meteor showers over Illinois

Keep your fingers crossed for clear skies over the next few nights, because if we luck out and have little to no cloud cover in the skies you should get a really great look at what some astronomy experts are saying could be the best meteor shower of the year.

Known as the oldest of meteor showers, and the one that peaks at the tail end of April each year, the Lyrid meteor shower will peak just in time for Earth Day (April 22nd).