This article predominantly highlights cities with available weather data, but the path of totality expands beyond that scope.

Smaller towns near areas on this list or elsewhere on the path of totality can also be an ideal place to view this rare event. Because this article relies on available weather station data, it does not include every city and town that the eclipse's path points to.

Read on to find out where—and when—you should be able to see the total eclipse on April 8 in Arkansas as well as another nearby state.

- Time of totality: 1:53  p.m. CDT
- Length of totality: 2 minutes, 51 seconds
- Chance of viewability: 58.0%
- Historic cloud conditions:
--- Clear 29.5% of the time
--- Few clouds 17.8%
--- Partly cloudy 9.8%
--- Mostly cloudy 20.8%
--- Overcast 22.1%

- Time of totality: 1:48  p.m. CDT
- Length of totality: 2 minutes, 27 seconds
- Chance of viewability: 64.7%
- Historic cloud conditions:
--- Clear 50.5% of the time
--- Few clouds 8.9%
--- Partly cloudy 3.9%
--- Mostly cloudy 12.3%
--- Overcast 24.5%

Waco, Texas

- Time of totality: 1:40  p.m. CDT
- Length of totality: 4 minutes, 19 seconds
- Chance of viewability: 63.9%
- Historic cloud conditions:
--- Clear 49.8% of the time
--- Few clouds 7.7%
--- Partly cloudy 6.2%
--- Mostly cloudy 10.6%
--- Overcast 25.8%


Hondo, Texas

- Time of totality: 1:33  p.m. CDT
- Length of totality: 3 minutes, 32 seconds
- Chance of viewability: 70.3%
- Historic cloud conditions:
--- Clear 53.3% of the time
--- Few clouds 9.8%
--- Partly cloudy 9.0%
--- Mostly cloudy 10.4%
--- Overcast 17.6%


Del Rio, Texas

- Time of totality: 1:30  p.m. CDT
- Length of totality: 3 minutes, 13 seconds
- Chance of viewability: 74.1%
- Historic cloud conditions:
--- Clear 64.4% of the time
--- Few clouds 6.1%
--- Partly cloudy 4.6%
--- Mostly cloudy 6.8%
--- Overcast 18.2%


Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas

- Time of totality: 1:42  p.m. CDT
- Length of totality: 2 minutes, 58 seconds
- Chance of viewability: 48.1%
- Historic cloud conditions:
--- Clear 19.0% of the time
--- Few clouds 14.3%
--- Partly cloudy 13.1%
--- Mostly cloudy 22.9%
--- Overcast 30.8%


San Antonio, Texas

- Time of totality: 1:34  p.m. CDT
- Length of totality: 1 minutes, 14 seconds
- Chance of viewability: 45.8%
- Historic cloud conditions:
--- Clear 17.1% of the time
--- Few clouds 15.3%
--- Partly cloudy 10.6%
--- Mostly cloudy 23.2%
--- Overcast 33.7%

This story features data reporting by Emma Rubin, writing by Sheeka Sanahori, and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 9 states.