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.
Sunday'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.
Chilly
Air temperature typically 0 to 5C on higher summits. Feeling distinctly chilly on tops when stationary or where exposed to wind. Take appropriate 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.
Sunshine and showers
A good amount of dry and bright weather, but scattered bursts of rain, some may be locally heavy.
Chilly
Air temperature typically 0 to 5C on higher summits. Feeling distinctly chilly on tops when stationary or where exposed to wind. Take appropriate layers.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Sunday 22nd February 2026
Last updated
Sat 21st Feb 26 at
4:00PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Showery southwesterlies, extensively gale force over higher terrain with significant chill factor. Rain and hail, snow falling above 900m in Scotland, most frequent west coastal areas. Fewer showers eastward across Scotland and for England & Wales, with some cloud breaks toward tops.
Headline for Peak District
Windy, up to gale force tops. Brief showers mostly west.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 30 to 40mph, squally gusts in showers.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous walking over the hills, challenging on exposed higher terrain with buffeting gusts. Considerable wind chill.
How Wet?
Local occasional showers
Remnants of overnight rain leaving some showery rain in west just after dawn. Then scattered showers mostly western hills toward the north, more often dry east and southward over Peak District.
Cloud on the hills?
Sometimes covering higher moors
Likely to come and go on higher slopes around rain in morning, mostly western areas above 500m, tending to lift. Above hills most of day east and southward.
Chance of cloud free summits?
70%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sun breaking through at times mainly eastern areas. Visibility very good, locally briefly reduced in showers.
Temperature (at 600m)
5 or 6C. Wind chill feeling like -5 to -8C.
And in the valleys
8C from dawn, up to 10 or 11C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Monday 23rd February 2026
Last updated
Sat 21st Feb 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 30mph, up to 40mph higher tops in morning, easing a little in afternoon, but increasing again after dark.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous walking conditions over the hills, affecting balance in exposure on tops and edges. Considerable wind chill.
How Wet?
Patchy rain mostly northwest
Rain on and off west and northern Peak District and into Lancashire, may be small amounts, and often drier toward east and south. Risk becoming more persistent rain afternoon mainly northwestern areas.
Cloud on the hills?
Mostly higher and western hills
Banks of cloud mostly western areas in the morning above 500-600m, some lower patches Lancashire Pennines. Risk filling in more widely if rain develops.
Chance of cloud free summits?
40%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Some sun breaking through in east, but cloud likely to thicken from west. Visibility fairly good, distant haze, then reducing to poor if rain develops.
Temperature (at 600m)
5 or 6C, rising slightly dusk onward. Feeling like -7 to -10C directly in the wind.
And in the valleys
7C from dawn, rising to 10C.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Tuesday 24th February 2026
Last updated
Sat 21st Feb 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 30 to 40mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous walking over the hills, frequent buffeting in exposure. Considerable wind chill despite milder air.
How Wet?
Largely dry
Some fine drizzle if in cloud on hills.
Cloud on the hills?
Likely to lift
Risk of low cloud covering some hills in morning, tending to lift toward or above most tops.
Chance of cloud free summits?
50%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Some sun through high cloud layers. Misty around some hills for a time, otherwise visibility fairly good, some haze.
Temperature (at 600m)
6 to 8C. In exposure to wind, feeling like -3 to -5C.
And in the valleys
Mild 9C from dawn, rising to 12C afternoon.
Planning Outlook
West to southwesterly winds prevail during the week ahead as areas of low pressure move toward northwest Scotland whilst ridges of higher pressure occasionally nudge across southern Britain. Sustained gales over the mountains, only brief lulls. Temperatures will fluctuate above and below freezing on higher Scottish mountains, with periods of thaw and refreezing. England and Wales generally above freezing to tops with a substantial thaw of most upland snow. Frequent rainfall, often heavy over western mountains, at times showery with hail, some snow on Scottish Munros. The final days of February favour colder northwesterly air and a drop of freezing level.