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.
Today'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.
Patchwork of cloud and sun
Dry most or all day. A mix of cloud and sunshine. Occasional cloud banks drifting over higher slopes, lifting above the tops.
Clear
Excellent or superb visibility, no navigation issues.
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.
Patchwork of cloud and sun
Dry most or all day. A mix of cloud and sunshine. Occasional cloud banks drifting over higher slopes, lifting above the tops.
Clear
Excellent or superb visibility, no navigation issues.
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
Sunday 11th October 2026
Last updated
Sat 10th Oct 26 at
4:30PM
Summary for all mountain areas
A fine day overall with light winds, sunshine and just patchy cloud around some mountain slopes. Isolated brief showers around coastal fringes at first will fade. Southerly winds tend to strengthen later in the day in western areas. Some patchy rain reaches southwest Wales.
Headline for Peak District
Largely dry, a lull in wind, plenty of sun.
How windy? (On the summits)
Northwesterly 20-25mph around dawn, easing in morning to westerly 15-20mph, then 10mph or less by middle of day into afternoon. Toward evening, turning southwest then southerly, rising into night to 30mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Marked wind chill on high tops at first, becoming small until evening. Worsening conditions into night.
How Wet?
Early local light showers fade
One or two brief showers, mostly western moors in morning. Into night, patchy rain pushes in from southwest.
Cloud on the hills?
Rare if any
Brief fragments of cloud on some upper slopes early morning, otherwise all clear.
Chance of cloud free summits?
90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patchwork of cloud and sun. Visibility excellent.
Temperature (at 600m)
6C rising to 8C afternoon, then lifting to 10C into night. Feeling just below 0C if exposed to stronger breeze early morning.
And in the valleys
4C at dawn, slight frost some sheltered spots at first; rising to 14C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Monday 12th October 2026
Last updated
Sat 10th Oct 26 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the summits)
South-southwesterly 20 to 25mph, at times 30mph on highest terrain; likely to increase evening into night to 40mph+.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small, but blustery around higher exposed terrain, likely to deteriorate onward into night.
How Wet?
A little rain, may fade
Patchy rain and drizzle, likely most persistent in the morning over western hills, odd heavier moments moving east for a time. Some drier periods likely afternoon.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive
Shrouding the hills widely during rain, from lower elevations upward. Cloud base may rise a little into afternoon, but rarely clearing above 500m.
Chance of cloud free summits?
10%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast, dull or murky.
Temperature (at 600m)
12 to 14C, little change day and night.
And in the valleys
10C at dawn, rising to 17C afternoon, feeling more humid.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Tuesday 13th October 2026
Last updated
Sat 10th Oct 26 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 40-50mph around dawn, easing during morning to 25mph for a few hours, but rise again with time to 40mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Challenging conditions at first likely ease to be fairly small for a time, but beware of worsening again as the day goes on.
How Wet?
Rain then showers
A band of heavy rain passes eastwards over a few hours from dawn into the morning. Breaking up to be quickly dry for a brief window, but then showers follow from west onward through afternoon.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive but lifting to be often clear
Blanket cloud across hills from dawn into morning in rain, then a rapid clearance to just ragged patches around some slopes, but many hills clear. Staying mostly above hills, some patches graze tops in showers.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Rising to 70%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast and dull, then sun breaking through for a time, then cloudier again. Poor visibility in rain, suddenly very good, reducing again in showers.
Temperature (at 600m)
Mild 12C overnight and through dawn, but dropping into daytime to 8C. Feeling below freezing as wind increases.
And in the valleys
Mild 15C from dawn, little change night into day, then gradually lowering afternoon into evening.
Planning Outlook
Damp and mild southwesterly air moves across the country into Monday, winds strengthen again later to widely gale-force over the hills, heavier rain sweeps eastward overnight and into early Tuesday, followed by showers and a drop of temperature. Very unsettled west-southwesterlies continue into midweek - sustained mountain gales, possibly stormy at times and spells of heavy rain for all areas. A changeable westerly theme likely continues beyond mid-month - occasional windows of drier weather, but more often windy with rain or showers coming in from the Atlantic, sometimes cold enough to fall as snow on Scottish high tops.