The entire Lake District National Park, taking in all major summits, including Scafell, Helvellyn, Skiddaw, the Langdales and Old Man of Coniston.
Lake District
Friday 13th February 2026
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12:55PM
A change in the pattern as cold air will have extended south overnight. Nearly all mountain terrain frozen in Scotland whilst further south, particularly higher terrain progressively freezes. Patches of snow, at times persistent Wales, but otherwise total precipitation small.
Terrain increasingly frozen; snow, mostly light.
Northeasterly 30-40mph, easing slowly afternoon. Very gusty in places - including on some lower slopes.
Gusty wind will make balance difficult (even on some lower slopes) and give considerable wind chill.
Snow mainly morning, rarely heavy
Snow, often flurries, on and off morning. Will tend to fizzle out slowly - very little if any left from early afternoon.
Progressively clearing
Morning: patches of cloud at various heights, but through morning tending to break and rise. Afternoon: all or nearly all summits cloud free or becoming cloud free.
20% rising gradually to greater than 90%
Cloud slowly thinning and later breaking to give sunshine. Visibility superb once the precipitation clears, but poor in snow.
Soon -4C. Will feel as cold as minus 14C in the wind.
350m. Terrain increasingly frozen, except on lowest slopes.
Lake District
Saturday 14th February 2026
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Northwest then west later southerly, initially 25mph before a prolonged lull of around 15mph. Strengthening by dusk.
Soon small.
Precipitation very unlikely
Risk of the odd snow flurry or shower spreading slowly inland afternoon.
Very little, particularly north lakes
Mountains extensively free of cloud. From midday, increasing chance patches covering areas above 500 to 650m, mainly south lakes and westernmost fells elsewhere.
90%, dropping to 60% afternoon
Extensive bright sunshine before high level cloud spreads eastward afternoon. Excellent or superb visibility.
-2 or -3C.
Terrain widely frozen from dawn, thaws up to 300-500m with time, highest where sun-exposed.
Lake District
Sunday 15th February 2026
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12:55PM
Westerly 30 to sometimes 40mph. But at first, a very gusty 55mph, then a temporary slight lull.
Significant wind chill and widely arduous walking on higher areas. Particularly difficult conditions at first.
Hail and snow showers
Persistent snow will soon clear from west. Then hail and snow showers - in places precipitation frequent for a couple of hours or so. Mostly rain below 600m.
Frequently or persistently covering higher summits.
Fog across the hills from dawn in precipitation. Will improve markedly morning as cloud base rises to 700m or above, albeit changing quickly as base drops to form on lower slopes near showers.
10%
Bursts of sunshine developing (after dull start) particularly lower areas east Cumbria. Sometimes excellent visibility, but abruptly very poor in snow.
Soon 0 or 1C. Will feel as close to minus 12C where exposed to the wind.
Nearly all terrain frozen, albeit freezing level soon rising to 900m.
Widespread snow and severe upland gales Saturday night followed by very blustery showery conditions on Sunday - although a temporary thaw at least on lower slopes. Otherwise very much drier over the coming week. Bright sunshine and excellent visibility frequently on many mountain areas, although hail and snow showers in some areas with most upland areas frequently frozen.