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.
Thursday's Forecast
Gale force, walking arduous
Considerable buffeting, walking into the wind will be strenuous on exposed terrain, stronger gusts may knock you off your feet. 40 to 55mph.
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.
Cool to mild
Air temperature 5 to 10C on higher terrain. Comfortable temperatures on lower terrain, but feeling chilly if exposed to wind higher up, especially if stationary. Pack extra layers.
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Gale force, walking arduous
Considerable buffeting, walking into the wind will be strenuous on exposed terrain, stronger gusts may knock you off your feet. 40 to 55mph.
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.
Cool to mild
Air temperature 5 to 10C on higher terrain. Comfortable temperatures on lower terrain, but feeling chilly if exposed to wind higher up, especially if stationary. Pack extra layers.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Thursday 27th November 2025
Last updated
Wed 26th Nov 25 at
1:07PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Powerful south to south-westerly winds, bringing widespread upland gales with rain on and off, frequent or constant for western mountains, and persistent fog across the hills. Later a cold front will move in, clearing to squally showers Scotland around dusk.
Headline for Peak District
Gales and significant wind chill with rain on and off and extensive hill fog.
How windy? (On the summits)
South to southwesterly, strengthening through morning and with height to 45mph where exposed on higher tops.
Effect of the wind on you?
Deteriorating with significant wind chill and walking widely difficult.
How Wet?
Rain and drizzle now and again
Pulses of rain and drizzle, although intermittently or often dry.
Cloud on the hills?
Mountains extensively foggy.
Almost persistent cloud from 350 to occasionally 550m.
Chance of cloud free summits?
10%
Sunshine and air clarity?
A few glimpses of weak sun lower slopes. Visibility sometimes poor, generally hazy.
Temperature (at 600m)
9C. Will feel as cold as minus 3C directly in the wind.
And in the valleys
Around 12C
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Friday 28th November 2025
Last updated
Wed 26th Nov 25 at
1:07PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 30 to 40mph
Effect of the wind on you?
Be prepared for arduous conditions with significant wind chill and buffeting. Particularly gusty as showers move in.
How Wet?
Showers increasingly moving in
May well be a mostly dry start, but showers will likely move in from the west, concentrated along a trough of low pressure which will move through. Timing uncertainties.
Cloud on the hills?
Mostly bases above tops
Bases varying, but generally staying above the tops keeping the hills clear. Patches may form over tops for a time during showers.
Chance of cloud free summits?
70%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Occasional sun. Visibility often very good, but poor in showers.
Temperature (at 600m)
3C
And in the valleys
6 to 8C
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Saturday 29th November 2025
Last updated
Wed 26th Nov 25 at
1:07PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Very low confidence: Direction varying from southwest to northerly as low passes through, 30 to 40mph, risk 50mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Be prepared for significant wind chill with considerable buffeting and arduous or difficult conditions for a time.
How Wet?
Risk of prolonged rain
Uncertainty over track of small scale low; but scope for a prolonged period of rainfall across the hills, with sleet across the tops.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive in rain
Hills covered widely in fog in prolonged rain; perhaps for several hours or all day. May lift later as winds switch to the north.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast. Visibility likely often poor due to rain.
Temperature (at 600m)
Around 2C
And in the valleys
Maximum temperature of 5 or 6C
Planning Outlook
Colder over the weekend again, but much uncertainty on the track of a small scale low on Saturday which would bring rain, upland snow and a core of strong winds for a time, most likely England and Wales. Sunday then mostly dry, bright and cold. Next week,. a long series of Atlantic lows passing north of or across Britain will bring high rainfall to western mountains together with frequent upland gales (sometimes stormy) and low cloud. Freeze-thaw cycles, with periods of fresh snow for Scottish hills especially.