Above: Images from pastPerseidshowers

Typically, the best time to catch a meteor shower is during peak viewing days. But not this month.

The Perseids, which run from mid-July to mid-August, will peakAug. 11, 12 and 13, according to EarthSky.Normally, you could see as many as 100 shooting stars an hour under prime viewing conditions, but light from this month's full moon will upstage the meteor shower.

The closest supermoon of the year will shine August 10, so only the brightest meteors will be visible on peak mornings, according to a separateEarthSkyreport. This will certainly take away from the prolific shower, but as meteor frequency increases over the next week, so should viewing frequency.

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The meteor shower is one of the most popular every year. The meteors are created when debris falls off the Comet Swift-Tuttle, which has now crossed Earth's path. Once the Perseids cool this month, the next meteor shower isn't until late October, according to NASA.

An unsettled weather pattern setting up across parts of the U.S. this week will also be a hurdle to catching the Perseids. The pattern will bring scattered showers and clouds to parts of the Midwest, Great Lakes and South as the week progresses. Check out your 5-day forecast here on weather.com to see which evening may be best for you.

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The so-called Supermoon, or perigee moon, rises behind the historic Mount Wilson Observatory on July 12, 2014 at Mount Wilson in the Angeles National Forest northeast of Los Angeles, California. (David McNew/Getty Images)