Lyrids in Rovaniemi

The Lyrids meteor shower peaks from Rovaniemi around Apr 22, with up to 18 meteors per hour under ideal conditions. In 2026 a half moon will wash out fainter meteors, and from Rovaniemi the radiant in Lyra climbs to 55° above the south-east horizon around 03:50. Local best viewing window: 22:40–03:50 EEST on the peak night, about 5.2 hours of civil twilight. Scaled to that altitude, the 18/hour headline figure works out to roughly 15 meteors an hour from Rovaniemi under a genuinely dark sky. At this latitude the sky never gets fully dark that night — the Sun only reaches 11.1° below the horizon — so only the brighter meteors will show. Tonight: intermittent cloud, so patience pays off.