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.
Saturday's Forecast
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Heavy snow and hail showers, isolated lightning
Showery precipitation, often heavy, may merge to become constant for periods. A mix of snow and hail often falling to lower slopes. Risk of very localised thunder and lightning.
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.
Heavy snow and hail showers, isolated lightning
Showery precipitation, often heavy, may merge to become constant for periods. A mix of snow and hail often falling to lower slopes. Risk of very localised thunder and lightning.
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
Saturday 11th April 2026
Last updated
Fri 10th Apr 26 at
4:30PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Windy with significant chill factor. Gales develop and strengthen with time England & Wales. At first, a band of persistent snowfall across the hills, rain lower slopes, soon moving away eastwards, leaving clearer conditions and scattered showers, but becoming locally heavy with hail and chance of thunder.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Increasingly windy later. Early hill snow, later hail showers.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southerly gales lessen by dawn. Then southwesterly 25mph, shifting southerly later in the day and strengthening, 30-40mph by late afternoon into evening, 50mph up to dusk and into night, risk 60mph high tops.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small but blustery in exposure, later becoming strenuous, more arduous with significant chill factor as evening approaches.
How Wet?
Rain/snow breaks to showers, scattering
Rain from dawn, snow from about 500m upward, trending patchy and breaking into showers. A scattering of showers through afternoon onward into evening, locally heavy with hail, snow on tops, chance of isolated thunder.
Cloud on the hills?
Early cloud clearing summits through morning
Fairly extensive over high terrain at dawn with banks to some lower slopes. Bases lifting to high terrain through morning, beginning to break off the summits, then patches come and go briefly in showers.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30% rising to 80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Bursts of sun breaking out. Visibility soon very good, briefly deteriorating in showers.
How Cold? (at 700m)
0C rising to 2C. Feeling as cold as -10C in direct wind later, colder up to dusk.
And in the valleys
3 or 4C at dawn, rising to 9C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Sunday 12th April 2026
Last updated
Fri 10th Apr 26 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 35 to 40mph, up to 50mph for a time higher Pennines. Lessening gradually afternoon-evening.
Effect of the wind on you?
Blustery conditions, arduous on high terrain with buffeting squally gusts. Considerable wind chill.
How Wet?
Heavy showers, hail, snow
Showers most common western Yorks Dales NP in morning, but increasingly widespread with time; heavy bursts with hail, snow at times falling toward 600m, risk of isolated thunder.
Cloud on the hills?
Occasionally on high tops
Much cloud often above the hills, but patches around 600-700m around showers, mostly western Yorks Dales in morning, briefly in showers elsewhere.
Chance of cloud free summits?
60%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Intermittent bright sunshine, sunniest toward east in the morning. Visibility changing suddenly from very good to briefly very poor in showers.
How Cold? (at 700m)
1C rising to 3 or 4C. Wind chill feeling like -8 to -12C on tops, coldest in morning.
And in the valleys
5C from dawn, rising to 10C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Monday 13th April 2026
Last updated
Fri 10th Apr 26 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the summits)
South to southeasterly 15 to 20mph, occasionally 25mph on tops.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small effect on walking, but feeling distinctly chilly in exposure on high terrain.
How Wet?
Hail showers forming afternoon
Largely dry all morning, then a scattering of brief showers forming, more widespread with time during afternoon, briefly heavy with hail, also snow may fall to 600m. Risk isolated thunder & lightning.
Cloud on the hills?
Mostly above hills
Rare patches of cloud forming on some tops in morning, and then briefly grazing higher slopes around showers.
Chance of cloud free summits?
80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sunshine most widely in morning, then cloud building, leaving brief bursts of sun. Visibility excellent, but briefly very poor in showers.
How Cold? (at 700m)
1C rising to 5C. Wind chill feeling like -2C to nearer -6C at first on higher tops.
And in the valleys
Frost in sheltered valleys at dawn. Rising to 10C afternoon.
Planning Outlook
Chilly and showery conditions to start the new week, hail and a risk of isolated thunder into Monday afternoon, but less windy than the weekend. Drier for much of Tuesday, but rain and strengthening south-southwesterly winds likely return from the west later. Milder into mid-late next week, but Scottish high tops above 1200m close to freezing at times. Showers or more persistent rain mostly in the west, accompanied by strong winds Wednesday-Thursday. Higher pressure builds toward next weekend, bringing drier conditions overall; some chilly nights but fairly mild spring days.