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.
Friday'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.
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.
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.
Click an icon for more information or click here for a key to all icons.
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.
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.
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
Friday 10th April 2026
Last updated
Thu 9th Apr 26 at
3:50PM
Summary for all mountain areas
A few morning snow flurries in west Scotland, then dry and sunny for most. Cloudier in Wales, some light afternoon rain; high cloud gradually weakening the sun more widely. Wind strengthens from the west afternoon, most notably in Scotland where reaching gale-force in exposure by evening, severe in west around dusk.
Headline for Peak District
Sunshine increasingly weakened by high cloud; breezier later
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 15-20mph at dawn. Easing through morning, 10-15mph and shifting southerly around midday, restrengthening afternoon to around 20-25mph evening, significantly deteriorating to 40-50mph after dark.
Effect of the wind on you?
Small most or all of daylight. Becoming blustery over the summits into evening, further deteriorating through dusk into night.
How Wet?
Any rain unlikely
A small chance of some patchy light rain for a few hours around dusk, but may stay entirely dry.
Cloud on the hills?
Little or none
At dawn, some patchy mist here and there, this soon lifting and dissipating after dawn for cloud-free moors.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Rising to above 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Weak sunshine through high cloud, some brighter moments at times but the sun increasingly weakened later in the day. Very good visibility, a light early haze.
Temperature (at 600m)
0C at dawn, rising to 4 or 5C. Temperatures only slightly lower into night, and may rise again for a few overnight hours, but feeling below freezing in wind.
And in the valleys
3C at dawn, lifting to 9 or 10C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Saturday 11th April 2026
Last updated
Thu 9th Apr 26 at
3:50PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 20-25mph, shifting southerly later in the day and strengthening, 30-40mph by dusk.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small but blustery in exposure, later becoming strenuous as evening approaches.
How Wet?
Scattered showers, easing
Rain from dawn, snow from about 500m upward, trending patchy and breaking into scattered showers. The showers will ease through afternoon, a dry window likely into evening.
Cloud on the hills?
Early cloud clearing summits through morning
May be fairly extensive over high terrain at dawn with banks to some lower slopes. Bases lifting to high terrain through morning, beginning to break off the summits by midday, for clear summits afternoon.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30% rising to 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Bursts of sun breaking out, increasingly extensive into later afternoon. Visibility soon very good, briefly deteriorating in showers.
Temperature (at 600m)
2C rising to 4C.
And in the valleys
4C at dawn, rising to 8C.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Sunday 12th April 2026
Last updated
Thu 9th Apr 26 at
3:50PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly, uncertainty about peak speeds, likely varying 20 to 30mph, risk 40mph for a time high tops.
Effect of the wind on you?
Expect blustery conditions, risk more strenuous walking in places higher up with marked wind chill.
How Wet?
Increasingly heavy showers, hail
Scattered showers most common on western hills in morning, but increasingly widely with time; heavy bursts with hail, possible snow briefly around 600m, risk of isolated thunder.
Cloud on the hills?
Largely clear, briefly on tops
Much cloud often above the hills, but patches around 600m around showers, briefly lower in morning in western areas.
Chance of cloud free summits?
70%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Intermittent bright sunshine, sunniest toward east in the morning. Visibility changing suddenly from very good to briefly very poor in showers.
Temperature (at 600m)
3 to 5C. Wind chill feeling like -4 to -7C.
And in the valleys
5C from dawn, rising to 11C afternoon.
Planning Outlook
Showers and sunshine this weekend, windy with gales at times, and cool temperatures bringing snowflakes to some middle slopes. Variable weather regimes next week: Atlantic west-southwesterly winds likely dominant, with low pressure to the northwest of the country, bringing cloud, rain, and mild temperatures, often followed by sun, showers, and cooler temperatures; rain will be increasingly common to the high Munros, but the snowfall level will lower too during periods of cooler weather, and perhaps to high Lakeland fells, though any snow unlikely to accumulate here. Next weekend, indications of high pressure increasingly building, bringing drier and brighter conditions with mild days, though the risk remains of occasional rain and cooler temperatures, notably in Scotland.