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Total Solar Eclipse of 2024 April 8
in Mexico, the United States of America or Canada

The point of greatest eclipse (totality phase during 4 min 28 sec) lies in Mexico in the Durango state. Some people will try to observe this eclipse at the crossing point with the 2017 one in the USA, while on my side I will likely travel to Mexico where the duration is longer and the weather prospects better. Weather-wise Canada is not looking great and temperatures can still be quite low, yet on a clear day the atmosphere will be drier than in the south in say Texas or even Mexico.

More comprehensive information and useful eclipse goodies can be found on the Great American Eclipse website maintained by my friend Michael Zeiler. The maps have been created using the data computed by my Solar Eclipse Maestro software. Please take also a moment to read those comprehensive instructions on how to observe the eclipse safely.

You can use this solar eclipse calculator to compute the local circumstances of the eclipse, and the solar eclipse timer notifies the beginning of the various events. A time exposure calculator is there to help you choose your camera settings.

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Eclipse circumstances	Average cloudiness in April along the path of totality (courtesy of Jay Anderson)	Eclipse animation
Average cloudiness over North America in April (courtesy of Jay Anderson) Centerline average cloudiness over North America in April (courtesy of Jay Anderson)
Durango cathedral in Mexico
As one can see there is a three-fold increase in eclipse maps loads centered on April 8, already five years before 2024. It’s an early sign that this eclipse will likely drive the maps loads in the millions just like in 2017. The financial costs resulting from such an influx of visitors are substantial, a few hundred US Dollars this month and therefore by extrapolation a few tens of thousands of US Dollars or more in 2024 based on what happened in 2017. Eclipse Google maps loads statistics during the month of April 2019 from my website
Weather-wise Mexico is a clear winner and a study over three weeks confirms what the weather statistics over the past 20 years tell us. Even on a difficult day, such as 2019 April 24^th, it could be seen in Mazatlán, Mexico, while the whole of Texas which usually has the best weather prospects in the USA within the eclipse path is bad. Sample of difficult weather on 2019 April 24^th (scroll left and right to have a look at the webcams) 8 April 2019 Three-day window 7-9 April 2019 Thirteen-day window 1-13 April 2019 24-day window 1-24 April 2019 Each day from April 1^st to 15^th, 2019 30-day window 1-30 April 2019 And now April 8^th 2020 with also an animation. 8 April 2020