Brecon Beacons
Includes all higher summits in the southern half of Wales: the Bannau Brycheiniog / Brecon Beacons National Park, southern Cambrian Mountains and highest Preseli hills.
Monday's Forecast
Gale force, walking arduous
Considerable buffeting, walking into the wind will be strenuous on exposed terrain, stronger gusts may knock you off your feet. 40 to 55mph.
Patchy rain or drizzle
Rain on and off, or generally drizzly - total amounts small, but may be persistently damp, especially where hills are shrouded in cloud.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
Chilly
Air temperature typically 0 to 5C on higher summits. Feeling distinctly chilly on tops when stationary or where exposed to wind. Take appropriate layers.
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Gale force, walking arduous
Considerable buffeting, walking into the wind will be strenuous on exposed terrain, stronger gusts may knock you off your feet. 40 to 55mph.
Patchy rain or drizzle
Rain on and off, or generally drizzly - total amounts small, but may be persistently damp, especially where hills are shrouded in cloud.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
Chilly
Air temperature typically 0 to 5C on higher summits. Feeling distinctly chilly on tops when stationary or where exposed to wind. Take appropriate layers.
Viewing Forecast For
Brecon Beacons
Monday 2nd February 2026
Last updated
Sun 1st Feb 26 at
4:26PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Strong and gusty east-southeasterlies, gale-force in places, speeds generally increasing over England & Wales with time. Snow frequent or persistent for eastern Scottish hills, rain lower ground; whiteout over higher areas with blanket cloud. Largely dry west coasts with higher and more broken cloud.
Headline for Brecon Beacons
Strong, gusty wind, becoming gales. Low cloud, breaks west.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southeasterly 30-35mph, lowest speeds around dawn, generally strengthening through day to 40-45mph, or 50-55mph up to dusk, with increasingly powerful gusts.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous to increasingly arduous walking conditions, buffeting gusts knocking you off balance, not just on higher terrain, in places downslope west of high tops. Significant wind chill.
How Wet?
Spotty light rain
Occasional spots of light rain drifting from the south and east, mostly affecting hills from Pen-Y-Fan to Black Mountains. Western Cambrians and nearby hills may stay largely dry.
Cloud on the hills?
Lowest and most persistent east, some breaks form west
Covering hills fairly widely above 400 to 600m, lowest bases east, to some lower slopes in morning. Higher bases westward, best chance of breaks afternoon west of Pen-Y-Fan on northern aspects.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Glimpses of sun mostly west Wales afternoon, cloudier and dull east. Hazy or misty south and east, some good visibility develops out of cloud in west, mainly afternoon.
How Cold? (at 750m)
2 or 3C. Feeling like -10 to -13C in the wind.
Freezing Level
Just above freezing point to higher slopes, but some highest terrain icy in places.
Viewing Forecast For
Brecon Beacons
Tuesday 3rd February 2026
Last updated
Sun 1st Feb 26 at
4:26PM
How windy? (On the summits)
East to southeasterly 25 to 35mph, likely strongest in morning; gusty in places, locally to some lower slopes in west.
Effect of the wind on you?
Blustery, in places more uncomfortable, affecting ease of walking and balance; considerable wind chill.
How Wet?
Rain and some hill snow
Likely fairly persistent rain, falling as sleet or snow on some higher terrain mostly above 600m. Smaller amounts westward.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive
Covering most higher terrain, above 500-600m, or lower some southeastern slopes. Higher bases toward western Cambrians.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Largely overcast, dull. Hazy, poor visibility in rain/snow.
How Cold? (at 750m)
0 or 1C. Wind chill feeling like -5 to -8C.
Freezing Level
Just above freezing to most upper slopes, but some eastern areas close to freezing above 600m.
Viewing Forecast For
Brecon Beacons
Wednesday 4th February 2026
Last updated
Sun 1st Feb 26 at
4:26PM
How windy? (On the summits)
South to southeasterly 20 to 30mph, gusty in places.
Effect of the wind on you?
Blustery, in places affecting comfortable walking on exposed high terrain, considerable wind chill.
How Wet?
A little showery rain
Overnight rain fades by early morning. Occasional showery rain during day, mostly southern areas. Chance of more frequent rain southwest.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive but improving
Covering many hills in the morning, lowest bases in the east, to some mid-slopes. Base tending to lift toward upper slopes during the day, breaks best in west.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Glimpses of sun may develop, mainly west. Misty start, visibility becoming good below cloud.
How Cold? (at 750m)
3 or 4C. Wind chill feeling like -5C.
Freezing Level
Above freezing to highest summits.
Planning Outlook
Easterly winds prevail this week, strong to gale force over many hills for sustained periods. Freezing levels will vary, but in the Highlands rarely above 800m away from the west coast, at times sub-zero from 400-500m upward. In England and Wales only occasionally dropping below 600m, and at times just above freezing to high tops. Further snow focused on eastern Scottish mountains, with additional accumulations and drifting; very little further west. Some periods of hill snow for England and Wales during midweek. Cold easterly patterns are expected to continue onward into mid February, though higher pressure to the north may see reduced precipitation amounts, always driest with highest cloud in west.