Southern Uplands
The Galloway hills eastward to the Lammermuir hills. The Cheviots (including higher hills within the adjacent Northumberland NP).
Tuesday's Forecast
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
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.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
Warm
Comfortable temperatures on the hills, 10 to 15C on tops, feeling pleasantly warm especially on lower ground. Beware of feeling cooler if exposed to wind on higher terrain.
Click an icon for more information or click here for a key to all icons.
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
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.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
Warm
Comfortable temperatures on the hills, 10 to 15C on tops, feeling pleasantly warm especially on lower ground. Beware of feeling cooler if exposed to wind on higher terrain.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Tuesday 7th July 2026
Last updated
Mon 6th Jul 26 at
4:21PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Windy over high terrain, strongest in the morning, again later in Scotland. Damp and murky north and western Highlands, more persistent rain at times. Some improvement southern Highlands in afternoon. Often dry for northern England, but higher fells shrouded in cloud. Brighter for Wales as cloud thins.
Headline for Southern Uplands
Early gales ease. Damp, lowest cloud toward west.
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 35-45mph at dawn, strongest Lothians to Cheviots with gusts approaching 55mph high tops. Easing into middle of day to 20-30mph. Then rising again slightly toward evening to 25-35mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Arduous to challenging walking with considerable buffeting and wind chill early, gusts knocking you off balance higher tops. Effects ease, but generally strenuous.
How Wet?
Patchy rain, mostly west
Rain and drizzle here and there most of the day, odd brief showers passing eastwards, light in nature, some more persistent in morning, but regular dry windows by afternoon.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive, some breaks form east
From dawn, blanket cloud from middle elevations up, lowest Ayrshire/Central Belt hills and more widely in rain. A general lifting trend, but persisting over western hills. Breaks to summits possible east, but banks returning too.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20%, rising to 50% easternmost summits
Sunshine and air clarity?
Few glimpses of sun but weakened by high cloud. Variable visibility, most often poor west, but very good out of cloud.
How Cold? (at 750m)
11C rising to 13C, always warmest east, locally to 15C Cheviots afternoon. Feeling close to freezing on high tops if exposed to wind early in morning.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Wednesday 8th July 2026
Last updated
Mon 6th Jul 26 at
4:21PM
How windy? (On the summits)
West to southwesterly 15 to 20mph, in places 25mph around high tops, mainly early morning.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small, some noticeable gustier spots early in day.
How Wet?
Rain unlikely
Rare fine drizzle western hills if in early low cloud on windward slopes.
Cloud on the hills?
Mostly west in morning, clears many hills
Banks of cloud fairly extensive Dumfries and Galloway in the morning. Tending to thin and disperse through middle of day to leave most or all hills clear. Western slopes near Merrick may keep patchy cloud.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30% rising to 70% west, 90% elsewhere.
Sunshine and air clarity?
Varied cloud and sun in morning, then increasingly sunny with fair-weather cloud, best toward east. Misty start in west, otherwise visibility very good.
How Cold? (at 750m)
12C rising to 17C afternoon, slightly cooler far west if cloud lingers.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Thursday 9th July 2026
Last updated
Mon 6th Jul 26 at
4:21PM
How windy? (On the summits)
West to southwesterly 10 to 20mph, likely strongest early in day.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small.
How Wet?
No rain expected
Cloud on the hills?
Clearing during morning
Varied mist in some valleys and patchy cloud banks around some hill slopes early in the day, tending to disperse or largely lift above the tops into middle of day.
Chance of cloud free summits?
90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Often sunny, a little fair-weather cloud. Some early patchy mist, but visibility becoming excellent.
How Cold? (at 750m)
13C rising to 19C afternoon.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Planning Outlook
A drier and warmer window builds into the middle of this week: very warm in England and Wales. Still low cloud persistent especially toward northwest Scotland, but spells of sunshine spread northward, and lighter wind. Some rain late this week in western Scotland though mostly light and patchy, many places dry. High pressure expands across Scotland through the weekend bringing more widely clearer hills, dry and warm conditions in the extended outlook into mid July - easterly winds likely develop, particularly England and Wales; a chance of some isolated thunderstorms occasionally.