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.
Sunshine and showers
A good amount of dry and bright weather, but scattered bursts of rain, some may be locally heavy.
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.
Sunshine and showers
A good amount of dry and bright weather, but scattered bursts of rain, some may be locally heavy.
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
Thursday 6th August 2026
Last updated
Wed 5th Aug 26 at
3:58PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Blustery with showers into Scotland and northern England in the morning; wind and rain easing, sun breaking out with time, mild high temperatures. Risk more frequent showers and strong wind in the Peak District through morning, improving afternoon. Rare early showers in Wales, cloud clearing most hills.
Headline for Peak District
Very windy early with showers; improving afternoon
How windy? (On the summits)
West-northwesterly 40-45mph at dawn, may locally gust stronger. Soon easing, steady speeds at 30-35mph, later shifting westerly and further easing into evening.
Effect of the wind on you?
Forward progress challenged from overnight into dawn, conditions soon abating but walking remains strenuous well into the day with notable wind chill, only later easing to fairly small effects.
How Wet?
Showers through morning, fading afternoon
Showers from dawn into the morning, some chance of a sustained stream of showers from the northwest for several hours; greatest risk towards the north but may fall more widely. Showers start to fade from midday onward, becoming dry.
Cloud on the hills?
Locally fairly extensive early, clearing tops with time
Where showers occur, cloud fairly extensive above 500m, lowest bases on northwest aspects. Breaks to and above summits between showers, hills away from showers soon clear of cloud, and the hills more widely clearing through afternoon.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Rising to 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patchwork of cloud and sun with very good visibility; some cloudier, duller locations through morning around frequent showers, periods of poor visibility.
Temperature (at 600m)
8C rising to 12C afternoon. Feeling near freezing if exposed to early wind on tops, later around 5 to 7C.
And in the valleys
11C at dawn, rising to 17 or 18C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Friday 7th August 2026
Last updated
Wed 5th Aug 26 at
3:58PM
How windy? (On the summits)
West-southwesterly 10-15mph, sometimes less.
Effect of the wind on you?
Small.
How Wet?
Early light rain
Some spotty rain drifts from the west for a few morning hours, most likely northernmost hills, fading for a dry afternoon.
Cloud on the hills?
Early hill cloud clears summits
At dawn, varied banks of cloud over the moors, summits may be fairly widely shrouded. Cloud soon lifts after sunrise, clearing the summits for much of the day.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Soon rising to 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
A patchwork of cloud and sun. Very good visibility.
Temperature (at 600m)
11C rising to 14 or 15C; only slight drop into night.
And in the valleys
10C at dawn, rising to 20C.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Saturday 8th August 2026
Last updated
Wed 5th Aug 26 at
3:58PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 15-25mph; gusty over tops, and a slight strengthening trend later in the day.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small, but nuisance gusts over high tops, more notable effects late in the day.
How Wet?
A little rain, dry windows
A few patches of rain drifting northeastward from time to time, mostly dry through morning, but a rising risk of rain arriving afternoon over northern hills, perhaps more widely late in the day.
Cloud on the hills?
Likely none
Late in the day, where rain arrives, some scattered patches form over high northern summits.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Above 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patchy sunshine, weakened by high cloud and trending towards cloudier conditions. Very good visibility.
Temperature (at 600m)
12C rising to 19C.
And in the valleys
12C at dawn rising to 22 to 24C, warmest south and east of Kinder Scout.
Planning Outlook
Westerly winds prevail into the weekend and further weather fronts will come in off the Atlantic, bringing rain and low cloud to most mountains. Saturday into Sunday in particular will see extensive cloud and heavy rain across Scotland with strong wind, bands of rain passing to the south and east into England and Wales. A ridge of high pressure returns early next week for warmer temperatures and clearer hills, though western Scotland likely remains fairly cloudy with some drizzle on the high tops. Following this high pressure, west-southwesterly flow returns and a series of low pressure systems will pass west-to-east across the British Isles with periods of strong wind (sometimes gale-force), rain, and low cloud, western hill groups aways most affected. Unsettled conditions likely persist into next weekend.