Lake District
The entire Lake District National Park, taking in all major summits, including Scafell, Helvellyn, Skiddaw, the Langdales and Old Man of Coniston.
Thursday's Forecast
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Heavy rain
Near-constant heavy rain, sometimes torrential over the mountains, very wet underfoot.
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.
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Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Heavy rain
Near-constant heavy rain, sometimes torrential over the mountains, very wet underfoot.
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
Lake District
Thursday 18th June 2026
Last updated
Wed 17th Jun 26 at
4:05PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Rain and low cloud affects many mountains, most persistent in the west, patchier and lighter for the Highlands by afternoon. A band of heavier rain for northern England and southwest Scotland, risk some thundery bursts. Blustery southwesterly winds. Feeling humid particularly for England and Wales.
Headline for Lake District
Soon windy. Rain setting in heavy, low cloud.
How windy? (On the summits)
South-southwesterly 20-30mph early in day, but strengthening to 35-40mph, some variability afternoon, stronger gusts may approach 50mph for a time higher fells. Into night more widely reaching 40-50mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Increasing buffeting across the fells, walking becoming more challenging in places, knocking you off balance. Feeling cool on tops despite mild humid air.
How Wet?
Rain much of day, becoming heavy
Persistently wet all day across the fells, sustained periods of constant often heavy rain particularly southwest Lakes, heavier falls increasingly setting in widely. Streams rising to be in spate. Chance of isolated thunder.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive
Shrouding fells widely, often toward lower slopes southwestern areas, rarely above 600m many hills, highest of any breaks northeastward.
Chance of cloud free summits?
10%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Largely cloudy, dull, murky in rain. Misty to lower levels south and west, local better visibility at times below cloud north, but widely poor in rain.
How Cold? (at 750m)
10C, locally rising to 12C out of cloud, mainly northeastern fells; quite humid. Feeling near 0C in stronger wind on tops.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Lake District
Friday 19th June 2026
Last updated
Wed 17th Jun 26 at
4:05PM
How windy? (On the summits)
South-southwesterly, 40 to 50mph all day, peak gusts vary, over 60mph for periods around high tops.
Effect of the wind on you?
Challenging walking, gusts knocking you off balance, including on some downslopes to north. Considerable wind chill.
How Wet?
Risk thundery rain developing
Pulses of rain extending northeast across the region, varied through day, patchy or only spots for a time, but risk some heavy or torrential falls developing, may set in for periods afternoon onward. Risk of thunder.
Cloud on the hills?
Varied, most persistent southwest
Likely to cover many fells from dawn, to lower slopes in south-southwest, here likely to persist. Some rise of base inland, breaks for a time in north. Filling in and lowering in rain widely, ragged patches to low slopes.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Any sun weak through high cloud, largely overcast. Visibility may be good for a time inland, but a haze; murkier around rain.
How Cold? (at 750m)
Humid 12 to 14C, then by evening onward dropping rapidly to 7C. Feeling near freezing in wind all day.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Lake District
Saturday 20th June 2026
Last updated
Wed 17th Jun 26 at
4:05PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 20 to 25mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small effect on walking, but feeling breezy on high terrain, rather cool particularly in morning.
How Wet?
Showers fading
Some mostly light showery rain in the morning, tending to fade from the west middle of day into afternoon.
Cloud on the hills?
Lowest and most extensive in morning
Covering the fells fairly widely in morning, to lower slopes toward coast. Bases rising, tending to thin and break, but patches still likely to cap tops in Scafell group into afternoon, may gradually clear.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20% rising to 70% afternoon
Sunshine and air clarity?
Misty and largely cloudy start, improving with some sun breaking through and visibility becoming very good below cloud.
How Cold? (at 750m)
8C rising to 11C afternoon. Feeling close to freezing in wind on high tops, especially in the morning.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Planning Outlook
Humid southwesterly winds, gales across many mountains on Friday, plus heavy rain, thundery bursts mixed in. Less windy, but still breezy into Saturday in Scotland, feeling less humid for most, but western Scottish hills at least stay cloud capped and with showery rain. Sunday is a drier day with clearer hills, light winds and feeling warmer. Into next week, a mixed west-southwesterly pattern for Scotland, rain and low cloud most common in the west, drier with higher cloud eastwards and more often dry. Warm and humid for England & Wales - often dry, but possible thunderstorms forming at times - detail more uncertain.