The August 12, 2026 total solar eclipse in Cobos de Cerrato (Palencia)

Of the five Cerrato locations that dominate the Palencia table, Cobos de Cerrato was the one that bet on seconds. Its 106 seconds of totality, just one off the provincial maximum, are worth 38th of 191, well ahead of the neighbours it shares a district with. The price appears in the other column: 50.8% of clear days, which drops it to 60th in the province, nearly three points below Antigüedad or Espinosa.

That trade explains why it closed the group of five on 83.8 points despite holding the second best duration among them. Horizon clearance of 7.9 degrees over a solar altitude of 8 is generous and was not the issue. Full darkness arrived at 20:28:53 and lifted at 20:30:39; at 21:20:49 the Sun set with the eclipse still unfinished. The sky statistics, including 34.8% average cloud cover, describe thirty consecutive Augusts and support no claim about the sky on the afternoon of the eclipse.