Peak date is approximate and may vary by a day from year to year.
Hourly count is frequency or number of meteors per hour around the Peak date.
Today, this shower is sometimes referred to as the Bootids, after the constellation Bootes. This shower has the potential to become a meteor storm, with spectacular displays of thousands of meteors per hour. It is not practical to view them with binoculars or a telescope because they last just a fraction of a second and extend arcs greater than what can be viewed through these instruments. Additionally, their appearance and paths in the sky cannot be predicted. Unless you are looking in the direction of the meteor, you will either miss it or catch it out of the corner of your eye.