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.
Hazy, some fog banks
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Visibility reduced around cloud banks, hazier on some lower slopes. Locally some improvements possible out of cloud.
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.
Hazy, some fog banks
Visibility reduced around cloud banks, hazier on some lower slopes. Locally some improvements possible out of cloud.
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 26th February 2026
Last updated
Wed 25th Feb 26 at
4:27PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Gale-force southwesterlies, strengthening to be severe on higher mountains. Rain increasingly persistent from the west, some heavier falls setting in for periods combined with lowering cloud over the hills. Near freezing on higher Scottish tops, where some snow falls for a time.
Headline for Peak District
Windy, increasingly gales. Rain develops from west.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 30-40mph, a trend towards the higher end of the range with time and later afternoon nearer 50mph at least in gusts on higher terrain.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous-to-arduous walking all day, strongest wind necessitating notable effort to maintain stability; significant wind chill.
How Wet?
Rain increasingly develops from west
Spots of light rain in the wind mostly Lancashire Pennines from dawn, an increasing risk of spots more widely with time, becoming more persistent and widespread steady rain into afternoon, heavier at times in west later.
Cloud on the hills?
Variable, clear periods, then deteriorates
During pulses of rain, cloud fills in from 500m upward, locally lower west. Lifting during dry periods, summit clearance is likely, but cloud returning later to largely cover the high terrain.
Chance of cloud free summits?
60%, lowering to 20% later
Sunshine and air clarity?
Variable cloud, sometimes brighter skies with sun through high cloud in east, but then overcast during rain. Good visibility during rain/fog breaks.
Temperature (at 600m)
6 or 7C. Feeling like -8C in the wind.
And in the valleys
8C from dawn, rising to 10 or 11C, may stay cooler in Lancashire Pennines.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Friday 27th February 2026
Last updated
Wed 25th Feb 26 at
4:27PM
How windy? (On the summits)
West or northwesterly 15 to 20mph, may drop lighter at times. By evening risk northerly 25mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Often fairly small, but possibly more blustery at times with marked wind chill.
How Wet?
Periods of rain
High uncertainty - rain likely affecting most hills at some point through the day, some dry moments too, but also a risk of setting in more widely for several hours.
Cloud on the hills?
Mostly high terrain, breaks probably
Fairly extensive over high terrain in the morning, ragged lower patches too from rain. A lifting trend, summit breaks increasingly likely, though a risk of returning extensively if rain returns.
Chance of cloud free summits?
60%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Fairly cloudy, a veil of high cloud even if skies do brighten for a time. Very good visibility, reducing in rain.
Temperature (at 600m)
4 or 5C, tending to drop into the night. Feeling like -3C if strongest wind occurs.
And in the valleys
8 or 9C, little change much of day, then lowering to 4C overnight.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Saturday 28th February 2026
Last updated
Wed 25th Feb 26 at
4:27PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Variable or N-NW'ly 15 to 25mph, may drop less. Later W-SW'ly 20-25mph by dusk onward, risk 40mph into night.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small, but in places more blustery occasionally, feeling chilly. Deteriorating onward into night.
How Wet?
Possible rain for a time
Risk of showery rain early in day, fading to become largely dry. Well onward into night, risk of rain moving in from west.
Cloud on the hills?
Likely clearing
Cloud banks may cover some higher moors in morning, likely to lift and largely clear.
Chance of cloud free summits?
70%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Cloud breaking in morning to leave sunny spells with time. Visibility becoming excellent.
Temperature (at 600m)
2 or 3C. Feeling like -5C if exposed to stronger breeze on hills.
And in the valleys
4C from dawn, rising to 7 or 8C afternoon.
Planning Outlook
A changeable southwesterly regime continues through the weekend into early next week. Colder for a time with a drop of freezing level Friday into Saturday allowing some refreezing of higher mountain terrain mainly in Scotland, the snowpack on high mountains consolidating following recent thawing. Milder air and thawing returns into Sunday, accompanied by rain and upland gales. During next week, higher pressure is expected to develop around the British Isles, bringing quieter weather, drier for most with lighter winds. Some fronts may continue to graze northwest Scotland with rain and stronger winds locally for a few more days. Temperatures tending to be on the milder side during early March, but some frosts into valleys at times.