Perseids in New York

The Perseids meteor shower peaks from New York around Aug 12-13, with up to 150 meteors per hour under ideal conditions. In 2026 a new moon means dark skies, and from New York the radiant in Perseus climbs to 62° above the north-east horizon around 04:20. Local best viewing window: 23:30–04:20 EDT on the peak night, about 4.8 hours of astronomical darkness. Scaled to that altitude, the 150/hour headline figure works out to roughly 132 meteors an hour from New York under a genuinely dark sky. Tonight: heavy cover, with only occasional breaks.