On Monday April 8, the Great American Eclipse will grace a large strip of North America, providing sky-gawking observers with the last total solar eclipse in the contiguous US and Canada until 2044. If you’re gearing up to enjoy this spectacle, be wary that there is still one uncontrollable hurdle to overcome: cloudy weather.
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Only a thin strand of North America will be in the
This narrow path of totality will travel diagonally up from Mexico before passing through Texas, then Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. It will then pass into Canada in Southern Ontario, and continue through Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia.
Of course, weather will vary from region to region. Weather forecasts are more accurate the closer they are to the day in question – and it’s still too early to tell with certainty whether April 8 will be a cloudy one.
However, you can see whether history is on your side. It’s possible to gain a decent insight into what the weather may hold on April 8 by studying
As you can see, historical data suggests that early April days are not too cloudy for much of the US, especially parts in the south where the eclipse’s path of totality will run through. The skies are generally not too cloudy for the southern US at this time of year, although things can be much cloudier around northeastern states near the Great Lakes, like Ohio and New York state.
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Truth be told, we’ll have to see what April 8 will have in store. Weather conditions can change hour-by-hour and cloud cover can shift within a minute’s notice. If you want to prepare for the Great American Eclipse, the best thing you can do is
“It’s going to be what it’s going to be,” Anderson, who has traveled to see every total solar eclipse since 1979, told the