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.
Sunday's Forecast
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Frequent or persistent rain
Steady rain fairly persistent, occasionally heavy, rather wet underfoot.
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.
Frequent or persistent rain
Steady rain fairly persistent, occasionally heavy, rather wet underfoot.
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
Sunday 27th September 2026
Last updated
Sat 26th Sep 26 at
4:30PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Southerly winds up to gale-force on high terrain, including a swathe of particularly powerful winds and gusts moving across England & Wales during the day. Rain generally sets in from the west with some heavy falls, a band of more intense rain for a time. Cloud increasingly covering many hills.
Headline for Peak District
Wind strengthens, rain moves in, some heavy.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southerly 25-35mph, notable gusts over the high tops. Very gusty over 40mph for a time into afternoon, then lessening evening to westerly 20-25mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Blustery all day, some more strenuous moments on high tops with buffeting and feeling cool.
How Wet?
Rain develops, some heavy afternoon
The morning starts dry, but into middle of day rain approaching from the southwest, light and patchy at first, but increasingly frequent, heavy bursts forming and may set in for several hours, chance isolated thunder.
Cloud on the hills?
Little or none
As rain arrives, a few patches may graze the high summits, may fill in for a time on higher western slopes, but the moors otherwise clear of cloud.
Chance of cloud free summits?
90% dropping to 60%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sunny to start, patchy cloud forming and increasingly overcast afternoon. Very good visibility.
Temperature (at 600m)
10C rising to 13C. Notably cooling overnight. Feeling like 2 to 4C in strongest wind.
And in the valleys
7C at dawn, rising to 16C afternoon, warmest south and east where may reach 18C.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Monday 28th September 2026
Last updated
Sat 26th Sep 26 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the summits)
West-southwesterly 10 to 15mph, tending to drop less during the day.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small.
How Wet?
Rain unlikely
Cloud on the hills?
Largely clear
Patchy mist around some valleys from dawn, may drift briefly onto some lower hill slopes, but all dispersing.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Above 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patchwork of cloud and sun, some thin high cloud in the morning. Visibility excellent.
Temperature (at 600m)
6C rising to 12C.
And in the valleys
5 to 7C from dawn, rising to 18C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Tuesday 29th September 2026
Last updated
Sat 26th Sep 26 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southeasterly 30 to 45mph, turbulent gusts around edges and in places downslope west of high tops.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous walking in exposure on the tops, but sudden buffeting in places also to some lower elevations.
How Wet?
A little rain at times
Spots of rain from time to time, drizzly where in cloud in morning, possibly pulses of steadier rain spreading from the south, but more likely small amounts.
Cloud on the hills?
Low cloud may disperse during day
Risk of fairly extensive cloud across the hills in the morning, from some lower elevations upward, higher breaks toward northwest. May thin and start to break up into the afternoon, perhaps all clearing.
Chance of cloud free summits?
50%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Largely cloudy morning, then sunshine may break through afternoon. Hazy, risk murkier morning.
Temperature (at 600m)
12C rising to 17C, only slow drop onward into night.
And in the valleys
12C at dawn, rising to humid 22C afternoon, then staying very mild onward into the night.
Planning Outlook
A changeable prospect during the week ahead. A better day on Monday as higher pressure expands in from the south, but showers and brisk winds continue toward northwest Scotland. Strong southeasterly winds by Tuesday, widely gales on mountains with turbulent downslope gusts toward the west; a risk of rain developing from the south during the day, becoming heavy later. Blustery south-southwesterlies into Wednesday and Thursday, showery in the west. Higher pressure tends to expand further north again into early October. Mostly mild temperatures.