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
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.
Winter sunshine
Bright and crisp with sunshine most of the day and the mountains generally free of cloud.
Cold
Air temperature below 0C all day on higher mountains. Significant chill factor if exposed to strong winds. Suitable protective clothing required.
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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.
Winter sunshine
Bright and crisp with sunshine most of the day and the mountains generally free of cloud.
Cold
Air temperature below 0C all day on higher mountains. Significant chill factor if exposed to strong winds. Suitable protective clothing required.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Monday 16th November 2026
Last updated
Sun 15th Nov 26 at
3:02PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Cold northerly winds in the morning bring snow and hail showers to northern Scotland and locally north Wales, otherwise generally clear and sunny. Winds drop light all areas through middle of day, then strengthen southeasterly later, gales into night; rain and hill snow moves in from southwest.
Headline for Peak District
An odd early snow shower, otherwise sunny; snow/rain into night.
How windy? (On the summits)
Northwesterly 25-30mph early morning, easing to 10mph by early afternoon. From dusk rising southeasterly, reaching 40mph late evening into night.
Effect of the wind on you?
Marked wind chill and blustery on tops in morning, becoming smaller. Then deteriorating after dark.
How Wet?
Isolated showers fade; snow into night
Overnight showers leave an odd brief shower of snow or hail in the morning, but fading to be dry. Onward into night, significant hill snow developing for a time, but turning wetter increasingly higher up, finishing mostly as rain to summits later in night.
Cloud on the hills?
Little if any
Brief patches on higher slopes early in day soon all clearing. Into night, cloud lowering extensively onto higher moors.
Chance of cloud free summits?
90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sunshine tending to weaken later as high cloud develops from southwest. Visibility excellent.
Temperature (at 600m)
0C; then tending to lift to 2C into night. Feeling like -10C if in stronger wind early in day.
And in the valleys
Starting around 1C, will reach around 6C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Tuesday 17th November 2026
Last updated
Sun 15th Nov 26 at
3:02PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 20 to 30mph, some uncertainty of highest speed, chance of reaching gale-force for periods.
Effect of the wind on you?
Blustery over high terrain starting to affect comfortable walking and giving marked wind chill. May worsen.
How Wet?
Rain mostly northwest
Overnight rain likely to move away northeastwards, but leaving some patchy rain most frequently western hills toward Lancashire.
Cloud on the hills?
Mostly higher slopes toward north
Banks of cloud over higher slopes from dawn tending to rise and clear especially in east and southern areas, but may come and go on higher slopes toward northern Peak and into mid-Pennines.
Chance of cloud free summits?
60%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Little if any sun, glimpses mainly east. Visibility very good where dry, but reduced in rain mainly north.
Temperature (at 600m)
5C much of day, may rise a little higher. Feeling like -5C if exposed to stronger wind.
And in the valleys
2 to 5C in morning, but tending to rise further particularly southern areas.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Wednesday 18th November 2026
Last updated
Sun 15th Nov 26 at
3:02PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Variable direction or mostly southwesterly, 15 to 25mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small, but marked wind chill on exposed tops.
How Wet?
Local showers
Showery rain mostly western areas and into Lancashire Pennines.
Cloud on the hills?
Mostly high northern tops
Much cloud above the hills, but some banks drifting over slopes toward the northwest above 500-600m at times.
Chance of cloud free summits?
60%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Glimpses of sun mostly east and southern areas where visibility very good, reducing in rain locally.
Temperature (at 600m)
5C. May feel nearer -5C in the wind.
And in the valleys
5C at dawn, rising to 8C.
Planning Outlook
Scottish mountain tops stay below freezing throughout this week ahead, snowfalls on Tuesday most prolonged east and southern areas. Thereafter, the Highlands see mostly little precipitation this week, but snow and hail showers will feed in from the north at times, locally giving frequent snow to the far north and the north Cairngorms. Frost also common in the glens. For England & Wales, snow on Monday night turns to rain into Tuesday as the freezing level rises above the summits, then dropping back to freezing above 800m midweek with a mix of rain and upland snow. A mixed outlook into the weekend and beyond, some quieter windows, but further areas of rain and hill snow are likely, perhaps milder air into late November.