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.
Wednesday'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.
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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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.
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
Wednesday 1st July 2026
Last updated
Tue 30th Jun 26 at
4:28PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Rapidly strengthening wind into the afternoon, gales develop increasingly widely later. Odd showers, then rain sweeps into western Scotland through the afternoon, setting in. England & Wales largely dry until evening. Cloud fairly widely on western hills in the morning, lifting for a time prior to rain.
Headline for Peak District
Patchy cloud lifts. Dry until late. Wind increasing.
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 15-20mph up to early afternoon, turning southwesterly later, strengthening to 20-30mph, then 40mph with gusts 50mph high tops by evening into night, turning westerly again.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small then becoming more blustery, making walking uncomfortable on high terrain, later arduous by evening, marked wind chill up to dusk. Difficult conditions over tops into the night.
How Wet?
Dry most or all day, some rain evening into night
Generally dry much of the day, except for an odd isolated shower. Toward dusk, patchy rain moving in from west, becoming fairly persistent for an hour or so overnight western hills, then breaking into showers later in night.
Cloud on the hills?
Early patches clearing
Some cloud banks covering higher western slopes early morning, mostly lifting above the tops by mid-late morning.
Chance of cloud free summits?
50% rising to 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patchwork of cloud and sun, giving way to high cloud moving in from west later. Visibility soon excellent.
Temperature (at 600m)
11C rising to 14C. Feeling nearer 5C directly in the wind.
And in the valleys
13C at dawn, rising to 19C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Thursday 2nd July 2026
Last updated
Tue 30th Jun 26 at
4:28PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly, 40-50mph dawn-early morning, lessening to 25-30mph during morning, 20-25mph in afternoon.
Effect of the wind on you?
Difficult conditions from overnight and early in the day, walking arduous over high terrain, gradually improving.
How Wet?
Showers fade
Showery rain from overnight and after dawn, most frequent western areas for a few hours, tending to become well scattered, by afternoon more often dry.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting and clearing
Banks of cloud on higher moors particularly western areas early morning, tending to lift and clear above higher terrain during the morning.
Chance of cloud free summits?
40% rising to 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Occasional sun breaking through, most often eastern areas. Visibility good to later very good.
Temperature (at 600m)
10C rising to 14C afternoon. Directly in the stronger winds feeling -3C on tops, then +6C later.
And in the valleys
13C at dawn, rising to 19C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Friday 3rd July 2026
Last updated
Tue 30th Jun 26 at
4:28PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 20 to 25mph, occasionally 30mph over higher terrain.
Effect of the wind on you?
Blustery on the hills, in places starting to affecting comfortable walking with noticeable gustiness in places.
How Wet?
Patchy drizzle
Occasional drizzle mainly western hills, generally amounting to little and much of the region often dry.
Cloud on the hills?
Mostly little
Some cloud banks may drift onto higher moors mainly toward northwest of the region, but mostly clear.
Chance of cloud free summits?
80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
A mix of sun and high cloud. Visibility very good.
Temperature (at 600m)
11C rising to 16C afternoon. Feeling like 4 to 8C directly in the wind.
And in the valleys
13C at dawn, rising to 21C afternoon.
Planning Outlook
West to southwesterlies prevail across northern Britain. Rain, drizzle and low cloud most frequent over western hills from Lake District northward. Temperatures near average, but feeling cool in exposure to wind on tops. An improving trend from the south over the weekend as higher pressure builds, best conditions for Wales and eastern hills elsewhere. Drier and warmer conditions more likely into next week, very warm some days England and Wales, though southwesterlies still bring more cloud to western Scotland, some rain at times, wettest toward northwest.