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
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Frequent or persistent rain
Steady rain fairly persistent, occasionally heavy, rather wet underfoot.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
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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Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Frequent or persistent rain
Steady rain fairly persistent, occasionally heavy, rather wet underfoot.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
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
Thursday 18th June 2026
Last updated
Wed 17th Jun 26 at
4:05PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Rain and low cloud affects many mountains, most persistent in the west, patchier and lighter for the Highlands by afternoon. A band of heavier rain for northern England and southwest Scotland, risk some thundery bursts. Blustery southwesterly winds. Feeling humid particularly for England and Wales.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Increasingly windy. Rain and low cloud most persistent west.
How windy? (On the summits)
South-southwesterly 20-30mph in morning, but strengthening during day to 35-40mph by afternoon, some stronger gusts North Pennines, may approach 50mph for a time.
Effect of the wind on you?
Increasingly uncomfortable walking over higher exposed tops, buffeting and more challenging with time. Feeling cool on tops despite mild humid air.
How Wet?
Rain & drizzle, some heavy, most west
Generally wet in western Yorks Dales NP much of day, steadier pulses of rain set in heavier over a few hours into afternoon. Patchier smaller amounts east, but drizzle common. Odd heavier bursts later, chance of thunder.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive, lowest west
Shrouding Three Peaks to Howgills most or all day, often to mid-slopes. Higher cloud base 600m or higher north from Kirkby Stephen, local breaks toward east.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Largely cloudy, dull west, brighter east. Misty western dales, better visibility below cloud toward north and east, but widely poor in rain.
How Cold? (at 700m)
10 to 12C, locally rising to 14C out of cloud eastern areas. Feeling near 0C in stronger wind high tops.
And in the valleys
13C at dawn, rising to 17 to 20C, warmest eastern dales, rather humid.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Friday 19th June 2026
Last updated
Wed 17th Jun 26 at
4:05PM
How windy? (On the summits)
South-southwesterly, 35 to 50mph all day, peak gusts vary, over 60mph for periods especially high N Pennines afternoon.
Effect of the wind on you?
Challenging walking, gusts knocking you off balance, including on some downslopes to north. Considerable wind chill.
How Wet?
Risk thundery rain developing
Substantially dry for several hours, perhaps well into afternoon, spots from high cloud, but locally a burst of rain possible. Later risk pulses of heavy rain developing from west, possibly torrential. Risk of thunder.
Cloud on the hills?
Varied, mostly western Dales
Low cloud may cover many western hills from dawn, to low slopes up to Tebay for a time. Rising, patches may persist west, but clearer north and eastward. Lowering in rain, ragged patches to lower slopes.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30% west, 70% north/east
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sun often weak through high cloud, more overcast at times, especially later. Visibility good, but some haze, reducing around rain.
How Cold? (at 700m)
13 to 16C, then by dusk onward into night dropping rapidly to 8C. Feeling nearer freezing in wind all day.
And in the valleys
13C at dawn, rising to 21 to 24C afternoon, warmest east, feeling very humid.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Saturday 20th June 2026
Last updated
Wed 17th Jun 26 at
4:05PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 20 to 25mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small effect on walking, but feeling breezy on high terrain, rather cool particularly in morning.
How Wet?
Showers drift northeast, fading
Some mostly light showery rain in the morning, mainly western areas, moving northeastward, but fading in afternoon.
Cloud on the hills?
Lowest in west and in morning
Covering western hills early in the day, to mid or some lower slopes south of Tebay for a time. Patchier higher cloud northeast. Bases rising, tending to thin and break, likely to clear Three Peaks into afternoon.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30% rising to 80% afternoon.
Sunshine and air clarity?
Misty and largely cloudy start especially in west, improving with some sun breaking through and visibility becoming very good.
How Cold? (at 700m)
8C rising to 12C afternoon. Feeling close to freezing in wind on high tops in the morning.
And in the valleys
13C at dawn, rising to 19C afternoon.
Planning Outlook
Humid southwesterly winds, gales across many mountains on Friday, plus heavy rain, thundery bursts mixed in. Less windy, but still breezy into Saturday in Scotland, feeling less humid for most, but western Scottish hills at least stay cloud capped and with showery rain. Sunday is a drier day with clearer hills, light winds and feeling warmer. Into next week, a mixed west-southwesterly pattern for Scotland, rain and low cloud most common in the west, drier with higher cloud eastwards and more often dry. Warm and humid for England & Wales - often dry, but possible thunderstorms forming at times - detail more uncertain.