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.
Sunday'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.
Hazy, some fog banks
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Distant views reduced by haze, locally foggy for a time in valleys and some hill slopes.
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.
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.
Hazy, some fog banks
Distant views reduced by haze, locally foggy for a time in valleys and some hill slopes.
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
Sunday 15th November 2026
Last updated
Sat 14th Nov 26 at
4:00PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Rain and increasingly snow over Scottish mountains as colder air moves in. Drier and higher cloud bases toward southwest Highlands. Rain affects northern England and Wales with some persistent and locally heavier falls, becoming snow on hills into evening. Wind speed and direction will vary in all areas.
Headline for Peak District
Dry start, patchy rain, persistent and heavier later, cloud lowers.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 20 to 25mph early morning, but likely to drop to variable lower speeds through middle of day into afternoon. Later turning west then northwesterly, rising from dusk to 25-35mph into evening.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small, may start to affect ease of walking on some higher exposed moors and noticeable wind chill. Worsening beyond sunset.
How Wet?
Rain on and off, likely more persistent afternoon-evening
Largely dry from dawn, for longest in eastern areas. Rain moving in from west during morning, patchy small amounts for a few hours, but increasing risk with time of steadier and heavier falls moving in from southwest, continuing through dusk. Into night, turning to sleet or snow above 400-500m, showery into night.
Cloud on the hills?
Increasingly extensive
Patchy cloud around some slopes in the morning, but many hills may stay clear for several hours. With time, cloud likely to fill in more widely as rain develops, shrouding hills to some mid-slopes afternoon.
Chance of cloud free summits?
60% dropping to 20% afternoon
Sunshine and air clarity?
Bright start, but overcast high cloud, becoming increasingly dull. Visibility starts fairly good, some haze, then poor in rain.
Temperature (at 600m)
3 to 5C, little change until evening, then dropping after dark toward 0C. Feeling like -3C directly in the wind, but much colder after dark, nearer -10C.
And in the valleys
3C from dawn, rising to 7C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Monday 16th November 2026
Last updated
Sat 14th Nov 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Northwest 25-30mph early morning, easing to 10mph by early afternoon. Later rising SE'ly, gales into night.
Effect of the wind on you?
Marked wind chill and blustery on tops in morning, becoming smaller. Then deteriorating after dark.
How Wet?
Isolated showers fade; snow into night
Overnight showers may leave an odd brief shower of snow or hail in the morning, but fading to be dry. Onward into night, risk of significant hill snow developing, but turning wetter.
Cloud on the hills?
Little if any
Brief patches on higher slopes early in day soon all clearing.
Chance of cloud free summits?
90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sunshine fairly weak due to high cloud, which may thicken further later. Visibility excellent.
Temperature (at 600m)
0C; then tending to lift to 2C into night. Feeling like -10C if in stronger wind early in day.
And in the valleys
Starting around 1C, will reach around 6C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Tuesday 17th November 2026
Last updated
Sat 14th Nov 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 20 to 30mph, some uncertainty of highest speed, chance of reaching gale-force for periods.
Effect of the wind on you?
Blustery over high terrain starting to affect comfortable walking and giving marked wind chill. May worsen.
How Wet?
Rain mostly northwest
Overnight rain likely to move away northeastwards, but leaving some patchy rain most frequently western hills toward Lancashire.
Cloud on the hills?
Mostly higher slopes toward north
Banks of cloud over higher slopes from dawn tending to rise and clear especially in east and southern areas, but may come and go on higher slopes toward northern Peak and into mid-Pennines.
Chance of cloud free summits?
60%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Little if any sun, glimpses mainly east. Visibility very good where dry, but reduced in rain mainly north.
Temperature (at 600m)
5C much of day, may rise a little higher. Feeling like -5C if exposed to stronger wind.
And in the valleys
2 to 5C in morning, but tending to rise further particularly southern areas.
Planning Outlook
Cold with higher terrain frequently or almost permanently frozen most or all next week particularly in Scotland. Meanwhile Wales and northern England will see one or two incursions of much warmer air together with areas of persistent rain and intermittent hill snow. Less precipitation generally northward across Scotland, but marked exceptions: here too, where the frequently northerly wind rises over mountains (with the sea directly to the north), accumulations of snow may well be considerable.