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.
Monday's Forecast
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
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.
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.
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.
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
Monday 6th July 2026
Last updated
Sun 5th Jul 26 at
4:00PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Windy and generally wet across Scottish hills, rain and drizzle most persistent in northwestern Highlands. Breezy, damp and drizzly too for northern England. Drier and lighter winds for Wales. Poor visibility with low cloud cloaking many hills through the day, best of any breaks toward east.
Headline for Peak District
Breezy, strongest early and late; low cloud tending to lift.
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 20 to 30mph, in places strong gusts over tops early morning, as high as 40mph; speeds rising a little again by evening.
Effect of the wind on you?
Ease of walking becoming impacted on high terrain, particularly in early gusts; locally fairly small effects.
How Wet?
Substantially dry
A few spots of light rain across northern moors in the morning, otherwise dry.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting off the hills
Fog covers most high terrain in the morning with some lower banks, most extensive to the west of high edges. Cloud lifts through morning for clear hills afternoon.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30% dawn, rising to 80% by afternoon
Sunshine and air clarity?
Occasional weak sun through high cloud. Very good visibility once early mist clears.
Temperature (at 600m)
12C rising to 14 or 16C, warmest south and eastern moors. Feeling like 5C in strongest wind.
And in the valleys
14C at dawn rising to 21C, perhaps several degrees warmer southern valleys, to 23C.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Tuesday 7th July 2026
Last updated
Sun 5th Jul 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
West-northwesterly 25-30mph, quite gusty over the tops and downslope early, easing to around 20mph aftenroon.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous walking on high terrain early with notable buffeting; a trend towards fairly small effects.
How Wet?
Likely dry
Small chance of some light sprinkles drifting over northern moors, but likely entirely dry.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting to often clear the summits
Fairly extensive over high edges in the morning, lowest bases to the northwest, perhaps to 400-500m at dawn. Lifting, clearing the summits by afternoon, but occasional caps may return to northern summits at times.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Rising to 70%
Sunshine and air clarity?
A mix of cloud and sun, some high cloud around, perhaps sunnier later. Very good visibility.
Temperature (at 600m)
11 or 12C rising to 16C.
And in the valleys
14C at dawn rising to 21 or 22C, some chance of higher temperatures southern valleys.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Wednesday 8th July 2026
Last updated
Sun 5th Jul 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
West to southwesterly 10 to 15mph, in places 20mph at times higher tops.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small.
How Wet?
No rain expected
Cloud on the hills?
Generally clear
Any early patchy mist in valleys or some hill slopes soon dispersing.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Above 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sunshine and thin fair-weather cloud. Visibility very good.
Temperature (at 600m)
14C rising to 19C afternoon.
And in the valleys
15C at dawn, rising to 24C afternoon.
Planning Outlook
A damp start westerly pattern continues at the start of the week, particularly in Scotland, then a drier and warmer window builds into the middle of the week: very warm in England and Wales, spells of sunshine spread northward, and lighter wind. Some patchy rain continues through late week in western Scotland though detail is uncertain and more often dry. High pressure is indicated to expand across Scotland through next weekend bringing more widely dry and warm conditions in the extended outlook into mid July - easterly winds likely develop, particularly England and Wales; a chance of some thunderstorms.