than assumed.
Proving it well enough to spend moneyyou are here1 of 2 done
✓Corrected against reality — done. Readings here are adjusted by what was actually observed.
○Photographed — not done. A photograph is what turns a drawing somebody sketched into a drawing somebody can check.
The forecast for this has come due. Checking it is what turns this from a model's opinion into a measurement of your garden — and it is how the readings here get corrected.
Moving where you sit is free, immediate and reversible, and it beats most of what you could build. Read side by side it is usually obvious which corner was always going to work.
A photographic check on the mapped sightlines and geometry. That makes privacy estimates more credible, but does not replace measured dimensions. Right now: Sightlines drawn from mapped observers remain provisional until their positions and heights are checked. The drawn heights have not been verified against the actual place. What is missing: Photographs of the actual place: None annotated. A photograph is how a drawn height gets checked against a real one. Photographs that know where they were taken from: No photograph has a position and a bearing, so what is marked on them cannot become a measurement.
A terrace that works in July can be unusable in September for reasons that have nothing to do with temperature. The same geometry read in four seasons is the cheapest insight here.
The forecasts here have been checked at least once, which is the point at which the figures are worth putting in front of a builder rather than a friend.
generated for you
How well this place is described
Mapped
Quick
Mapped
Annotated
Measured
Shade, sky view and daily light are computed from the geometry on this plan. Unmeasured dimensions remain estimates, not verified measurements.
Sightlines drawn from mapped observers remain provisional until their positions and heights are checked. The drawn heights have not been verified against the actual place.
To reach Annotated
Photographs of the actual place: None annotated. A photograph is how a drawn height gets checked against a real one.
Photographs that know where they were taken from: No photograph has a position and a bearing, so what is marked on them cannot become a measurement.
What that buys: A photographic check on the mapped sightlines and geometry. That makes privacy estimates more credible, but does not replace measured dimensions.
Everything that was checked
QuickA place on the earth:Denver (demonstration), with a time zone, which is what makes an hour an hour.
QuickSomewhere to read:2 spots marked. A reading is a height at a place, and moving it moves the answer.
MappedThe things in the way:4 objects drawn. The house counts, and so does the neighbour's.
MappedWhat is underfoot:2 of 2 readings sit on a mapped surface.
MappedWhere the property ends:Drawn, so the product can tell you when the cheapest fix stands on someone else's land.
AnnotatedPhotographs of the actual place:None annotated. A photograph is how a drawn height gets checked against a real one.
AnnotatedPhotographs that know where they were taken from:No photograph has a position and a bearing, so what is marked on them cannot become a measurement.
AnnotatedWho can see in:1 observer marked.
MeasuredHeights off a tape:1 of 4 objects are measured. The remaining 3 are this product's own inference, so no figure here is a survey figure yet.
MeasuredSomething checked against the day:Nothing has been checked against a real afternoon. The model is unopposed, which is not the same as being right.
What to measure next
None of the measurements tested here changes the recommendation enough to rank next. This checks only the listed assumptions and ranges; other inputs can still be uncertain.
Drawn
Worked out
BuildingNot yours (dashed edge)CanopySun’s path today (schematic)Can see inWhat a window can see, cut short where something is in the wayProposed
To scale · to the measurements given: Drawn to scale from the measurements given. Not a survey. It is not a survey.
Reading at
2:01 AM·October
The sun is down.
12am6amnoon6pm12am
JanAprJulOctDec
October 30 · The dining table Schematic: A shape of the facts, not a picture of a particular date or a measured outline.
7:27 AM2:17 PM4:02 PM5:31 PM
12am6amnoon6pm12am
Tight (lined)
No (pale, edged)
The sun reaches the dining table at 7:27 AM. The dining table loses the sun at 2:17 PM because of the maple. The dining table comes back into the sun at 4:02 PM, once the maple is no longer in the way. The dining table loses the sun at 5:31 PM because of the West fence.
The evidence behind this whole day is thin, so nothing on the strip is marked out as worse than the rest. The shape of the day is still the model’s best reading; the confidence in it is low, and it stays low until something it needs is measured.
The dining table is open for dinner outside 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM.
About 1 hours in October, and what it feels like is what closes it.
The same day as a table
The same day hour by hour, in text.
Hour
Sun
Verdict
Confidence
Sun position
12:00 AM
dark
No
a starting hypothesis
3:00 AM
dark
No
a starting hypothesis
6:00 AM
dark
No
a starting hypothesis
8:00 AM
in sun
No
a starting hypothesis
5° up, bearing 113°
9:00 AM
in sun
No
a starting hypothesis
15° up, bearing 124°
10:00 AM
in sun
No
a starting hypothesis
24° up, bearing 136°
11:00 AM
in sun
No
a starting hypothesis
31° up, bearing 150°
12:00 PM
in sun
No
a starting hypothesis
35° up, bearing 167°
1:00 PM
in sun
No
a starting hypothesis
36° up, bearing 185°
2:00 PM
in sun
No
a starting hypothesis
33° up, bearing 202°
3:00 PM
shaded by The maple
No
a starting hypothesis
28° up, bearing 218°
4:00 PM
shaded by The maple
No
a starting hypothesis
20° up, bearing 231°
5:00 PM
in sun
No
a starting hypothesis
10° up, bearing 242°
6:00 PM
dark
Tight
a starting hypothesis
9:00 PM
dark
No
a starting hypothesis
When the sun arrives and leaves, to the minute.
When
What happens
7:27 AM
The sun reaches the dining table at 7:27 AM.
2:17 PM
The dining table loses the sun at 2:17 PM because of the maple.
4:02 PM
The dining table comes back into the sun at 4:02 PM, once the maple is no longer in the way.
5:31 PM
The dining table loses the sun at 5:31 PM because of the West fence.
Direct sun at the dining table, month by month
Schematic · computed: Computed from this place's own plan and climate, then drawn as a shape rather than to scale.
The dining table gets the most direct sun in May, about 14 hours on the 30th, or the last day of a shorter month, and the least in October, about 8 hours.
061218
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Sun reaches the spot (solid)
Sun up, something in the way (lined)
Sun down (empty)
The grid, in a table
Hours of direct sun at The dining table on the 30th, or the last day of a shorter month, and when.
Month
Direct sun
When
January
9 h
8:00 AM–5:00 PM
February
11 h
7:00 AM–6:00 PM
March
12 h
7:00 AM–7:00 PM
April
13 h
7:00 AM–8:00 PM
May
14 h
6:00 AM–8:00 PM
June
14 h
7:00 AM–9:00 PM
July
12 h
6:00 AM–3:00 PM, 5:00 PM–8:00 PM
August
11 h
7:00 AM–3:00 PM, 5:00 PM–8:00 PM
September
9 h
7:00 AM–2:00 PM, 5:00 PM–7:00 PM
October
8 h
8:00 AM–3:00 PM, 5:00 PM–6:00 PM
November
9 h
8:00 AM–5:00 PM
December
8 h
8:00 AM–10:00 AM, 11:00 AM–5:00 PM
The sun’s path on the plan, October 30, in a table
Where the sun is at each hour it is up.
Hour
Comes from
Height
8:00 AM
SE (113°)
5° up
9:00 AM
SE (124°)
15° up
10:00 AM
SE (136°)
24° up
11:00 AM
SE (150°)
31° up
12:00 PM
S (167°)
35° up
1:00 PM
S (185°)
36° up
2:00 PM
S (202°)
33° up
3:00 PM
SW (218°)
28° up
4:00 PM
SW (231°)
20° up
5:00 PM
SW (242°)
10° up
What the place is doing at 2:01am in October
High desert, cold winters, intense sun (scenario shape).
What it feels like
Estimate: Worked out, but at least one input was assumed rather than measured.cold
~35°F
Felt temperature
The bar is the 0–100 reporting scale, mapped from the reading above: 0 is none of it, 100 the top of the scale.
The air is 41.9°F. It feels about 6.9 degrees cooler than the air, near 35°F.
What is doing it
Take every named influence away and this reads 36°F. How much sky is overhead takes off 2°F, Air movement adds 1°F. That lands at 35°F.
How this was worked out
Air
41.9°F from High desert, cold winters, intense sun (scenario shape), scenario (from a published source)
Radiant
21.7°F mean radiant temperature
Method
Six-directional radiation integration, then ASHRAE operative temperature (from a published source)
Direct sun
Worked out: Computed from the geometry, the sun and the weather you gave it.after dark
0 W/m²
Beam reaching this point
The bar is the 0–100 reporting scale, mapped from the reading above: 0 is none of it, 100 the top of the scale.
The sun is down.
How this was worked out
Sun
below the horizon
Traced
0% of the beam reaches this point
Glare
Worked out: Computed from the geometry, the sun and the weather you gave it.none
0
On the 0–100 reporting scale: 0 is none of it, 100 the top of the scale. Not a measurement.
The bar is the 0–100 reporting scale, mapped from the reading above; the tick is where this use stops working.
Nothing bright is in the line of sight at this hour.
How this was worked out
Facing
250deg
Privacy exposure
Worked out: Computed from the geometry, the sun and the weather you gave it.screened
0
On the 0–100 reporting scale: 0 is none of it, 100 the top of the scale. Not a measurement.
The bar is the 0–100 reporting scale, mapped from the reading above; the tick is where this use stops working.
Nothing marked here has a usable line to this seat.
What is doing it
Neighbour's upstairs window
+0.0
How this was worked out
Observers
1 marked
Method
Eye-to-eye rays, then scaled by how much brighter the seat is than the observer's own surroundings
Wind
Estimate: Worked out, but at least one input was assumed rather than measured.light
~1 mph
Wind at the seat
The bar is the 0–100 reporting scale, mapped from the reading above: 0 is none of it, 100 the top of the scale.
Neighbour's house is taking about 47% of the wind off this spot.
What is doing it
Neighbour's house
−1.1 mph
How this was worked out
Reference
6.6 mph at 10 m from High desert, cold winters, intense sun (scenario shape), scenario (from a published source)
At seat height
2.3 mph before shelter
Shelter
47% removed by what stands upwind
View
Worked out: Computed from the geometry, the sun and the weather you gave it.partly kept
68
On the 0–100 reporting scale: 0 is none of it, 100 the top of the scale. Not a measurement.
The bar is the 0–100 reporting scale, mapped from the reading above: 0 is none of it, 100 the top of the scale.
About 32% of the view worth keeping is already gone from this seat.
What is doing it
The mountains
+68
How this was worked out
Corridors
The mountains
Method
Rays sampled across each corridor's angular window
Surface heat
Estimate: Worked out, but at least one input was assumed rather than measured.comfortable
~42°F
Surface temperature
The bar is the 0–100 reporting scale, mapped from the reading above: 0 is none of it, 100 the top of the scale.
The surface is running about 42°F.
How this was worked out
Surface
Bluestone patio
Method
Absorbed shortwave against air temperature, flattened by air movement (from a published source)
Wetness
Estimate: Worked out, but at least one input was assumed rather than measured.dries-fast
~1 × the open
Drying time against the open
The bar is the 0–100 reporting scale, mapped from the reading above; the tick is where this use stops working.
Still air here; moving air does a surprising amount of the drying.
How this was worked out
Drying rate
0.000 in/hour here
Method
Penman combination equation on the radiation and air actually reaching this spot (from a published source)
Light after dark
Estimate: Worked out, but at least one input was assumed rather than measured.invisible
~0 lux
Light on the seat
The bar is the 0–100 reporting scale, mapped from the reading above: 0 is none of it, 100 the top of the scale.
The seat is not appreciably brighter than its surroundings, so a person there is hard to pick out.