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.
Today'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.
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.
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 27th December 2025
Last updated
Fri 26th Dec 25 at
4:22PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Chilly easterly winds, strongest and gustiest Wales, with extensive cloud sheet eastern and into central areas, with some patchy light precipitation. Sun best western hills, and also where tops breaks above an inversion around 1000m. Terrain partly frozen, morning frost valleys; but up to plus 5C western tops above inversion.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Chilly, gusty east wind. Cloud covering Pennines, clearer with sun in west.
How windy? (On the summits)
Easterly 25 to 35mph, stronger gusts around some slopes near high tops and downslope to the west.
Effect of the wind on you?
Starting to affect comfortable walking and balance in exposure, sudden buffeting gusts in places; considerable wind chill.
How Wet?
A little rain northeast
Occasional spots of light rain east and mainly northeastern Pennines, snow grains higher slopes. Largely dry western areas.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive N and E Pennines, patchier in the west.
Increasingly extensive cloud banks mostly above 500-700m, especially over North Pennines; much patchier toward western Yorks Dales where hills may be often clear.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30% N/E Pennines, 80% Three Peaks.
Sunshine and air clarity?
Rather cloudy overall, some sunny breaks western Dales. Visibility very good, some haze east.
How Cold? (at 700m)
0 to 2C, chilliest eastern North Pennines; may rise slightly higher western Dales. Feeling like -8 to -10C in stronger wind.
And in the valleys
3 to 5C, locally rising to 7C western Yorkshire Dales.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Sunday 28th December 2025
Last updated
Fri 26th Dec 25 at
4:22PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Easterly 10 to 20mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small, some gustiness near and west of high tops.
How Wet?
Dry all day
Cloud on the hills?
Patches some tops
Much cloud above the hills, but may graze some higher slopes above 700m, mainly east and north Pennines - Cross Fell summit may be near top of this cloud.
Chance of cloud free summits?
80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sun mostly western dales, cloudier east. Visibility excellent, though duller east.
How Cold? (at 700m)
0C.
And in the valleys
3 to 6C.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Monday 29th December 2025
Last updated
Fri 26th Dec 25 at
4:22PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Northeasterly 10 to 15mph, but tending to lift to 15 to 25mph through the day. May lift to 30mph over tops.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small, but increasingly considerable wind chill where exposed to the wind and rather gusty.
How Wet?
Risk locally light precipitation in east.
Mostly dry, but scope for a little patchy spots of light rain or snow grains from the banks of low cloud in the east.
Cloud on the hills?
Cloud banks mostly in the east.
Cloud banks mainly confined to eastern Dales and N Pennines with bases around 500-700m. Patchy cloud further west where fells may be mostly clear.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30% in east, 70% in west.
Sunshine and air clarity?
Cloudiest in the east, best sun in the west. Visibility mostly very good outside of any precipitation.
How Cold? (at 700m)
Around 0C
And in the valleys
2 to 4C
Planning Outlook
Next week, high pressure still dominates, but generally colder air becoming entrained into its circulation from the north, which sees lower temperatures on high terrain, sub-zero over most mountains through New Year. Small amounts of precipitation, occasional showers or snow flurries, winds north or northwesterly.