By the numbers Meteor showers

100 per hour: Peak number of Quadrantids meteors, Jan. 3, 2006

15 per hour: Peak number of Lyrids, April 22

50 per hour: Eta Aquarids, May 5

70 per hour: Perseids, Aug. 12

15 per hour: Orionids, Oct. 21

70 per hour: Geminids, Dec. 14

Source: 2006 Harris Farmer’s Almanac