Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
The entire Yorkshire Dales National Park and North Pennines AONB, including the Three Peaks and Cross Fell, plus Howgills, also south to Forest of Bowland.
Sunday's Forecast
Moderate breeze, locally gusty
A noticeable breeze, feeling cool where exposed on tops. Locally may be gusty, but unlikely to affect walking progress. 15-25mph.
Sunshine and showers
A good amount of dry and bright weather, but scattered bursts of rain, some may be locally heavy.
Clear
Excellent or superb visibility, no navigation issues.
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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Moderate breeze, locally gusty
A noticeable breeze, feeling cool where exposed on tops. Locally may be gusty, but unlikely to affect walking progress. 15-25mph.
Sunshine and showers
A good amount of dry and bright weather, but scattered bursts of rain, some may be locally heavy.
Clear
Excellent or superb visibility, no navigation issues.
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
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Sunday 18th October 2026
Last updated
Sat 17th Oct 26 at
4:00PM
Summary for all mountain areas
A fine but cool day with sunshine and mountains largely free of cloud, fragments on some slopes and early mist on low terrain. Cloud banks drift onto Skye more often. Light winds for much of Scotland, a fresher northeasterly breeze for England and Wales, which brings odd light showers.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Chilly breeze. Odd light showers, sunny spells, mostly clear hills.
How windy? (On the summits)
East-northeasterly 10-20mph, generally strongest Yorks Dales NP with notable gusts over high tops, 25mph later in day, speeds rising a little for all areas. Into night becoming gustier 30-35mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small, some blustery moments over high tops of Yorks Dales NP, feeling noticeably chilly in exposure on tops. Worsening conditions onward into night.
How Wet?
Light showers mostly east
A few light showers drift in from the east, may be locally more frequent over an hour or so eastern dales, an odd shower passing all the way west, but many western areas stay dry all day.
Cloud on the hills?
Mostly little, patches high tops
A little mist in sheltered valleys at dawn (mostly west) will soon lift and dissipate for cloud-free fells. A little patchy cloud drifts over higher slopes mainly north and eastern Pennines, rare patches further westwards.
Chance of cloud free summits?
80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patchy sun and high cloud, some cloudier periods over eastern fells; more often sunny towards Three Peaks/Vale of Eden. Very good visibility.
How Cold? (at 700m)
4C rising a degree, locally to 6C on sun-exposed western fells. Feeling like 0 to -3C in the breeze.
And in the valleys
1 to 3C at dawn, coolest N Pennines, frost early morning in sheltered valleys. Rising to 9C.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Monday 19th October 2026
Last updated
Sat 17th Oct 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Easterly 25 to 30mph, some stronger gusty spots may reach 40mph particularly around higher North Pennines tops.
Effect of the wind on you?
Blustery, in places more notable buffeting gusts and considerable wind chill in exposure on the fells.
How Wet?
Rain and drizzle
Light rain and drizzle drifting across the region from the east, may persist over a few hours especially more eastern hills, where may be often damp all day.
Cloud on the hills?
Often covering higher tops
Cloud banks covering fells above 600-700m, lowest toward east and in the morning. May often cap highest slopes all day, but some breaks may form in afternoon.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Generally cloudy and dull, reduced visibility where damp, locally better toward west.
How Cold? (at 700m)
6C, little change all day. Feeling like -5C in the wind.
And in the valleys
5C from dawn, possibly lower with slight frost some western dales; rising to 13C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Tuesday 20th October 2026
Last updated
Sat 17th Oct 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southeasterly 20 to 30mph, gusty in places around some high tops.
Effect of the wind on you?
Starting to affect ease of walking on exposed terrain with marked wind chill.
How Wet?
Rain and drizzle
Generally damp all day, some steadier light rain for periods, particularly south and eastern areas.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive
Low cloud blanketing most fells in fog, from lower elevations upward. Some local breaks to 600m or above western side of the Pennines.
Chance of cloud free summits?
10%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast, dull and misty from many lower slopes upward.
How Cold? (at 700m)
5 to 7C, coolest north, little change all day. Feeling like 0 to -3C in the wind.
And in the valleys
7C at dawn, locally cooler if skies clear toward the west; rising to 12C afternoon.
Planning Outlook
The new week starts with some rain and wind in Wales and south Pennines, staying drier for much of Scotland on Monday, but with strengthening southeasterly wind, cloud increasingly shrouding all hills and becoming widely damp onward into Tuesday, blanket low cloud shrouding hills to some lower elevations. A more unsettled pattern returns widely as the week goes on as winds return to Atlantic southwesterlies. A few windows of brighter weather in eastern areas, but periods of strong wind and heavy rain into late week and next weekend as a series of fronts and low pressure systems sweep in from the southwest, risk of gales becoming severe at times on higher mountain terrain.