Thu, Oct 8
Draconids meteor shower 2026 from Boise
Best 8:29 PM–1:14 AM (radiant up to 64°).
Up to about 10 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky. The Moon is 3% lit on the peak night.
This has passed
Times are local (MDT).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Boise: a very bright ISS pass, a Starlink train, a meteor shower peak, planets together, a supermoon or eclipse, the northern lights, or a bright comet. Only the city is stored, not your location.
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Plan your night
☁️ Clouds through the night
The hour-by-hour cloud forecast appears about five days before.
🌑 Find a dark sky
City light hides most of the show. Drive until the sky looks clearly darker (often 30–60 minutes out), away from streetlights, with an open view.
🛰️ Also crossing the sky that night
Bright ISS and Starlink passes during the best hours appear about five days before.
Shooting stars streak across the sky: up to about 10 an hour from a dark place.
How to watch
- Find a dark place away from city lights and give your eyes 20 minutes to adjust.
- Lie back and look at a wide part of the sky; you do not need to face the radiant.
- Rates are highest in the hours before dawn.
Other cities
- Meridian, IDBest 8:30 PM–1:15 AM (radiant up to 64°)
- Nampa, IDBest 8:31 PM–1:16 AM (radiant up to 64°)
- SpokaneBest 7:34 PM–12:49 AM (radiant up to 66°)
- Bend, ORBest 8:50 PM–1:35 AM (radiant up to 64°)
- West Jordan, UTBest 8:13 PM–12:28 AM (radiant up to 62°)
- Salt Lake CityBest 8:12 PM–12:27 AM (radiant up to 62°)
- RenoBest 7:44 PM–11:59 PM (radiant up to 61°)
- Provo, UTBest 8:11 PM–12:26 AM (radiant up to 62°)
- Gresham, ORBest 8:54 PM–1:39 AM (radiant up to 65°)
- Portland, OregonBest 7:55 PM–12:40 AM (radiant up to 65°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).