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.
Patchy rain or drizzle
Rain on and off, or generally drizzly - total amounts small, but may be persistently damp, especially where hills are shrouded in cloud.
Hazy, some fog banks
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Visibility reduced around cloud banks, hazier on some lower slopes. Locally some improvements possible out of cloud.
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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Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Patchy rain or drizzle
Rain on and off, or generally drizzly - total amounts small, but may be persistently damp, especially where hills are shrouded in cloud.
Hazy, some fog banks
Visibility reduced around cloud banks, hazier on some lower slopes. Locally some improvements possible out of cloud.
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 1st March 2026
Last updated
Sat 28th Feb 26 at
4:00PM
Summary for all mountain areas
South-southwesterly upland gales, strengthening further for Wales during the day, later extending northward. Early snow on hills in the Highlands, patchier northwards, turning increasingly to rain as temperature rises, heavier rain for West Highlands. Generally wet for western England & Wales with blanket low cloud.
Headline for Peak District
Increasingly windy. Drizzly, low cloud west, better east.
How windy? (On the summits)
South-southwesterly 25 to 35mph, downslope gusts to the north/east. A rising trend, up to 40mph in exposure afternoon onward.
Effect of the wind on you?
Making walking uncomfortable, some buffeting in gusts, a deteriorating trend later and feeling increasingly chilly.
How Wet?
Drizzly rain on and off
Spots of light rain drift across the hills, drizzly conditions most persistent western areas, particularly toward Lancashire Pennines; drier further east.
Cloud on the hills?
Variable, clearer east, lowering cloud northwest.
Notable variability: banks cling to the high tops, at times to some mid-slopes in west during rain, tending to fill in increasingly above 500m, or 300-400m toward and north of Manchester. Eastern moors clearer more often.
Chance of cloud free summits?
50%, dropping to 10% northwest.
Sunshine and air clarity?
Mostly cloudy, some bright moments mainly east. Very good visibility out of cloud/rain but some haze arriving, poor where cloud lowers.
Temperature (at 600m)
3 or 4C from dawn, rising to 7C. Feeling as cold as -5C in strongest wind.
And in the valleys
6C from dawn, rising to 11C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Monday 2nd March 2026
Last updated
Sat 28th Feb 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
South to southwesterly; speed likely to drop, from 35-40mph early morning, to 20-25mph afternoon.
Effect of the wind on you?
Very blustery conditions affecting ease of walking mainly in the morning, tending to become smaller with time.
How Wet?
Rain or drizzle may develop west
A slow-moving band of rain may stay largely to the west, but risk moving gradually into the region to give mostly light rain and drizzle. Little if any reaching eastern areas.
Cloud on the hills?
Varied, mostly west
Cloud banks mostly above 500-600m and in western areas, but some varied lower patches early in day. If rain develops, lowering further in west, otherwise much cloud may stay above hills, especially east.
Chance of cloud free summits?
50%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Largely cloudy, some brighter skies in east, visibility reducing if rain arrives in west, but very good where dry.
Temperature (at 600m)
5 or 6C. If exposed to stronger wind, feeling like -5C early in day.
And in the valleys
8C from dawn, rising to 11C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Tuesday 3rd March 2026
Last updated
Sat 28th Feb 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Variable or at times southerly, 15-20mph in places, but likely often less.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small.
How Wet?
A little drizzly rain
Patchy light rain or drizzle, tending to fade.
Cloud on the hills?
Risk low cloud slow to clear
Uncertain extent of cloud, but risk shrouding the moors for several hours at least, tending to thin and break, but some may remain around tops.
Chance of cloud free summits?
40%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Mostly cloudy, some brighter skies at times. Risk misty across hills, dull below cloud, may improve to be good in places.
Temperature (at 600m)
3 to 5C.
And in the valleys
6C rising to 9 or 10C afternoon.
Planning Outlook
A drop of freezing level onto higher mountains develops during Monday into Monday night; weakening fronts bringing some precipitation, but fading. Higher pressure expands across the British Isles into Tuesday and stays nearby with commonly drier conditions and periods of light winds during early March, though mixed with pushes of strengthening south-southwesterlies bringing some occasional rain in from the west. Often milder air during the next couple of weeks, possibly briefly colder again by the end of the coming week.