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.
Thursday'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.
Patchwork of cloud and sun
Dry most or all day. A mix of cloud and sunshine. Occasional cloud banks drifting over higher slopes, lifting above the tops.
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.
Patchwork of cloud and sun
Dry most or all day. A mix of cloud and sunshine. Occasional cloud banks drifting over higher slopes, lifting above the tops.
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
Thursday 15th January 2026
Last updated
Wed 14th Jan 26 at
4:46PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Blustery and chilly south-westerly winds bringing occasional snow and hail showers, most prevalent across the west Highlands. Rain falling below 500m. Drier for England and Wales, but risk of marked deterioration later for southern and eastern Wales as rain and summit snow edges in from the south.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Blustery south-west winds, later easing. A few showers, snow tops.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 25 to perhaps in morning 30mph. There may then be a pronounced lull later.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly fairly small.
How Wet?
Isolated showers
Isolated showers of rain, hail and above 700m snow showers, mostly across western Dales.
Cloud on the hills?
Capping western tops. clearer elsewhere.
Highest fell tops in west almost always cloud covered. Further east across the dales and for the North Pennines, higher cloud bases, only occasional on tops.
Chance of cloud free summits?
40% in west, 60% in east.
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patchy sun. Visibility generally excellent, but poor in any showers.
How Cold? (at 700m)
1C
And in the valleys
5 or 6C in the afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Friday 16th January 2026
Last updated
Wed 14th Jan 26 at
4:46PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Low confidence in detail: Northwesterly 35-45mph at first light, highest in the east, but soon southwesterly 20-25mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Legacy of overnight low giving an arduous start to the day, but soon easing as low pulls quickly away into North Sea.
How Wet?
Any residual rain/snow clearing the east.
The legacy of overnight rain and snow will have cleared to the east by dawn, or soon will do after dawn. Then mostly dry, bar isolated showers.
Cloud on the hills?
Improving, but may not clear some tops.
Be prepared for extensive hill fog at first should after the legacy of overnight rain and snow clears to the east from first light. Bases then lifting and breaking, but may not clear tops.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Lifting to 60%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Brightening up after a cloudy start. Visibility would be widely very poor in any early rain and snow, in the east. Otherwise, very good.
How Cold? (at 700m)
1C, but 0C at dawn.
And in the valleys
Lifting to 4 or 5C
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Saturday 17th January 2026
Last updated
Wed 14th Jan 26 at
4:46PM
How windy? (On the summits)
South-easterly 10 to 20mph, perhaps 25mph towards the west coast.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small, but a marked chill where exposed to the strongest breeze.
How Wet?
Occasional light drizzle or snow grains
Occasional spots of fine drizzle or snow from the low cloud.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive from lower slopes up
Fairly extensive banks of low cloud from lower slopes up, with fog right down into some of the valleys. Limited breaks, perhaps some between cloud layers.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Extensive dull with mist and murk, concentrated over eastern Dales. Visibility best in the west.
How Cold? (at 700m)
1 or 2C
And in the valleys
0 to 2C at dawn, coldest inland northern valleys, lifting to 3 or 4C.
Planning Outlook
A small scale low will pull away early on Friday morning to the North Sea to leave drier and chilly conditions into the weekend with a south to south-easterly airflow developing. Looking further ahead, a colder continental influence may be drawn in on south to east winds, but the extent of this is uncertain. The snow pack across the Scottish Highlands will be enhanced by further spells of snowfall where where fronts edge in from the west, whilst for England and Wales snow accumulating on the hills at times, perhaps in the form of showers from the east.