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.
Monday'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.
Dry and sunny
Extensive sunshine. The mountains free of cloud once any early mist patches disperse.
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.
Dry and sunny
Extensive sunshine. The mountains free of cloud once any early mist patches disperse.
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 24th August 2026
Last updated
Sun 23rd Aug 26 at
4:00PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Dry overall with sunshine and broken cloud. Some early low-level fog patches will soon disperse, briefly cloud drifting over some hill slopes, but most mountains often clear all day. Light-moderate south-southeasterly breezes, locally gusty, stronger easterly winds mid & south Wales.
Headline for Peak District
Increasing breezy, gusty. Dry with sun, clear hills.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southeast becoming easterly during morning, 15-20mph, trending towards higher speeds with time, by evening 25mph, becoming gusty 30mph from dusk onward into night.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small but becoming noticeably breezier afternoon, more blustery evening starting to affect ease of walking and feeling cool.
How Wet?
No rain expected
Cloud on the hills?
Hills clear
A few ragged mist patches here and there on low slopes at dawn, soon lifting and dissipating for clear hills.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Above 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Extensive sunshine; some scattered fair weather and high cloud building. Good visibility but some haze mainly morning.
Temperature (at 600m)
10C rising to 15C. Feeling cooler toward evening as breeze increases.
And in the valleys
7C at dawn, local cooler spots in west, rising to 20C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Tuesday 25th August 2026
Last updated
Sun 23rd Aug 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Easterly 20 to 25mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small but feeling breezy over higher terrain, in places more noticeably gusty.
How Wet?
Rain unlikely
Chance of a little fine drizzle where in early cloud banks.
Cloud on the hills?
Early patches clear
Patchy cloud banks on some higher moors for a few hours from dawn, mainly toward the east.
Chance of cloud free summits?
70% rising above 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sun and thin high cloud. Visibility good but slight haze, some early mist over hills.
Temperature (at 600m)
11C rising to 16C.
And in the valleys
11C from dawn, rising to 21C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Wednesday 26th August 2026
Last updated
Sun 23rd Aug 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Easterly 25mph and gusty early in day, becoming south-southeasterly 15-20mph or less.
Effect of the wind on you?
Early gustiness tending to ease to become fairly small.
How Wet?
Early rain, risk thundery bursts later
A risk of steady rain and drizzle over a few hours early in the day, tending to clear northwards. Then during afternoon into evening, risk of heavier bursts of rain forming with possible thunder.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive, then lifting
Cloud fairly widely shrouding hills above 400-500m from dawn, some lower banks for a time. Tending to rise toward higher slopes around 600m, may break up.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20% rising to 60%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Occasional weak sun through high cloud, often overcast. Hazy start, visibility improving to be good when dry.
Temperature (at 600m)
13C rising to 18C. Feeling like 6C in the wind at first.
And in the valleys
14C at dawn, rising to 23C afternoon, quite humid.
Planning Outlook
Low pressure to the south will develop and drift across Britain into the second half of this week bringing increasingly wet conditions widely. Areas of rain will drift northward during Wednesday, possibly thundery showers forming over England & Wales. Heavy and thundery rain likely affects England, Wales & southern Scotland on Thursday-Friday, potentially prolonged heavy falls bringing a risk of flooding locally. Northwest Scotland likely driest. The eastern Highlands often covered in low cloud. Strong gusty easterly winds prevail for a few days through midweek. Into the weekend it remains unsettled with areas of rain and heavy showers, plus cooler northwesterly winds developing.