Leonid Meteor Showers

The annual Leonid meteor shower begins ramping up this week before hitting its peak shortly after midnight on Friday morning, when viewers in and around our area might be looking at up to 15-20 meteors per hour.

The Leonid Meteor Shower going on right now should offer up clear-sky meteor rates of about 10 to 15 shooting stars per hour, but has been known to put on a spectacular show of up to (and over) 1000 shooting stars per hour.