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.
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.
Hazy, some fog banks
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Distant views reduced by haze, locally foggy for a time in valleys and some hill slopes.
Warm
Comfortable temperatures on the hills, 10 to 15C on tops, feeling pleasantly warm especially on lower ground. Beware of feeling cooler if exposed to wind on higher terrain.
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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.
Hazy, some fog banks
Distant views reduced by haze, locally foggy for a time in valleys and some hill slopes.
Warm
Comfortable temperatures on the hills, 10 to 15C on tops, feeling pleasantly warm especially on lower ground. Beware of feeling cooler if exposed to wind on higher terrain.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Monday 21st September 2026
Last updated
Sun 20th Sep 26 at
4:29PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Warm and humid air across the country brings low cloud shrouding hills extensively, foggy to some lower elevations in the west. Some rain moves east across Scotland then generally damp air with fairly persistent drizzle over western hills. Strongest winds toward northern Scotland, gusty not just on highest tops.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Gusty in places; drizzle, low cloud most persistent west.
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 25mph to in places gusty 35 to locally 40mph, strongest North Pennines near Cross Fell; speeds tending to ease a little in afternoon to 20mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Variable, sometimes fairly small, but blustery in places around higher terrain, gusty on some slope toward east, affecting comfortable walking at times in morning.
How Wet?
Patchy drizzle
Drizzle occasionally and odd spots of light rain, mostly over western side of Pennines, amounts small, but feeling damp where in cloud on hills.
Cloud on the hills?
Low cloud filling in mostly west
Cloud covering higher and western areas much of the time, some variable banks may come and go in morning, but likely to increasingly fill in from some mid-slopes up in western areas. Patchier and higher cloud above 600-700m further eastwards.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30% west, to 60% east.
Sunshine and air clarity?
Glimpses of sun mostly, but locally eastern dales see more frequent sun. Misty poor visibility as low cloud fills in, but locally good below cloud in east.
How Cold? (at 700m)
12 to 14C, little change into night; quite humid, but still feeling near 5C if directly in wind.
And in the valleys
10C at dawn, rising to 18C afternoon, local 20C eastern dales.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Tuesday 22nd September 2026
Last updated
Sun 20th Sep 26 at
4:29PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 15 to 25mph, some gusty areas 30mph around higher fells, including some downslopes east of N Pennines.
Effect of the wind on you?
Varied conditions, in places fairly small, but some more blustery areas and and some locally more notable gusty spots.
How Wet?
Drizzle west
Patchy drizzle most common western areas up to Tebay, and feeling damp anywhere within cloud, but more often dry more eastern areas.
Cloud on the hills?
Lowest and most persistent west
Shrouding many hills in the morning, lowest and most persistent western Yorks Dales up to Kirkby Stephen, may linger over hills all day. Mostly above 600-700m further north. Some breaks develop, best in eastern areas.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20% west, to 50% east/northeast
Sunshine and air clarity?
Largely cloudy western areas, some glimpses of sun may develop, more often toward eastern dales, where visibility good below cloud.
How Cold? (at 700m)
12 to 14C all day, humid, warmest east; little change into night. Feeling like 5C directly in stronger wind.
And in the valleys
13C from dawn, up to 19C afternoon, locally 21C eastern dales.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Wednesday 23rd September 2026
Last updated
Sun 20th Sep 26 at
4:29PM
How windy? (On the summits)
A variable westerly, mostly 10-25mph in the morning, orienting northwesterly 15-25mph afternoon.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small, though notable variability in speed and direction though the day.
How Wet?
Morning rain, briefly steady, becoming dry
Patchy rain around from dawn, a little fine drizzle on high western fells. Rain becomes more frequent, and may set in for several hours, heaviest rain over N Pennines. Rain breaks again, first north, then widely dry later.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive, breaking through afternoon
High west fells begin shrouded in cloud, lower banks around rain and filling in extensively for several hours to lower slopes during steady rain. Beginning to break up, first in the north, and increasingly widely, little or no cloud remaining later.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20%, later rising to 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Cloudy to start, dull for a time with poor visibility. Sun breaks out, first in the north, increasingly widely, excellent visibility.
How Cold? (at 700m)
12C, soon beginning to lower, finishing near 9C.
And in the valleys
12C at dawn, rising to 15C around midday, beginning to cool again from early afternoon.
Planning Outlook
Rain affects western Scotland on Tuesday, patchier rain extending eastward. Then into Wednesday, a heavier swathe of rain moves east, more likely over England & Wales, clearing from the west leaving a few showers. South-southwesterly winds increase again on Thursday and rain may move into western Scotland, but elsewhere is likely dry. A variable outlook continues into next weekend and just beyond with high pressure building from the south at times with fairly warm and dry conditions, but some Atlantic systems still pass to the north bringing occasional rain and showers toward western Scotland at least. A trend toward drier conditions more widely around the change of month.