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.
Monday's Forecast
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
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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Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
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
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Monday 19th October 2026
Last updated
Sun 18th Oct 26 at
4:00PM
Summary for all mountain areas
A fine but chilly day for the Highlands with sunshine, but cloud will roll in from the southeast to increasingly cover hills in southern areas in the afternoon. Cloudier all day for northern England with a little rain, strong and gusty easterly winds. Early rain in Wales clears, low cloud tending to break with time.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Windy and gusty. Small amounts of rain, lowest cloud east.
How windy? (On the summits)
Easterly 25 to 30mph, some stronger gusty spots reach 40mph particularly around higher North Pennines tops in the morning.
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, more persistent for periods especially more eastern hills, where often damp all day, some bands of steadier rain mixed in locally.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive higher tops
Cloud banks covering fells above 600-700m, lowest toward east and in the morning. Often cap highest slopes all day, best of any local breaks to higher slopes in more western areas.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Generally cloudy and dull, reduced visibility where damp, locally better toward west.
How Cold? (at 700m)
6C rising to 8C. Feeling like -5C in the wind.
And in the valleys
5C from dawn northwestern areas, milder south and east; rising to 13C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Tuesday 20th October 2026
Last updated
Sun 18th 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 southern areas. Later in day rain tending to become heavier.
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)
6 or 7C, little change all day. Feeling like 0 to -3C in the wind.
And in the valleys
9C at dawn, only slight rise to 11 or 12C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Wednesday 21st October 2026
Last updated
Sun 18th Oct 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Variable low speeds 10-15mph or less for part of day, likely becoming westerly 20-30mph, may rise later to 40mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small for a time, becoming more blustery with marked wind chill, some uncertainty, may deteriorate further.
How Wet?
Patchy rain, may persist locally
Some uncertainty, but expect rain on and off at least, chance of lingering rain early in day northeastern areas. More frequent and heavier rain likely western dales later.
Cloud on the hills?
Varied over higher areas
Cloud frequently capping higher Pennines around 700-800m, but lower for periods in rain. Best breaks form with time in east.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Largely cloudy. Visibility good if dry below cloud, but reduced in rain.
How Cold? (at 700m)
4 or 5C, little change all day. Feeling nearer -5C if exposed to wind.
And in the valleys
7C at dawn, small rise to 10 or 11C.
Planning Outlook
A complex weather setup into midweek with slow-moving fronts bringing areas of rain and fairly extensive low cloud over the hills, varied wind speeds. Thursday may offer a window of drier weather and light winds, but by Thursday night into Friday a storm system likely moves across England & Wales with heavy rain and gales, possibly turning to snow on higher mountains. Scotland may avoid this system and just see showers mostly in the west for Friday, wintry on tops. Another Atlantic storm is then forecast to track further north over the weekend bringing widespread severe gales to high terrain, heavy rain then showery westerlies. Generally unsettled weather likely prevails to the end of October.