No matter whether it is sunny or cloudy, the sky will darken during the time of totality. According to weather statistics from Syracuse television station NewsChannel 9, it has been cloudy 14 of the last 22 April 8ths at 3 p.m. The average high for April 8 in Syracuse is 54°F.

A look at the weather at 3 p.m. on April 8 over the past five years:

2023: 48°F, mostly cloudy

2022: 52°F, mostly cloudy

2021: 79°F, clear

2020: 51°F, cloudy

2019: 67°F, cloudy