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.
Wednesday'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.
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.
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.
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
Wednesday 31st December 2025
Last updated
Tue 30th Dec 25 at
4:28PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Much terrain frozen, frost into valleys and glens in the morning, all day out of sunlight, but temperature and freezing level tending to lift toward 800m from west. Showery rain and hill snow moving into W-NW Scotland. Wind strengthening, becoming gales over tops in Scotland during day, then N England after dark.
Headline for Peak District
Increasing breeze. Dry, sun then cloudier.
How windy? (On the summits)
Northwesterly 10 to 15mph at first, lifting to 15 to 25mph into afternoon, then 35mph into night.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small, but marked chill as wind picks up later.
How Wet?
No precipitation during daytime
Onward into night, some showers or snow flurries on higher slopes develop from northwest.
Cloud on the hills?
Little if any
Hills likely clear, some patches may drift onto higher western slopes late in the day.
Chance of cloud free summits?
90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patchy cloud and sun, may cloud over from west later. Visibility very good or excellent.
Temperature (at 600m)
Around 0C. Feeling closer to -7C in the strongest winds toward evening.
And in the valleys
Widely sub-zero at dawn, hard frost in valleys; lifting to 4C during afternoon and into evening.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Thursday 1st January 2026
Last updated
Tue 30th Dec 25 at
4:28PM
How windy? (On the summits)
West to northwesterly 25 to 35mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous walking in exposure on higher hills, buffeting gusts. Significant wind chill.
How Wet?
Early rain, some snow high tops
Showery for a few hours from dawn into early morning, falling as sleet or snow above 500m. Fading to become often dry, odd brief showers in west.
Cloud on the hills?
Soon mostly above hills
Banks of cloud above 500-600m from dawn, particularly western areas, but soon lifting to largely clear the hills.
Chance of cloud free summits?
70%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Cloudy start, then patchwork of sunshine. Visibility very good, occasionally reduced in showers.
Temperature (at 600m)
+1C. Wind chill feeling like -7 to -10C.
And in the valleys
5 or 6C, little change from night into day, but then dropping to freezing onward into evening.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Friday 2nd January 2026
Last updated
Tue 30th Dec 25 at
4:28PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Northwesterly 25 to 30mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Considerable wind chill over the hills. Blustery, starting to affect comfortable walking in exposure on tops.
How Wet?
Rare if any precipitation
Chance of local snow and hail showers toward the west early in the day.
Cloud on the hills?
Little if any
Rare brief fragments higher slopes mainly morning.
Chance of cloud free summits?
90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Mostly sunny. Visibility excellent.
Temperature (at 600m)
-2C. Wind chill feeling like -12C on tops.
And in the valleys
Near 0C from dawn, rising to max 2C, then rapidly dropping below freezing into evening-night.
Planning Outlook
Significantly cold wintry conditions into the start of January. Air temperature well below freezing on high terrain, plus low minima into many glens and valleys with sustained hard frost. Strong northerly winds later this week giving severe wind chill. Frequent and heavy snow showers moving into northern areas and running down coastal extremities with significant accumulations. Elsewhere, lots of dry and sunny weather, although occasional organised bands of snow will feed south at times in the Arctic airflow. Staying cold into next week with scope for snowfalls more widely.