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.
Friday's Forecast
Gale force, walking arduous
Considerable buffeting, walking into the wind will be strenuous on exposed terrain, stronger gusts may knock you off your feet. 40 to 55mph.
Frequent or persistent rain
Steady rain fairly persistent, occasionally heavy, rather wet underfoot.
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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Gale force, walking arduous
Considerable buffeting, walking into the wind will be strenuous on exposed terrain, stronger gusts may knock you off your feet. 40 to 55mph.
Frequent or persistent rain
Steady rain fairly persistent, occasionally heavy, rather wet underfoot.
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
Friday 18th September 2026
Last updated
Thu 17th Sep 26 at
4:22PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Already windy with light showery rain over western hills early in the day, but conditions will worsen from the west as gales strengthen and rain / drizzle becomes persistent, some heavier rain; cloud bases lower to widely blanket hills, lowest in west.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Windy, strengthening gales; persistent rain develops, heavy west.
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 30-40mph in morning, shifting southwesterly, strengthening rapidly into afternoon to 50mph, or 60mph in places higher areas, especially North Pennines.
Effect of the wind on you?
Generally strenuous in exposure, deteriorating during day to make walking arduous, later in places difficult with considerable wind chill; powerful gusts giving buffeting toward some lower slopes.
How Wet?
Rain sets in afternoon, increasingly heavy western Yorks Dales
A few spots of drizzly rain on west fells from Howgills to Ingleton, but largely dry through to middle of day, then patchy rain arrives from the west, steadier rain setting in with time, heavier in western Dales. Rain and drizzle continues into evening.
Cloud on the hills?
Breaking above summits, later returning and lowering more widely
Cloud banks over most high fells early morning, more extensive to the west at first, but lifting and breaking up above summits. Later, cloud returns to summits, filling in with time, bases to 500-600m widely, or lower on west fells up to Tebay later in day.
Chance of cloud free summits?
80%, lowering to 50%, further deteriorating later in day to 10%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patchy sunshine, high cloud thickening, trending overcast with time, later dull. Hazy at best, visibility deteriorating later to poor as cloud and rain arrive.
How Cold? (at 700m)
7 or 8C, rising in afternoon to reach 12C toward evening, little change after dark. Feeling close to 0C in direct wind.
And in the valleys
9C at dawn, rising to 14C afternoon or slightly milder into evening, only slight drop (if any) into night, feeling more humid.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Saturday 19th September 2026
Last updated
Thu 17th Sep 26 at
4:22PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 35 to 45mph, strongest on higher North Pennines.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous-to-arduous walking conditions, frequent buffeting on high exposed terrain. Considerable wind chill.
How Wet?
Showers
Showery rain most common over western Yorks Dales south of Tebay. Elsewhere a scattering of mostly brief showers in the wind.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting toward or above tops
Banks of cloud mostly higher and western tops in the morning, lifting mostly above 700-800m with breaks to many tops forming into middle of day.
Chance of cloud free summits?
50% rising to 80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Glimpses of sun west, longer periods of sun eastern dales. Visibility good where dry, slight haze especially west, reduced in showers.
How Cold? (at 700m)
8 to 10C, trending slightly cooler later in the daytime. Feeling like 0 to -3C directly in the wind.
And in the valleys
12C at dawn, up to 16C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Sunday 20th September 2026
Last updated
Thu 17th Sep 26 at
4:22PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 40mph in morning, stronger gusts N Pennines; tending to lessen gradually to 25mph, slightly less later in day.
Effect of the wind on you?
Challenging conditions moderating, but still blustery and affecting comfortable walking on exposed tops. Marked wind chill.
How Wet?
Little or no rain
Local drizzly showers possible over western side of Dales and Pennines early in day, but mostly dry.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting above the tops
Patchy cloud grazing higher slopes above 700-800m in the morning. Lifting and clearing above most or all hills.
Chance of cloud free summits?
80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Broken cloud and sunshine; thin high cloud may thicken later. Visibility very good, early slight haze west.
How Cold? (at 700m)
7 or 8C, little change all day, then tending to rise onward into night. Feeling sub-zero in the stronger wind.
And in the valleys
11C at dawn, rising to 15C afternoon.
Planning Outlook
Gale-force southwesterly winds continue extensively on the mountains into Saturday and early Sunday. Frequent rain over western hills, showers passing eastwards, tending to fade during Sunday as higher pressure begins to build from the south, allowing wind speeds to lessen too over England & Wales. Warmer into early next week, though higher humidity brings more cloud some drizzly rain to the west. A generally more promising forecast for late September as high pressure nearby offers drier and warmer weather for more places. Weather systems grazing past Scotland to the north still bring locally stronger winds and occasional rain mainly to the northwest.