Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
The entire Yorkshire Dales National Park and North Pennines AONB, including the Three Peaks and Cross Fell, plus Howgills, also south to Forest of Bowland.
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.
Warm
Comfortable temperatures on the hills, 12 to 16C on tops, feeling pleasantly warm especially on lower ground. Beware of feeling cooler if exposed to wind on higher terrain.
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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.
Warm
Comfortable temperatures on the hills, 12 to 16C on tops, feeling pleasantly warm especially on lower ground. Beware of feeling cooler if exposed to wind on higher terrain.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Thursday 14th August 2025
Last updated
Wed 13th Aug 25 at
2:58PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Continued very humid weather, and a change toward less warmth, will lead to vary varied conditions - difficult to give detail - across the hills. Areas of rain, in places thundery, and low cloud will be most extensive morning; but an overall improvement will be slow and patchy.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Patches of rain and low cloud: overall will tend to improve.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwest to westerly 10 to perhaps later 15 or 20mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Small
How Wet?
Rain occasionally - amounting to very little
Pockets of drizzly rain morning (and possibly post dawn the odd heavy thundery burst). By afternoon, here and there the odd patch of rain still left but extensively dry.
Cloud on the hills?
Fog gradually clearing; though slowly particularly more western slopes
Confidence low: Fog covering hills at various heights most or all day western fells south of Tebay, but may clear Bowland Forest, The cloud may break up afternoon. Elsewhere, areas of very low cloud morning, but summits below 650m very likely clearing by early to mid afternoon.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20%, through day rising (slowly Yorkshire) to 80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patches of sunshine slowly coming through, mainly from afternoon. Haze gradually thinning to give excellent visibility.
How Cold? (at 700m)
16C.
And in the valleys
21 to 24C in afternoon, warmest more eastern dales. Very humid.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Friday 15th August 2025
Last updated
Wed 13th Aug 25 at
2:58PM
How windy? (On the summits)
East or northeasterly, 10 to perhaps 15mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly negligible
How Wet?
Rain not expected
Cloud on the hills?
Little if any by afternoon
Low confidence morning; ribbons of fog some or many valleys and lower slopes - most or perhaps all higher areas could be above the fog. By late morning, the fog clearing.
Chance of cloud free summits?
90% from midday
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sunshine increasingly breaking through morning and middle of day. Fog clearing to excellent visibility.
How Cold? (at 700m)
14C rising to 17C.
And in the valleys
Will rise to 21 to 24C in the afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Saturday 16th August 2025
Last updated
Wed 13th Aug 25 at
2:58PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Easterly 10 to perhaps 15mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly negligible
How Wet?
Rain very unlikely
Small risk pockets drizzle until mid, possibly late morning more eastern areas.
Cloud on the hills?
Most or all summits cloud free by afternoon
After dawn, ribbons of fog some valleys and lower slopes, whilst here and there fog higher areas, but the fells may well be above the cloud. The fog will very likely have cleared by late morning or midday.
Chance of cloud free summits?
60% rising to 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Extensive bright sunshine and excellent or superb visibility as fog clears through the morning.
How Cold? (at 700m)
Around 12C after dawn; and 17C mid afternoon.
And in the valleys
20 to 22C in the afternoon.
Planning Outlook
High pressure, generally centred near northern Britain, will develop and persist well into next week, bringing low rainfall (although here and there thundery showers) and for most mountains extensive sunshine and light wind. Nevertheless, cloud will come and go, most widely across more eastern mountains. It will remain very warm.