Peak District
The southernmost Pennines, covering the entire Peak District National Park, also extending north to hills accessed from Hebden Bridge, and including the hills immediately north of Manchester.
Today'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.
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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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.
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
Peak District
Monday 14th September 2026
Last updated
Sun 13th Sep 26 at
4:18PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Humid southwesterly air brings extensive low cloud and drizzle to many mountains. Locally drier with some cloud breaks toward northeast of major mountain groups. Around Skye generally wet all day, whilst more prolonged heavier rain likely moves into southwest Scotland afternoon-evening. Strong and gusty winds.
Headline for Peak District
Blustery, gusty; some low cloud, drizzle, mostly north/west.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 25 to 30mph, speed tending to rise with time to 35mph, notable strong gusts near higher edges and some downslopes.
Effect of the wind on you?
Some variations, but often affecting comfortable walking in exposure; with time increasingly frequent buffeting over high exposed moors and edges. Marked chill factor despite mild air.
How Wet?
Drizzly at times
Patchy drizzle from time to time, mainly north and western hills, if in cloud feeling generally damp, though total rain small. Very locally an odd burst of rain may form.
Cloud on the hills?
Covering higher slopes for periods
Varied cloud banks over higher and western moors in the morning, may linger on some upper slopes, but during the afternoon breaks likely form toward the tops for a few hours at least, then likely lowering in west again later.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30% rising to 60% for a few hours.
Sunshine and air clarity?
Occasional sun breaking through mainly eastern areas, where visibility good below cloud. A general slight haze lower down.
Temperature (at 600m)
15 to 17C, humid. Feeling like 5 to 7C directly in the wind.
And in the valleys
13C from dawn, rising to 21C afternoon, staying very mild into evening.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Tuesday 15th September 2026
Last updated
Sun 13th Sep 26 at
4:18PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 20 to 30mph, but risk stronger gusts just at first nearer 40mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Blustery across the hills, starting to affect comfortable walking on exposed high terrain and feeling increasingly cool.
How Wet?
Early rain then a few showers
A band of rain passing southeastward around dawn, briefly heavy. Drier for a time, then occasional showery rain develops, most common western hills.
Cloud on the hills?
Soon mostly clearing
Some cloud banks across higher slopes at first, brief varied patches but soon lifting and breaking above the hills.
Chance of cloud free summits?
80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Occasional sun. Visibility mostly very good.
Temperature (at 600m)
11 to 14C, mildest early in day, trending slightly cooler during daytime. Feeling like 5C in the wind.
And in the valleys
13C at dawn, around 16C afternoon, cooling into the evening.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Wednesday 16th September 2026
Last updated
Sun 13th Sep 26 at
4:18PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Northwesterly 25-30mph, some stronger gusts over tops, turning westerly, 15-20mph, later SW'ly, restrengthening.
Effect of the wind on you?
A blustery start, particularly on high tops, but soon easing to fairly small effects.
How Wet?
Some patchy rain
Through morning, some light patchy rain, a chance of extended falls but totals will be small, except perhaps southernmost moors. Likely dry from early afternoon onward.
Cloud on the hills?
Hills clearing through morning
Cloud banks drifting around high terrain in the morning, a few lower banks in the early hours, particularly where rain occurs, but will lift and break off the summits for clear hills, likely by midday.
Chance of cloud free summits?
90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patchy sunshine, becoming more extensive afternoon, high cloud from the west later. Very good visibility.
Temperature (at 600m)
9C rising to 11C. Feeling like 2 to 5C in strongest direct wind.
And in the valleys
9C at dawn, little rise through morning, then approaching 13 or 14C afternoon.
Planning Outlook
Staying unsettled during the next week to 10 days as westerlies prevail - areas of low pressure passing north of Scotland with frontal systems bringing frequent rain, wettest over western mountains in Scotland. Often windy, sustained periods of gale-force westerly winds over higher terrain. Fairly cool by Tuesday onward, close to freezing on highest Scottish summits on Wednesday morning, possibly again for a time next weekend; often considerable wind chill on the mountains. Higher pressure and better weather tends to expand further north later in month.