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.
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.
Chilly
Air temperature typically 0 to 5C on higher summits. Feeling distinctly chilly on tops when stationary or where exposed to wind. Take appropriate 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.
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.
Chilly
Air temperature typically 0 to 5C on higher summits. Feeling distinctly chilly on tops when stationary or where exposed to wind. Take appropriate layers.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Tuesday 23rd December 2025
Last updated
Mon 22nd Dec 25 at
4:08PM
Summary for all mountain areas
A fairly extensive sheet of cloud cloaks eastern Scotland southward down the Pennines and east Wales; some mist and haze, fine drizzle on eastern slopes. Cloud more broken on slopes and summits near west coasts, substantially dry here. An easterly wind south Pennines and Wales, strengthening into night.
Headline for Peak District
Extensive fog and haze, blustery on the high summits
How windy? (On the summits)
Easterly 20 to 25mph, rising to 30mph around some high tops and edges into night.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small, but some uncomfortable gusty spots around exposed high tops.
How Wet?
Likely dry
Some light patchy drizzle possible on eastern slopes in the morning though most hills will be dry all day.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive
Cloud shrouds terrain above 400-500m most or all day. Lower banks are likely, including fog into valley bottoms in the east.
Chance of cloud free summits?
10%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast. Poor visibility due to fog and haze.
Temperature (at 600m)
3C most of the day, a very slight lowering afternoon, perhaps to 1C overnight..
And in the valleys
5C most of the day, some western valleys reaching 6C. Cooling a few degrees in the eastern valleys around and after nightfall.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Wednesday 24th December 2025
Last updated
Mon 22nd Dec 25 at
4:08PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Easterly 25-35mph, risk stronger winds at times over the high moors.
Effect of the wind on you?
Walking becoming strenuous in exposure with significant wind chill.
How Wet?
No rain expected
Cloud on the hills?
Little cloud expected
A few caps may occasional graze the highest tops but most hills largely clear all day.
Chance of cloud free summits?
80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Often sunny, some passing clouds. Very good visibility.
Temperature (at 600m)
1C, may cool very slightly with time. Feeling like -10C in direct wind.
And in the valleys
2 or 3C from dawn, rising to 4C, locally warmer in direct sunshine.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Thursday 25th December 2025
Last updated
Mon 22nd Dec 25 at
4:08PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Easterly 30-35mph, risk reaching 40mph at times.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous walking in exposure, some buffeting will challenge stability. Significant wind chill.
How Wet?
No rain expected
Cloud on the hills?
Largely clear
Some cloud caps may graze the high tops though many hills summits clear most or all day.
Chance of cloud free summits?
90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
A patchwork of cloud and sun. Very good visibility, a slight haze in the east.
Temperature (at 600m)
0C. Feeling as cold as -13C in strongest wind.
And in the valleys
1C from dawn, rising to 3C
Planning Outlook
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day will be dry: easterly winds are dominant with the strongest winds in England and Wales. Cloud may be fairly sheet-like in the east sometimes, though variably more extensive or broken, best of breaks in western areas. Turning colder too, the coldest air in England and Wales with freezing levels reaching as low as 400-600m in east Wales. Staying slightly warmer in northern Scotland with some inversion conditions likely over higher terrain; frost into glens and poorly defined freezing levels. High pressure stays put to the north into the weekend, maintaining dry weather, easterly winds, and most cloud in eastern areas. Temperatures will stay chilly.