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.
Thursday'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.
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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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.
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
Peak District
Thursday 13th November 2025
Last updated
Wed 12th Nov 25 at
4:30PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Cold northeasterlies for the Highlands, gale-force over mountains early in day. Snow mostly in northern areas. A slow-moving swathe of rain for southern Scotland and northern England, heavy at times. Previous rain eases to patchy light rain in Wales, but beware of flooding - staying mild here.
Headline for Peak District
Patchy rain, low cloud. Wind easing.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 25 to 35mph, risk 40mph higher areas in morning, speeds tending to decrease gradually.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous walking over higher terrain, particularly morning, staying blustery with marked wind chill all day.
How Wet?
Showery rain mostly northwest
Often raining from dawn, gradually breaking to become patchy and light, locally drier east, but drizzly rain likely on and off toward northwest Peak District and Lancashire Pennines, some showery rain.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive
Highest moors likely in fog most or all day. Bases variable, may lift towards the high moors for periods, through intermittently lowering during periods of rain.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Generally overcast. Variable visibility: poor in rain, though good during dry periods.
Temperature (at 600m)
8C until evening, then starting to lower toward 5C into night. Feeling like -3C in the wind in morning.
And in the valleys
10C from night into daytime, little change until later evening, then starting to lower.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Friday 14th November 2025
Last updated
Wed 12th Nov 25 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Easterly, 40 to 50mph, powerful gusts high edges and in places downslope to west, risk 60mph before dusk.
Effect of the wind on you?
Arduous conditions over the hills, buffeting gusts could knock you over in some areas around tops. Significant wind chill.
How Wet?
Rain all day, increasingly heavy
A slow-moving extensive belt of rain is likely to affect the region all day, tending to encroach further north with time, becoming persistently heavier. Very wet underfoot, risk flooding developing.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive, highest northwest
Likely to cover many hills above 500-600m, lowest and most persistent toward east and south, becoming more extensive as rain sets in. Areas toward Lancashire Pennines may be clearer in morning.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast and dull. Visibility poor due to rain.
Temperature (at 600m)
3 or 4C. Wind chill feeling like -10C.
And in the valleys
6 or 7C, little variation night into day.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Saturday 15th November 2025
Last updated
Wed 12th Nov 25 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Easterly 50mph from dawn, powerful gusts near edges, locally downslope. Slowly decreasing, to 30mph by late afternoon.
Effect of the wind on you?
Difficult walking, turbulent gusts on some slopes particularly in morning, but staying challenging in exposure all day.
How Wet?
Rain fading out, flooding
Continuing rain from overnight through dawn, but intensity easing and gradually becoming patchier during the morning, leaving just drizzly patches afternoon. Streams and rivers likely to be in flood.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting gradually, breaks west
Covering the hills fairly widely above 500-600m in the morning, may tend to rise with time and lift above hills, soonest and best toward the west.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20% rising to 50%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast, some brighter skies may develop in northwestern areas. Hazy, visibility improving as rain eases.
Temperature (at 600m)
3 or 4C. Wind chill feeling like -10C in exposure.
And in the valleys
Around 7C, little change night and day.
Planning Outlook
High rainfall with significant flooding expected for Wales by the end of this week, risk flooding too in Peak District. Drier overall across the Highlands. Strong to gale force easterlies later this week, then northerlies are expected to dominate onward into next week. Colder air extends to all areas, staying below freezing over higher mountains most likely throughout next week to 10 days. Some accumulations of snow over Scottish mountains, initially mostly northern areas, possibly more widely across all mountain areas during next week - Tuesday-Wednesday in particular, but lower confidence of forecast detail by then.