What impact did the solar eclipse have on temperatures?
Temperatures in Central Texas dropped by several degrees during Monday's total solar eclipse.
BURNET, Texas (KXAN) — Temperatures in Central Texas dropped by several degrees during Monday's total solar eclipse.
To see the impact of the moon covering the sun, KXAN charted the temperature recorded every five minutes at the Burnet Municipal Airport. The city, northwest of Austin, experienced 4 minutes, 20.3 seconds of totality during the eclipse.
At 12:20 p.m., just after the start of the partial eclipse in Burnet, the temperature was recorded at 79°. By the start of the total eclipse, at 1:34 p.m., the temperature had fallen by four degrees.
Temperatures dropped further, down to 73° by 1:45 p.m., just after the end of totality.
A quick rebound then followed as the sun started to reemerge, reaching 79° once again by the end of the partial eclipse, around 3 p.m.
NASA says the next solar eclipse to cross Central Texas won’t be until the year 2343. Before the 2024 eclipse, the last path of totality that included Austin was in 1397, according to the University of Texas.