Perseid Meteor Shower 2024 Peak Date 2024. August 12, 2024 / 6:33 am edt / cbs news. This year, the perseid meteor shower peaks aug.

We get these showers as earth plows through material left over from comets or asteroids that orbit the sun. On the nights of august 11th and 12th, the perseid meteor shower reaches its peak, as earth passes through the debris stream of comet swift.