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
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Snow flurries
Occasional light snow flurries, sleet or rain lower elevations. Amounts little more than nuisance value, but locally more persistent and reducing visibility for periods.
Whiteout
Fog and lying snow over the mountains, possibly with falling or blowing snow, very disorientating. Map and compass essential, beware of unseen hazards.
Cold
Air temperature below 0C all day on higher mountains. Significant chill factor if exposed to strong winds. Suitable protective clothing required.
Snowdrifts
Considerable lying snow over the mountains, with substantial drifting in places.
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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.
Snow flurries
Occasional light snow flurries, sleet or rain lower elevations. Amounts little more than nuisance value, but locally more persistent and reducing visibility for periods.
Whiteout
Fog and lying snow over the mountains, possibly with falling or blowing snow, very disorientating. Map and compass essential, beware of unseen hazards.
Cold
Air temperature below 0C all day on higher mountains. Significant chill factor if exposed to strong winds. Suitable protective clothing required.
Snowdrifts
Considerable lying snow over the mountains, with substantial drifting in places.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Friday 9th January 2026
Last updated
Thu 8th Jan 26 at
4:10PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Patchy snowfall and low cloud over the eastern Highlands & N/E Pennines, little if any reaching western Scotland where hills will be clearer, some low-level fog. Extensive fresh snow cover for Wales and Peak District, residual flurries fade, but wind remains strong; showers with hail near west coast of Wales.
Headline for Peak District
Windy, up to gale force morning. Flurries, extensive lying snow.
How windy? (On the summits)
North to northwesterly 30 to 40mph, risk 50mph on tops up to dawn, gradually lowering speeds during day, but still near 30mph up to dusk.
Effect of the wind on you?
Significant wind chill and challenging walking conditions in exposure on higher terrain.
How Wet?
Snow and sleet fading
Expect considerable fresh lying snow from valleys upward following overnight falls, substantial drifts on some high terrain. Continuing as light snowfall into the morning, turning to sleet on lower slopes and tending to fade with time.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive, slowly improving
Shrouding most higher areas in the morning, banks of cloud mid-slopes up in places. Tending to thin and break into afternoon, some breaks to tops.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast, may gradually become brighter, but high cloud likely obscures sun. Difficult navigation if in fog over snow cover and if snow blows around; visibility may improve with time.
Temperature (at 600m)
0 or -1C. Feeling like -10 to -13C if exposed to stronger winds.
And in the valleys
0C from dawn, up to 3C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Saturday 10th January 2026
Last updated
Thu 8th Jan 26 at
4:10PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Northerly 15 to 20mph, in places 25mph in morning, likely to ease.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small, but risk noticeable wind chill in exposure on hills.
How Wet?
Rare if any flurries
Substantially dry, chance of an odd snow flurry, light rain spots lower slopes.
Cloud on the hills?
Mostly little
Hills largely clear, some patchy mist possible mainly valleys and some lower hills.
Chance of cloud free summits?
80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Mix of cloud and sun. Visibility very good.
Temperature (at 600m)
0 or -1C. Feeling like -7C if exposed to wind.
And in the valleys
Much terrain frozen into valleys. Sub-zero from dawn, rising to 1 or 2C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Sunday 11th January 2026
Last updated
Thu 8th Jan 26 at
4:10PM
How windy? (On the summits)
South to southeasterly, strengthening rapidly up to dawn, in range 35 to 50mph much of daytime.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous walking, often challenging on exposed higher terrain, local powerful gusts lower down; considerable wind chill.
How Wet?
Snow turning to rain
Snow flurries developing from the southwest, may become persistent, turning to sleet or rain on lower terrain, possibly freezing rain for a time. Increasingly heavier rain later to the tops.
Cloud on the hills?
Becoming extensive
Patchy cloud banks on some slopes, but filling in more widely from the west to cover many higher areas.
Chance of cloud free summits?
40%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast and mostly dull. Visibility increasingly poor as precipitation sets in.
Temperature (at 600m)
0C rising toward +2 to 4C, small variation of temperature with height. Wind chill feeling like -8 to -12C.
And in the valleys
Just below freezing at dawn, rising to 2C during daytime, reaching 4 or 5C onward into the night.
Planning Outlook
Terrain stays widely frozen away from coastal slopes this weekend, fresh extensive snow for Wales and Peak District, whilst substantial snow remains across Scottish mountains. By Sunday, southerly winds strengthen to gales - as a frontal system approaches, snow then freezing rain is likely. A rise of freezing level from the southwest - thawing develops, rising just above freezing toward all higher slopes; in England and Wales much snow will thaw - here only occasionally near freezing on highest tops in the week ahead. In Scotland next week, higher mountains often near or below freezing at 800-1000m upward. A mix of rain and high-level snowfall, often windy through mid-month.