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
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.
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.
Very warm
Warm conditions across the hills, rising above 15C on tops. Increasingly hot on lower terrain, reaching 25C+ in many valleys. Beware of dehydration.
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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.
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.
Very warm
Warm conditions across the hills, rising above 15C on tops. Increasingly hot on lower terrain, reaching 25C+ in many valleys. Beware of dehydration.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Sunday 5th July 2026
Last updated
Sat 4th Jul 26 at
4:17PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Early sunny bursts in east Scotland, rain and cloud setting in west and spreading widely with time. Extensive cloud and drizzle on English summits, some patchy rain, notably northwest hill groups; south Pennines drier later. Largely dry Wales, sun increasingly breaking out (through high cloud), particularly south.
Headline for Peak District
Morning low cloud lifts off the tops; breezy in exposure
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 20-30mph, quite gusty over the high tops, particularly early and late in the day.
Effect of the wind on you?
Ease of walking becoming impacted on high terrain, particularly early and late in the day with notable gusts affecting balance.
How Wet?
Light patchy rain, mostly early
A few patches of light rain drifting from the west from time to time, mostly early and amounting to little; steadiest falls to the north and west of Kinder Scout. Some drizzle on the summits in cloud, but a general drying trend, substantially dry by later afternoon.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting off the hills
Fog covers most high terrain in the morning with some lower banks, most extensive to the west of high edges. Cloud lifts through morning, clearing above the moors afternoon, soonest south and east.
Chance of cloud free summits?
40% dawn, rising to 90% through morning
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sun bursts increasingly breaking out though weakened by high cloud Very good visibility once cloud lifts.
Temperature (at 600m)
12C rising to 15 or 16C, warmest south where may rise a degree warmer.
And in the valleys
14C at dawn rising to 19 or 20C; up to 22C in the valleys south of Kinder Scout.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Monday 6th July 2026
Last updated
Sat 4th Jul 26 at
4:17PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 20-30mph, risk of strong gusts over tops early, as high as 40mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Ease of walking becoming impacted on high terrain, particularly in early gusts; locally fairly small effects.
How Wet?
Substantially dry
A few spots of light rain across northern moors in the morning, otherwise dry.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting off the hills
Fog covers most high terrain in the morning with some lower banks, most extensive to the west of high edges. Cloud lifts through morning for clear hills afternoon.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30% dawn, rising to 80% by afternoon
Sunshine and air clarity?
Occasional weak sun through high cloud. Very good visibility.
Temperature (at 600m)
12C rising to 15 or 16C, or warmer southernmost moors.
And in the valleys
14C at dawn rising to 21C, perhaps several degrees warmer southern valleys, to 23C.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Tuesday 7th July 2026
Last updated
Sat 4th Jul 26 at
4:17PM
How windy? (On the summits)
West-northwesterly 25-30mph, quite gusty over the tops and downslope early, easing to around 20mph aftenroon.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous walking on high terrain early with notable buffeting; a trend towards fairly small effects.
How Wet?
Likely dry
Small chance of some light sprinkles drifting over northern moors, but likely entirely dry.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting to often clear the summits
Fairly extensive over high edges in the morning, lowest bases to the northwest, perhaps to 400-500m at dawn. Lifting, clearing the summits by afternoon, but occasional caps may return to northern summits at times.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Rising to 70%
Sunshine and air clarity?
A mix of cloud and sun, some high cloud around, perhaps sunnier later. Very good visibility.
Temperature (at 600m)
11 or 12C rising to 16C.
And in the valleys
14C at dawn rising to 21 or 22C, some chance of higher temperatures southern valleys.
Planning Outlook
Rain, drizzle and low cloud persist over western hills from Lake District northward into early next week. Temperatures near average, but feeling cool in exposure to wind on tops, quite strong and gusty central and south Scotland. Northeast areas are drier with higher cloud bases but rain reaches here too. Higher pressure south maintains drier conditions in Wales and the south Pennines but cloud and some drizzle will affect high western slopes from time to time; lighter wind here, but nuisance gusts in exposure. A drier and warmer window builds into the middle of next week: very warm in England and Wales, spells of sunshine spread northward, and lighter wind. Some showers and patchy rain continue through late week and next weekend, though detail is uncertain and more often dry.