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.
Warm
Comfortable temperatures on the hills, 10 to 15C on tops, feeling pleasantly warm especially on lower ground. Beware of feeling cooler if exposed to wind on higher terrain.
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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.
Warm
Comfortable temperatures on the hills, 10 to 15C on tops, feeling pleasantly warm especially on lower ground. Beware of feeling cooler if exposed to wind on higher terrain.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Sunday 26th July 2026
Last updated
Sat 25th Jul 26 at
4:00PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Spells of rain and showers affect most places during the day, some heavier falls toward eastern Scotland in afternoon. Cloud covering most high terrain, bases rising during day, breaks emerge at times. Blustery winds for England, Wales and southern Scotland, more moderate speeds for the Highlands.
Headline for Peak District
Windy. Showery rain on and off, varied cloud.
How windy? (On the summits)
West to northwesterly 25 to 30mph, at times gusts to 40mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Walking impeded in exposure, often strenuous on high terrain with balance challenges. Notable wind chill.
How Wet?
Scattered showery rain
Patchy rain drifts from the northwest from dawn, drier and wetter windows through the day, but some more frequent showers in the morning, more scattered in the afternoon.
Cloud on the hills?
Varied, mostly around tops
Cloud caps will often cover the high tops, with a more extensive sheet of cloud to the middle slopes in west for several early hours. Breaks off the tops more likely through afternoon, but banks will return across high terrain during rain.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30% rising to 60% afternoon
Sunshine and air clarity?
Fairly cloudy, glimpses of sun, longer bursts through afternoon. Very good visibility where out of cloud and rain.
Temperature (at 600m)
11C to 13C, though temperature will vary with coming and going of showers. Feeling like 1 to 3C in strongest wind.
And in the valleys
12C at dawn, rising to 18C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Monday 27th July 2026
Last updated
Sat 25th Jul 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 20-25mph, somewhat variable and may trend stronger later, 25-30mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small, though walking at times impeded over high terrain.
How Wet?
Substantially dry
A little drizzle blows onto the moors from the west in the morning, this tending to ease for mostly dry hills, a little drizzle over the Lancashire Pennines from time to time.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting off the hills
At dawn, cloud may be fairly extensive over the high edges with varied banks to middle western slopes, notably Lancashire Pennines. Through morning, cloud lifts and clears the tops by midday. Later, some risk of banks returning to tops.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Rising to 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Often sunny through morning with very good visibility. Cloud arriving afternoon for a mix of cloud and sun, sunniest southern Pennines.
Temperature (at 600m)
9C rising to 14C, or milder southernmost hills, perhaps to 16C.
And in the valleys
12C at dawn, rising to 19 to 21C, chance warmer far south Pennines.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Tuesday 28th July 2026
Last updated
Sat 25th Jul 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 25 to 35mph, gusts over 40mph in places.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous walking conditions over higher exposed terrain, buffeting gusts. Marked wind chill.
How Wet?
Patchy rain mostly north
A little drizzly rain at times, most frequent areas toward Lancashire Pennines. More often dry south and east Peak District.
Cloud on the hills?
Covering hills mostly north & west
Banks of cloud covering higher moors particularly in western Peak District above 500m, some patches to 300-400m near/north of Manchester. Breaks in east.
Chance of cloud free summits?
40%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Mostly cloudy, some brighter periods with glimpses of sun in east. Visibility good below cloud, but poor in west in drizzle.
Temperature (at 600m)
16C rising to 19C. Feeling like 5 to 8C directly in wind.
And in the valleys
13C at dawn, rising to 23 to 25C afternoon, rather humid.
Planning Outlook
West-southwesterly winds will bring rain to most places early in the new week, some more prolonged heavier falls for western Scotland by Tuesday, accompanied by gales over high terrain, severe on Scottish tops, but rather humid for all, warm for England and Wales. Cooler air toward northwest Scotland moves across all of Scotland by Wednesday. Showery rain through mid-late week, some heavy and possibly thundery bursts, mainly Scotland. Likely drier for Wales and southern Pennines. More uncertainty toward next weekend and early the following week, but a risk of a broad zone of low pressure bringing areas of rain and heavy showers through early August.