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.
Tuesday'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.
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.
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.
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
Tuesday 10th March 2026
Last updated
Mon 9th Mar 26 at
4:00PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Patchy rain and lowest cloud over southwest-facing hill groups. Cloud fairly extensive on hills, but higher bases and some breaks northeastwards. Gale-force winds on high terrain, speeds strengthening during day, later becoming widely severe upland gales; heavier rain arrives from west by evening.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Windy, gales later. Lowest cloud southwest, a little rain.
How windy? (On the summits)
South to on higher slopes southwesterly; increasing markedly with height to a gusty 30mph, nearer 40mph N Pennines. Toward and beyond sunset, reaching 50mph higher areas.
Effect of the wind on you?
Markedly increasing buffeting and wind chill with height. Balance increasingly affected on higher slopes, walking more difficult toward dusk.
How Wet?
Rain now and again
Rain from time to time - little in total, particularly southern Yorkshire Dales where predominantly or completely dry. Rain develops from west later evening for a few hours into night.
Cloud on the hills?
Clearing most areas for a few hours, more persistent west
Generally cloud base will rise through morning, clearing toward some tops for a few hours - but likely persisting above 600m Ingleborough area. Will gradually deteriorate afternoon particularly western areas up to Tebay.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30% western dales, to 60% north/east.
Sunshine and air clarity?
Occasional sun mainly lower slopes, but perhaps more extensive southern and eastern Yorkshire Dales. Hazy morning, good visibility develops below cloud.
How Cold? (at 700m)
4C. Feeling like -5C later -8C directly in the wind.
And in the valleys
5C from dawn, will reach 9 to 11C early afternoon, warmest eastern dales and across more southern Yorkshire dales.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Wednesday 11th March 2026
Last updated
Mon 9th Mar 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly up to 50mph post dawn; through day dropping slowly, typically 30-35mph middle of day (strongest N Pennines).
Effect of the wind on you?
Expect considerable wind chill and walking to be arduous particularly morning.
How Wet?
Hail and snow showers
Mainly morning, hail and above 700m snow showers.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensively covering higher tops
In precipitation, cloud forming below 400 to 500m (lowest morning south of Tebay). Otherwise, by midday (as average cloud base tends to rise) between 600 and 900m, generally highest easternmost summits and N Pennines.
Chance of cloud free summits?
60%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Bursts of sunshine, mainly afternoon. Visibility mostly very good although a haze.
How Cold? (at 700m)
2C. Will feel like -10C directly in the wind.
And in the valleys
5C from dawn, 8 or 9C in the afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Thursday 12th March 2026
Last updated
Mon 9th Mar 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 40 to 50mph, likely 60mph higher tops in the morning.
Effect of the wind on you?
Difficult conditions over the fells, any mobility challenging in exposure higher up, particularly morning. Significant wind chill.
How Wet?
Heavy rain for several hours, later snow
Rain from dawn or soon after, setting in throughout the morning at least, heavy in west. By afternoon, likely turning to snow increasingly on tops, as low as 700m. Uncertainty whether this eases later.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive
Shrouding the fells widely, from lower elevations upward western Yorks Dales up to Tebay. May begin to lift and break later if precipitation eases.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast and dull most of day, especially in west, but may become brighter later from north. Poor visibility, possibly improving later.
How Cold? (at 700m)
5C, then late in day likely to drop to 0C. Wind chill feeling like -8 to -12C.
And in the valleys
8 to 10C, small variation during day, then dropping chillier into evening and night.
Planning Outlook
Generally unsettled this week and through the upcoming weekend as low pressure systems pass near and north of Britain - strong west or southwesterly winds prevail, often gale-force to at times storm-force over the mountains. Some fluctuation of temperature and freezing level, but mostly below freezing over Scottish mountains, at times snow falling to lower elevations. Colder for all by the end of the week with widely lowering freezing level Thursday into Friday. Frequent precipitation most western mountains, accumulations of snow across the mountains, most substantial in western Scotland from Glencoe northwards. Quieter weather patterns indicated beyond mid-month as higher pressure builds.