The actual night came with terribly hazy and cloudy sky after sunset. Waited till 2:00am when the sky suddenly cleared up with good transparency. Limiting mag. was at least 6.5 at this in-the-middle-of-nowhere ranch.
Two peaks, respectively at 2:00am and 4:00am were observed, where the latter indeed reached a rate of 400+ per hour at the exact predicted time. Despite the very low altitude of the radiant (8 degrees), I managed to see 69 Draconids meteors within 2 hours. Below is the statistical result of the peak timing and rate by IMO:
Most meteors are VERY faint (between mag 2 to 4), and VERY VERY slow. The meteors were so slow that you can blink a few times and the meteor's still there. There were 3 times when more than 2 meteors came grazing through at the same time, a long gone experience since the 2001 Leonids. During the 2 hours there were a few Orionids members, hinting a potential good show next week.
