How El Niño may affect the chances of clear skies for the 2024 total solar eclipse

These eclipse chasers in South Carolina got lucky with a break in the clouds during the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, 2017.

That typically means wetter conditions in the South and drier weather in the North, Hutchinson said. The 115-mile-wide path of totality for the eclipse on April 8, 2024, begins on the Pacific coast of Mexico at Mazatlán and tracks northeast, crossing 15 U.S. states from Texas through Maine, as well as southern parts of Quebec and Ontario, before crossing into Canada's Maritime Provinces.

"El Niño does make some difference overall, but I wouldn't change my plans for the eclipse," Hutchinson said."Generally we should see about the same amount of storms in an El Niño year, but storm systems moving through the Texas area tend to be a lot bigger and more potent." If that's a worry, storms in Texas were already possible in April.

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Where will the April 2024 total solar eclipse be visible from?Jamie is an experienced science, technology and travel journalist and stargazer who writes about exploring the night sky, solar and lunar eclipses, moon-gazing, astro-travel, astronomy and space exploration. He is the editor of WhenIsTheNextEclipse.com and author of A Stargazing Program For Beginners, and is a senior contributor at Forbes.
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