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.
Friday's Forecast
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Snow flurries
Occasional light snow flurries, sleet or rain lower elevations. Amounts little more than nuisance value, but locally more persistent and reducing visibility for periods.
Whiteout
Fog and lying snow over the mountains, possibly with falling or blowing snow, very disorientating. Map and compass essential, beware of unseen hazards.
Cold
Air temperature below 0C all day on higher mountains. Significant chill factor if exposed to strong winds. Suitable protective clothing required.
Winter kit required on higher terrain
Snow cover over higher mountains. Safe progress over some terrain will require suitable footwear - possibly crampons and ice-axe where necessary.
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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.
Snow flurries
Occasional light snow flurries, sleet or rain lower elevations. Amounts little more than nuisance value, but locally more persistent and reducing visibility for periods.
Whiteout
Fog and lying snow over the mountains, possibly with falling or blowing snow, very disorientating. Map and compass essential, beware of unseen hazards.
Cold
Air temperature below 0C all day on higher mountains. Significant chill factor if exposed to strong winds. Suitable protective clothing required.
Winter kit required on higher terrain
Snow cover over higher mountains. Safe progress over some terrain will require suitable footwear - possibly crampons and ice-axe where necessary.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Friday 9th January 2026
Last updated
Thu 8th Jan 26 at
4:10PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Patchy snowfall and low cloud over the eastern Highlands & N/E Pennines, little if any reaching western Scotland where hills will be clearer, some low-level fog. Extensive fresh snow cover for Wales and Peak District, residual flurries fade, but wind remains strong; showers with hail near west coast of Wales.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Chilly brisk wind. Snow and low cloud most widely morning.
How windy? (On the summits)
Northerly 25 to 30mph, up to 35mph higher tops early in day, easing toward 20-25mph afternoon.
Effect of the wind on you?
May make walking uncomfortable with considerable wind chill on high terrain, some improvement during afternoon.
How Wet?
Snow mostly morning, flurries
Patchy snow from overnight continuing into morning - a fresh covering to some lower elevations, a band of more frequent snow moves west, most persistent North Pennines; sleet lower slopes, tending to fade to flurries and gradually fade out.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive, may improve
Shrouding most fells in the morning, banks of cloud mid-slopes up in eastern areas. Tending to thin and break in western areas, gradually may lift more widely.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast, may gradually become brighter, but high cloud likely obscures sun. Difficult navigation if in fog over snow cover, visibility tends to improve with time.
How Cold? (at 700m)
-1 or -2C. Feeling near/below -10C if exposed to stronger winds.
And in the valleys
0C from dawn, up to 2C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Saturday 10th January 2026
Last updated
Thu 8th Jan 26 at
4:10PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Variable or northerly for a time, 10 to 20mph, likely dropping less.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small, but risk noticeable wind chill in exposure on hills.
How Wet?
Rare if any flurries
Substantially dry, chance of an odd snow flurry, light rain spots lower slopes.
Cloud on the hills?
Mostly little
Fragments of cloud around some slopes and tops, but many hills often clear. Some mist possible into valleys.
Chance of cloud free summits?
70%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Mix of cloud and sun. Visibility very good.
How Cold? (at 700m)
-1 or -2C.
And in the valleys
Much terrain frozen into valleys. Sub-zero from dawn, rising to 1 or 2C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Sunday 11th January 2026
Last updated
Thu 8th Jan 26 at
4:10PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southerly, strengthening rapidly up to dawn, in range 40 to 50mph much of daytime, at times 60mph high Pennines.
Effect of the wind on you?
Challenging conditions with frequent buffeting and powerful gusts to some lower slopes, significant wind chill.
How Wet?
Snow turning to rain
Snow developing from the southwest, setting in widely heavy, sleet or rain on lower terrain, possibly freezing rain for a time. Increasingly turning to rain to higher elevations.
Cloud on the hills?
Becoming extensive
Varied cloud banks over higher slopes, filling in more widely across the fells with time, highest bases northeast Pennines.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast and mostly dull. Visibility increasingly poor as precipitation sets in, appalling for a time if in snow on hills.
How Cold? (at 700m)
-1C rising toward +2 to 4C, small variation of temperature with height. Wind chill feeling like -12 to -15C.
And in the valleys
Just below freezing at dawn, rising to 2C during daytime, reaching 4 or 5C onward into the night.
Planning Outlook
Terrain stays widely frozen away from coastal slopes this weekend, fresh extensive snow for Wales and Peak District, whilst substantial snow remains across Scottish mountains. By Sunday, southerly winds strengthen to gales - as a frontal system approaches, snow then freezing rain is likely. A rise of freezing level from the southwest - thawing develops, rising just above freezing toward all higher slopes; in England and Wales much snow will thaw - here only occasionally near freezing on highest tops in the week ahead. In Scotland next week, higher mountains often near or below freezing at 800-1000m upward. A mix of rain and high-level snowfall, often windy through mid-month.