https://www.cnet.com/news/quadrantid-meteor-shower-set-to-streak-across-the-sky-tonight/ > The peak of the Quadrantids, which can generate over 100 meteors per hour, lasts for just a few hours, but meteors will still appear before and after. "The reason the peak is so short is due to the shower's thin stream of particles and the fact that the Earth crosses the stream at a perpendicular angle," NASA explains. > Robert Lunsford of the American Meteor Society says observers in the US can expect around 25 Quadrantids per hour at its best. The Quadrantids aren't known for producing fireballs, but could still generate some extremely bright meteors, he notes.