Lake District
The entire Lake District National Park, taking in all major summits, including Scafell, Helvellyn, Skiddaw, the Langdales and Old Man of Coniston.
Monday'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.
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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.
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
Lake District
Monday 12th October 2026
Last updated
Sun 11th Oct 26 at
4:00PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Extensive low cloud blankets the mountains, poor visibility widely; generally damp with drizzle and some steadier rain. Best chance for drier conditions and local higher cloud breaks to the north of major hill groups. Wind speeds will vary, but often blustery around tops. Fairly mild southerly air.
Headline for Lake District
Murky and damp all day, locally better north; varied wind.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southerly 25 to 30mph, slightly less for a time from late morning, but during afternoon increasing again to later southwesterly 40mph, reaching 50mph after dark.
Effect of the wind on you?
Blustery around higher exposed terrain, affecting ease of walking and balance at times in exposure on ridges. Deteriorating evening into the night.
How Wet?
Generally damp, particularly south
Rain and drizzle most persistent over south and southwestern fells, some steady rain more widely early in day, briefly heavier. Patchier smaller amounts toward north Lakes, sometimes easing off afternoon. Then well into the night, heavier rain develops widely.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive, lowest south and west
Shrouding most fells all day, from lower elevations upward much of south and west Lakes, rarely above 400-500m. Higher bases northward, but only occasional breaks above 600m.
Chance of cloud free summits?
10%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast, dull or murky. Local brighter moments north.
How Cold? (at 750m)
10 or 11C, rising slightly warmer into night. Increasingly humid. Feeling near to freezing if in stronger wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Lake District
Tuesday 13th October 2026
Last updated
Sun 11th Oct 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
West-southwesterly, overnight gales ease for a brief early lull to 25mph or less, but rise again during daytime to 40-50mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
A window of fairly small effects, but beware of deteriorating again as the day goes on to become challenging.
How Wet?
Early rain, then showers
Heavy rain around dawn soon clears away eastwards in morning, leaving a brief drier window, but showers soon follow from the west, these increasingly frequent, some heavier, more extensive afternoon.
Cloud on the hills?
Breaks for a time when dry
Varied cloud banks from dawn, but for a few hours then breaking well toward upper slopes, clearing some high tops for a time, but patches likely come and go in west, lowering again in showers.
Chance of cloud free summits?
40%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Occasional sun as rain clears, then cloudier again from west. Visibility very good as rain clears, then reducing around showers; coastal haze.
How Cold? (at 750m)
Mild 12C overnight but dropping to 8C by dawn, lowering further during day to 6C. Feeling later like -6C as wind increases.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Lake District
Wednesday 14th October 2026
Last updated
Sun 11th Oct 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly, in range 40 to 60mph, notable increase with height; sustained speeds strongest in afternoon.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous walking even on lower fells, gusts knocking you off balance, increasingly difficult on high terrain.
How Wet?
A little rain
Spots of rain in the wind, frequently damp around cloud over southwestern fells, drier further northeast. Into evening and night, risk steadier and heavier rain developing.
Cloud on the hills?
Most persistent southwest
Banks of cloud clinging to Scafell and Coniston groups much of day above 600-700m, lower near coast. May also often cap tops elsewhere above 800m, but some breaks to upper slopes north Lakes.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20% southwest, to 50% north.
Sunshine and air clarity?
Glimpses of weak sun mostly north Lakes. Hazy, visibility better northeast areas.
How Cold? (at 750m)
6C rising to 9C. Feeling like -5C directly in the wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Planning Outlook
A very unsettled Atlantic pattern this week. Southwesterly gales strengthen to become severe on the mountains into Wednesday, moderating into Thursday. Frequently raining particularly over western hills, some bands of more extensive heavier rain passing eastwards through midweek. Milder early in the week, then cooler later, with showery conditions by Thursday into Friday on westerly winds - Scottish high summits may drop back close to freezing with some snow falling on higher tops. Indications start to favour higher pressure building into next weekend and early next week for a period of quieter weather and scope for inversion conditions on high terrain.