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.
Thursday'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.
Sunshine and showers
A good amount of dry and bright weather, but scattered bursts of rain, some may be locally heavy.
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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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.
Sunshine and showers
A good amount of dry and bright weather, but scattered bursts of rain, some may be locally heavy.
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
Thursday 22nd October 2026
Last updated
Wed 21st Oct 26 at
4:30PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Strong winds early in the day, gale force particularly toward the Cairngorms, lessening to lower speeds with time for all areas. Some early rain and upland snow in northeast Scotland clears. A few showers near west coasts fade. Cloud breaks above many tops with some sunshine, but remaining chilly all day.
Headline for Peak District
Chilly breeze eases, showers fade, sunny spells.
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 25-30mph early morning, easing to 15-20mph middle of day into afternoon, turning southerly. Then into night rising southeasterly 30-40mph for a time.
Effect of the wind on you?
Breezy and considerable wind chill at first, but improving to be fairly small.
How Wet?
Well-scattered showers
Showery rain from around dawn will clear eastward for just scattered showers with lengthy dry windows.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting off summits
Patchy cloud will soon lift and break to largely clear the summits, some risk of odd patches returning where showers occur.
Chance of cloud free summits?
80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patchy sunshine, longer sun breaks forming. Very good visibility.
Temperature (at 600m)
4 or 5C, lifting to 7C evening, staying elevated, a degree milder overnight. Feeling just below freezing in early wind.
And in the valleys
4C at dawn, rising to 11C afternoon, and only slightly dropping into night.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Friday 23rd October 2026
Last updated
Wed 21st Oct 26 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southeasterly 25-40mph early, lessening and becoming variable, perhaps a lull, then later northwesterly 40-50mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous walking on high terrain both early and late with considerable wind chill, fairly small in-between.
How Wet?
Periods of steady rain
Steady rain from overnight into morning with some heavy falls. Will break into some patchier moments, perhaps locally drier windows but steady rain returns as well.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive, local variability
Blanket cloud to middle slopes likely all day, and often to lower slopes. Some chance of some varied breaks for a few early hours, but any summit clearances unlikely and only fleeting if so.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
A few bright glimpses here and there, but more often overcast and dull with poor visibility.
Temperature (at 600m)
Will vary around 7 to 9C, then sharply cooling later towards 3 or 4C. Feeling like 0 to -5C in direct wind.
And in the valleys
8C at dawn, only slightly rising to 10C and more sharply cooling evening into night.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Saturday 24th October 2026
Last updated
Wed 21st Oct 26 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the summits)
South-southwesterly, 30mph or stronger at dawn, a brief relative lull, then rising again in afternoon to 50mph+.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous walking conditions, briefly may lessen, but deteriorating to become increasingly difficult, notable wind chill.
How Wet?
Rain sets in
Dry for a few hours from dawn, possibly much of morning in east, but patchy rain moves in from west, becoming persistent and heavier at times afternoon and evening. Showery into night.
Cloud on the hills?
Very little, then lowering during day
Most cloud above the hills in the morning, apart from odd local patches. By afternoon, cloud lowering to increasingly shroud hills, to 400-500m with time in more western areas, higher east.
Chance of cloud free summits?
80% in morning, dropping to 30% later.
Sunshine and air clarity?
A little weak sun through high cloud early morning, but giving way to overcast skies. Good visibility in morning becomes hazier, then poor as rain develops.
Temperature (at 600m)
4C at dawn, rising to 8C afternoon, briefly 10C by dusk, then falling into night. Always feeling near/below freezing in wind.
And in the valleys
7C at dawn, rising to 12C afternoon, or slightly milder by early evening.
Planning Outlook
A deep area of low pressure moves toward northwest Scotland into the weekend to bring widespread rain and gales, stormy conditions develop over many mountains, the strongest sustained winds over Scottish tops into Sunday in excess of 70-80mph with more powerful gusts. Temperature will vary, briefly above freezing to all tops, then back just below zero on Scottish Munros by Sunday with frequent showers of hail and snow on high mountains. Atlantic west-southwesterlies remain dominant next week, bringing several low pressure systems with rain and wind, punctuated by brief clearer windows.