A big swath of Oregon is smack dab in the middle of the “path of totality” for the upcoming Aug. 21 eclipse. That means people in Lincoln City, Salem, Madras and John Day will have the best seats on the lawn to view the full eclipse.

In Portland, we’re about the next best thing. We’re just outside the path of totality, but the moon will block more than 99 percent of the sun. Still pretty impressive.

But what if you live in Los Angeles or Dallas, Texas or Miami? What can you expect to see?

Check out our guide for some of the nation’s biggest cities ranked by most to least cloudy.

Note: Eclipse data was gathered from NASA. Possible weather conditions were taken from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's NCEI and the Cooperative Institutes for Climate and Satellites–North Carolina. NOAA derived the percentages by taking 10 year averages of cloud cover for Aug. 21, 2001-2010.

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The eclipse will last 2 hours and 53 minutes.



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The eclipse will last 2 hours and 43 minutes.

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The eclipse will last 2 hours and 37 minutes.

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The eclipse will last 2 hours and 48 minutes.

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The eclipse will last 2 hours and 59 minutes.

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The eclipse will last 2 hours and 31 minutes.

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The eclipse will last 2 hours and 51 minutes.

Totality will last 1 minute and 58.2 seconds.

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The eclipse will last 2 hours and 40 minutes.

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The eclipse will last 2 hours and 32 minutes.

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The entire eclipse will last two hours and 54 minutes.

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The eclipse will last 2 hours and 30 minutes.

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The eclipse will last 2 hours and 59 minutes.

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The eclipse will last 2 hours and 39 minutes.

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The eclipse will last 2 hours and 51 minutes.

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The eclipse will last 2 hours and 38 minutes.

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The eclipse will last 2 hours and 35 minutes.

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The eclipse will last 2 hours and 46 minutes.

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The eclipse will last 2 hours and 32 minutes.

Totality will last 1 minute and 57.6 seconds.

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The eclipse will last 2 hours and 42 minutes.

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The eclipse will last 2 hours and 54 minutes.

Totality will last 2 minutes and 14.2 seconds.

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-- Mark Graves

mgraves@oregonian.com

@markwgraves