Lake District
The entire Lake District National Park, taking in all major summits, including Scafell, Helvellyn, Skiddaw, the Langdales and Old Man of Coniston.
Saturday's Forecast
Severe gale or storm, mobility very difficult
Severe conditions on the mountains, any movement very challenging, you may be blown over. 55-70mph+
Heavy rain
Near-constant heavy rain, sometimes torrential over the mountains, very wet underfoot.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
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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Severe gale or storm, mobility very difficult
Severe conditions on the mountains, any movement very challenging, you may be blown over. 55-70mph+
Heavy rain
Near-constant heavy rain, sometimes torrential over the mountains, very wet underfoot.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
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
Lake District
Saturday 24th October 2026
Last updated
Fri 23rd Oct 26 at
4:15PM
Summary for all mountain areas
The Pennines and east Scotland begin with weak sun through high cloud and largely dry. Western areas start cloudier with patchy rain, then Storm Boelo draws a swathe of heavy rain and severe gales eastward across all areas, a period of storm-force wind for many summits. Steams in spate, localised flooding.
Headline for Lake District
Increasingly heavy rain and severe gales
How windy? (On the summits)
South-southwesterly, rising soon during morning to 40mph, reaching 60-70mph afternoon and likely a swathe of stronger wind too; marked increase with height. Direction settled southwesterly later.
Effect of the wind on you?
Deteriorating, soon arduous walking, increasingly difficult mobility on higher terrain with significant wind chill despite milder afternoon temperatures.
How Wet?
Rain sets in, increasingly heavy
Dry start, for longest eastern fells, but patchy rain soon moves in from west in morning, setting in increasingly heavy middle of day continuing until dusk, risk of a period of torrential falls. Showery into night. Very wet underfoot, streams in spate.
Cloud on the hills?
Lowering to become extensive
Initially most cloud above the fells, apart from odd patches at varied heights. Increasingly cloud will lower onto fells, forming to lower elevations coastal areas, to valley level south and west during heaviest rain; some higher breaks remain north and eastern areas for a time but will fill in here too.
Chance of cloud free summits?
70% at first, dropping to 10%
Sunshine and air clarity?
A little weak sun through high cloud from dawn, but giving way to overcast skies. Good visibility becomes hazier, then poor/dull as rain sets in.
How Cold? (at 750m)
3C at dawn, rising to 7C afternoon, briefly to 10C, then falling again evening into night. Always feeling below freezing in the wind, to -7C in strongest wind.
Freezing Level
Close to highest tops at dawn, lifting well above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Lake District
Sunday 25th October 2026
Last updated
Fri 23rd Oct 26 at
4:15PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 50 to 70mph, gusts to 80-90mph over highest fells, peak speeds tending to lessen as the day goes on.
Effect of the wind on you?
Severe conditions, mobility difficult, wind often blowing you over; challenging even on lower hills with significant wind chill.
How Wet?
Frequent rain
Widely showery but more constant rain for periods particularly western Lakeland, some hail mixed in with heavier bursts, possible sleet or wet snow highest tops.
Cloud on the hills?
Most persistent western tops
Cloud base varying, but often capping higher fells above 700-800m, rarely clearing high western tops, some banks to 600m or lower in showers in west. Breaks more often for easternmost fells.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Brief bursts of sun, mostly east. A general haze, poor visibility in showers, locally better more often further east.
How Cold? (at 750m)
3C. Wind chill feels like -10 to -15C in exposure.
Freezing Level
Grazing the highest summits for several afternoon hours, lifting above the summits into night.
Viewing Forecast For
Lake District
Monday 26th October 2026
Last updated
Fri 23rd Oct 26 at
4:15PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southerly 20-30mph, some variability, then strengthening, 35-40mph afternoon, further strengthening to 50mph or higher.
Effect of the wind on you?
May be locally fairly small, but deteriorating afternoon, to later challenging conditions with wind chill despite mild temperature.
How Wet?
Rain most of the day
Rain arrives soon after dawn and quickly sets in for several hours of persistent falls, likely heavy for a time. Rain will tend to lessen but still rather frequent and staying drizzly on high and west fells into evening.
Cloud on the hills?
Becoming extensive
Terrain above 700-800m likely starts in cloud, a few local higher breaks north Lakes, but blanket cloud lowers onto the fells as morning goes, to become extensive to middle slopes and least, and likely to low slopes south and west fells, patches into valleys in heaviest rain.
Chance of cloud free summits?
10%
Sunshine and air clarity?
A few bright glimpses to start, becoming overcast and dull with poor visibility.
How Cold? (at 750m)
3C, only slight rise, then sharply afternoon, finishing near 11C. Feeling near or below 0C in wind.
Freezing Level
May just graze highest summits at and before dawn, soon lifting well above.
Planning Outlook
Stormy conditions widely across the mountains this weekend, peak wind speeds into Sunday over Scottish mountains with gusts 100mph on higher tops. Showery conditions for Sunday, turning back to snow on higher terrain in Scotland. Very wet ground conditions, beware flooding of many streams and rivers making some routes impassable. A relative lull by early Monday in Scotland, but the next weather system soon sweeps in from the southwest with more heavy rain and extensive mountain gales, continuing into Tuesday. Mild south-southwesterlies mid-late week; smaller amounts of rain, some drier windows toward east and south. Generally staying windy, particularly in Scotland. Some chance of a mid-late week ridge of high pressure in England and Wales, but unlikely to persist.