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.
Friday'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.
Sunshine and showers
A good amount of dry and bright weather, but scattered bursts of rain, some may be locally heavy.
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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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.
Sunshine and showers
A good amount of dry and bright weather, but scattered bursts of rain, some may be locally heavy.
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
Friday 5th June 2026
Last updated
Thu 4th Jun 26 at
3:49PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Blustery start, gale-force gusts in N England and Scotland; easing. Chilly with showers in W Scotland, showers more widely over the highlands afternoon with sunny interludes. Early showers in England and Wales ease by afternoon, only well-scattered showers remain over Wales and S Pennines, plenty sun breaks.
Headline for Peak District
Blustery, soon easing; early showers become well-scattered
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 30-35mph early, may gust 40mph just at and before dawn. Soon easing and shifting southerly, largely 15mph by early afternoon and several hours where may reach as low as 10mph later afternoon. Shifting southerly into evening.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous walking early, strongest wind challenging stability with significant wind chill. Soon easing, mostly small effects likely by early afternoon.
How Wet?
Well-scattered showers, often dry
Scattered showers drifting over the moors from the west from time to time, more often dry than wet, best dry periods early afternoon.
Cloud on the hills?
Clearing the summits
Cloud shrouds high terrain at dawn, bases as low as 400m on west slopes north of M62, risk of a few ragged lower patches just at dawn. Lifting, clearing the summits by midday or earlier.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Rising to above 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patchwork of sunshine, perhaps sunnier for a few midday hours, some thin high cloud building later in the day. Very good visibility.
Temperature (at 600m)
6C rising to 10C, only slight drop into night. Feeling like -3 to -5C in strongest early wind.
And in the valleys
8C at dawn, locally a degree cooler eastern valleys. Rising to 15C.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Saturday 6th June 2026
Last updated
Thu 4th Jun 26 at
3:49PM
How windy? (On the summits)
S-SE'ly, later SW'ly, uncertainty of strongest winds - likely in range 35-45mph, risk higher, but also lighter for a time.
Effect of the wind on you?
Beware of changing conditions - risk of difficult walking at least part of the day, but easing to lesser effects.
How Wet?
Risk of rain developing
Patchy rain likely moving in from the southwest from dawn, small amounts initially. Risk of rain becoming more persistent and heavier for a time, but timing of this uncertain.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive in rain, some variability
Varied cloud banks filling in over higher moors as rain develops, may shroud many hills above 400-500m for several hours, but also with more broken periods with higher bases; timing is uncertain.
Chance of cloud free summits?
40%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Likely overcast, increasingly dull. Visibility good where dry if below cloud, but reducing in rain, becoming poor.
Temperature (at 600m)
7C rising to 10 or 11C afternoon, notably lowering overnight. Feeling near/below freezing in the wind.
And in the valleys
10C at dawn, rising to or 14 or 15C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Sunday 7th June 2026
Last updated
Thu 4th Jun 26 at
3:49PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 25-30mph, periods of stronger speeds, risk gusts approaching 40mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Ease of walking always impacted, some more strenuous moments over high edges where feeling chilly.
How Wet?
Little or no rain
A few spots of light rain may drift onto the hills from the southwest from time to time, but the hills may well be dry all day.
Cloud on the hills?
Likely clearing all hills
May be fairly extensive from 500m upward in the early hours, but soon lifting and breaking, perhaps entirely above the summits by midday and through afternoon.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Rising to 80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sunshine in the morning is soon weakened by high cloud, increasingly so through the day. Very good visibility.
Temperature (at 600m)
9C rising to 12 or 13C. Feeling just above freezing in strongest wind.
And in the valleys
8C at dawn, rising to 17C.
Planning Outlook
Unsettled over the weekend as southwesterly flow draws several areas of rain across the country, best of dry slopes to the northeast, and perhaps a drier Sunday for England and Wales through blustery, some uncertainty in detail. Generally unsettled next week too: showers affect most hills Monday and Tuesday, lowest cloud and most persistent rain along western slopes, but with some breaks as well with sunshine. Timing of most unsettled weather remains uncertain, but some risk of a deeper area of lower pressure from Wednesday or later brining widespread strong winds, probably gales over many summits, with prolonged heavy rain. Temperatures probably trending milder again into the weekend, pressure may begin to rise in the south, but this uncertain as well.