Lake District
The entire Lake District National Park, taking in all major summits, including Scafell, Helvellyn, Skiddaw, the Langdales and Old Man of Coniston.
Friday's Forecast
Moderate breeze, locally gusty
A noticeable breeze, feeling cool where exposed on tops. Locally may be gusty, but unlikely to affect walking progress. 15-25mph.
Patchwork of cloud and sun
Dry most or all day. A mix of cloud and sunshine. Occasional cloud banks drifting over higher slopes, lifting above the tops.
Cool to mild
Air temperature 5 to 10C on higher terrain. Comfortable temperatures on lower terrain, but feeling chilly if exposed to wind higher up, especially if stationary. Pack extra layers.
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Moderate breeze, locally gusty
A noticeable breeze, feeling cool where exposed on tops. Locally may be gusty, but unlikely to affect walking progress. 15-25mph.
Patchwork of cloud and sun
Dry most or all day. A mix of cloud and sunshine. Occasional cloud banks drifting over higher slopes, lifting above the tops.
Cool to mild
Air temperature 5 to 10C on higher terrain. Comfortable temperatures on lower terrain, but feeling chilly if exposed to wind higher up, especially if stationary. Pack extra layers.
Viewing Forecast For
Lake District
Friday 5th June 2026
Last updated
Thu 4th Jun 26 at
3:49PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Blustery start, gale-force gusts in N England and Scotland; easing. Chilly with showers in W Scotland, showers more widely over the highlands afternoon with sunny interludes. Early showers in England and Wales ease by afternoon, only well-scattered showers remain over Wales and S Pennines, plenty sun breaks.
Headline for Lake District
Blustery scattered showers soon easing, increasing sun bursts
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 25-35mph dawn, perhaps gusting 45mph over tops just at and before dawn. Soon easing, shifting southwesterly, 15-25mph most of afternoon. Shifting southerly into nighttime.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous walking early, balance challenged over gusty high terrain with significant wind chill. Easing, fairly small in many places through afternoon.
How Wet?
Some morning showers largely fade
Light showery rain drifting from the west in the morning, some drizzle over the high fells in cloud in the early hours. Showers soon ease, the afternoon substantially dry except for a few odd returning spots of light rain.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting to high tops with increasing breaks
Fairly extensive above 600-700m, to low western slopes at dawn. Bases lift through morning, breaks forming, perhaps within a few hours of sunrise east fells. Just banks coming and going over high summits through afternoon. Helvellyn may be more often clear.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Rising to 70%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patchy sunshine, extended periods of sun increasingly later afternoon into evening. Very good visibility.
How Cold? (at 750m)
4C rising to 7C. Only a slight drop overnight. Feeling like -5C in strongest early wind, this effect easing.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Lake District
Saturday 6th June 2026
Last updated
Thu 4th Jun 26 at
3:49PM
How windy? (On the summits)
S-SE'ly, uncertain strongest wind, likely 40-50mph, but trending lighter through afternoon, towards 20-25mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Walking arduous, to challenging for several morning hours with wind chill, effects probably easing; some uncertainty.
How Wet?
Risk of rain developing
Patchy rain likely moving in from the southwest, but north Lakes may start largely dry for a few hours. Risk of rain becoming more persistent and heavier for a time, but timing and extent is uncertain.
Cloud on the hills?
Becoming fairly extensive
Cloud banks already covering south and western tops from early in day, likely filling in more widely and lowering, to low-mid slopes southern fells in rain; highest bases toward north Lakes, perhaps a few broken moments.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Weak sun through high cloud just at first, more likely overcast, increasingly dull. Visibility good where dry if below cloud, but reducing in rain, becoming poor.
How Cold? (at 750m)
6C rising to 9C afternoon, though perhaps slightly less; some uncertainty. Feeling near/below freezing in the wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Lake District
Sunday 7th June 2026
Last updated
Thu 4th Jun 26 at
3:49PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 25-35mph, gusty over high summits, and deteriorating; sustained speeds may reach 40mph+ late.
Effect of the wind on you?
Walking often strenuous in exposure with notable wind chill, risk deteriorating later - stability increasingly challenging.
How Wet?
Patchy light rain
Patches of rain will drift from the southwest throughout the day, falls amounting to little with several dry windows, but also a risk of more substantially falls later in the day, though this uncertain.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting to high terrain
May be fairly extensive from 500m up in the early hours, or lower to the southwest. Bases rise with time, may clear east and north summits, but highest tops and west slopes may often be in cloud above 700-800m.
Chance of cloud free summits?
40%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sunshine increasingly weakened by high cloud through the day, more patchy to the west. Good visibility but an early haze.
How Cold? (at 750m)
7 or 8C, rising a degree. Feeling just below freezing in strongest wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Planning Outlook
Unsettled over the weekend as southwesterly flow draws several areas of rain across the country, best of dry slopes to the northeast, and perhaps a drier Sunday for England and Wales through blustery, some uncertainty in detail. Generally unsettled next week too: showers affect most hills Monday and Tuesday, lowest cloud and most persistent rain along western slopes, but with some breaks as well with sunshine. Timing of most unsettled weather remains uncertain, but some risk of a deeper area of lower pressure from Wednesday or later brining widespread strong winds, probably gales over many summits, with prolonged heavy rain. Temperatures probably trending milder again into the weekend, pressure may begin to rise in the south, but this uncertain as well.