Peak District
The southernmost Pennines, covering the entire Peak District National Park, also extending north to hills accessed from Hebden Bridge, and including the hills immediately north of Manchester.
Today's Forecast
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Heavy snow and hail showers, isolated lightning
Showery precipitation, often heavy, may merge to become constant for periods. A mix of snow and hail often falling to lower slopes. Risk of very localised thunder and lightning.
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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Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Heavy snow and hail showers, isolated lightning
Showery precipitation, often heavy, may merge to become constant for periods. A mix of snow and hail often falling to lower slopes. Risk of very localised thunder and lightning.
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
Peak District
Saturday 11th April 2026
Last updated
Fri 10th Apr 26 at
4:30PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Windy with significant chill factor. Gales develop and strengthen with time England & Wales. At first, a band of persistent snowfall across the hills, rain lower slopes, soon moving away eastwards, leaving clearer conditions and scattered showers, but becoming locally heavy with hail and chance of thunder.
Headline for Peak District
Increasingly windy later. Patchy rain/snow, later showers.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southerly gales lessen by dawn. Then southwesterly 20-25mph, shifting southerly later in the day and strengthening, 35-40mph toward evening, 50mph up to dusk and into night higher tops.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small but blustery in exposure, later becoming strenuous as evening approaches, considerable chill factor.
How Wet?
Early rain/snow, then scattered hail showers
Rain from dawn, snow from about 500m upward, trending patchy and breaking into scattered showers, some briefly heavy with hail, greatest risk toward north and west later in day, more widely by evening.
Cloud on the hills?
Early cloud clearing summits
Fairly extensive over high terrain at dawn with banks to some lower slopes. Bases lifting to high terrain through morning, clearing tops by middle of day.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30% rising to 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Bursts of sun breaking out. Visibility soon very good, briefly deteriorating in showers.
Temperature (at 600m)
2C rising to 4C. Feeling like -5C as wind increases afternoon, by evening nearer -10C.
And in the valleys
4C at dawn, rising to 10C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Sunday 12th April 2026
Last updated
Fri 10th Apr 26 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly, 25 to 35mph, risk 40mph for a time high tops. Lessening gradually during afternoon.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous walking in exposure higher up with considerable wind chill, tending to improve afternoon into evening.
How Wet?
Increasingly heavy showers, hail
Scattered showers most common on western hills in morning, but increasingly widely with time; heavy bursts with hail, possible snow briefly around 600m, risk of isolated thunder.
Cloud on the hills?
Largely clear, briefly on tops
Much cloud often above the hills, but patches around 600m around showers, briefly lower in morning in western areas.
Chance of cloud free summits?
70%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Intermittent bright sunshine, sunniest toward east in the morning. Visibility changing suddenly from very good to briefly very poor in showers.
Temperature (at 600m)
2C rising to 5C. Wind chill feeling like -8C at first, -3C by afternoon.
And in the valleys
5C from dawn, rising to 11C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Monday 13th April 2026
Last updated
Fri 10th Apr 26 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the summits)
South to southeasterly 15 to 20mph, may drop less for periods.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small effect on walking, but feeling distinctly chilly in exposure on high terrain.
How Wet?
Hail showers forming afternoon
Largely dry all morning, then a scattering of brief showers forming, more widespread with time during afternoon, briefly heavy with hail, also snow may fall at 600m. Risk isolated thunder & lightning.
Cloud on the hills?
Above the hills
Cloud generally forming above the tops.
Chance of cloud free summits?
90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sunshine most widely in morning, then cloud building, leaving brief bursts of sun. Visibility excellent, but briefly very poor in showers.
Temperature (at 600m)
2C rising to 6C. Wind chill feeling as cold as -5C in the morning.
And in the valleys
Frost in sheltered valleys at dawn. Rising to 11C afternoon.
Planning Outlook
Chilly and showery conditions to start the new week, hail and a risk of isolated thunder into Monday afternoon, but less windy than the weekend. Drier for much of Tuesday, but rain and strengthening south-southwesterly winds likely return from the west later. Milder into mid-late next week, but Scottish high tops above 1200m close to freezing at times. Showers or more persistent rain mostly in the west, accompanied by strong winds Wednesday-Thursday. Higher pressure builds toward next weekend, bringing drier conditions overall; some chilly nights but fairly mild spring days.