Peak District
The southernmost Pennines, covering the entire Peak District National Park, also extending north to hills accessed from Hebden Bridge, and including the hills immediately north of Manchester.
Friday'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.
Chilly
Air temperature typically 0 to 5C on higher summits. Feeling distinctly chilly on tops when stationary or where exposed to wind. Take appropriate layers.
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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.
Chilly
Air temperature typically 0 to 5C on higher summits. Feeling distinctly chilly on tops when stationary or where exposed to wind. Take appropriate layers.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Friday 5th December 2025
Last updated
Thu 4th Dec 25 at
3:25PM
Summary for all mountain areas
South-southeasterly winds strengthen, reaching gale-force afternoon many areas, sooner Wales, here becoming severe. Some rain / hill snow NE Scotland fades, patchy rain west coasts, otherwise dry, then rain sweeps in from southwest later, snow inland mountains into evening. Best cloud breaks NW Scotland.
Headline for Peak District
Windy, gales develop later. Cloud banks lift. Rain later.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southerly 25-30mph, trending southeasterly and rising to 35-40mph afternoon, further deteriorating soon after dark 50mph. Then starting to drop further into night.
Effect of the wind on you?
Comfortable walking affected from dawn, blustery in exposure. Deteriorating into night. Significant wind chill.
How Wet?
Many areas dry before late afternoon rain
An odd pocket of drizzle, but most hills substantially dry most of daylight. Rain arrives from the west later afternoon, spreading widely and setting in heavy for a few hours into evening and first part of night.
Cloud on the hills?
Clearing tops for a time, deteriorating later
Cloud banks cover the high tops in the morning with lower patches, mostly on western slopes. A rising trend, clearing many summits for several hours, then returning to summits again from dusk as rain arrives.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Rising to 70% for several hours
Sunshine and air clarity?
A bright sunrise in the east, soon overcast, high cloud thickening to cover the sky. Good visibility but a haze.
Temperature (at 600m)
3C; rising several degrees after dark. Feeling like -8 to -10C in the wind.
And in the valleys
A light frost in most valleys at dawn, slowly rising to 5C then rapidly higher after dark.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Saturday 6th December 2025
Last updated
Thu 4th Dec 25 at
3:25PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 25 to 35mph, may strengthen further during the day.
Effect of the wind on you?
Blustery over the hills, starting to affect comfortable walking, may become more challenging with time.
How Wet?
Patchy rain, showers
Mostly small amounts of rain, but feeling damp where in cloud and occasional steadier rain or an odd shower coming in from the west.
Cloud on the hills?
Mostly higher and western hills
Often covering higher slopes above 500-600m, most persistent western hills, may be lower on slopes nearer Manchester particularly in morning. Often above lower eastern moors.
Chance of cloud free summits?
40%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Glimpses of sun eastern areas. Visibility good below cloud, reduced at times in rain.
Temperature (at 600m)
6C. Wind chill feeling like -5C on tops.
And in the valleys
8 or 9C, little variation night and day.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Sunday 7th December 2025
Last updated
Thu 4th Dec 25 at
3:25PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Very uncertain speeds: South turning southwesterly, 20 to 30mph, but risk increasing to 40mph+.
Effect of the wind on you?
Expect blustery conditions, beware potential for more arduous conditions for much of the day.
How Wet?
Possible spell of heavy rain
Risk setting in for steady or heavy rain for a few hours. Chance of only small patchy amounts.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive
Shrouding the fells widely, with banks of cloud from low to mid elevations upward, some breaks possible eastwards.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Generally cloudy and misty, poor visibility likely most hills.
Temperature (at 600m)
7C, fairly small variation with height. Feeling below freezing if exposed to stronger wind.
And in the valleys
8 to 10C, small change night into day.
Planning Outlook
Generally unsettled through the weekend and into next week with areas of low pressure circulating near to the British Isles. Day-to-day detail will be uncertain even in short-range as complex systems move around slowly - a series of frontal systems bringing spells of rain and some high-level snow, mixed with showers with hail mostly near western coasts. Temperatures often on the milder side compared to recently, with typically only higher tops in the Highlands intermittently just below freezing point, expect periods of thawing up to these tops. Wind speeds will also vary, often south to southwesterlies, at times reaching gale force on tops, but intermittent lulls.