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
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
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.
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.
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.
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 5th August 2026
Last updated
Tue 4th Aug 26 at
4:00PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Increasingly gale-force winds over high terrain in northern England and near west coast of Scotland; wind strengthening widely over the Highlands. Areas of persistent rain and heavy downpours becoming widespread for the Highlands, local thunderstorms. Frequent rain for northern England, less for Wales.
Headline for Peak District
Windy, strengthening to gales high tops. Intermittent rain.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly, 25 to 35mph, tending to strengthen further during afternoon to often 40-45mph, gusts over 50mph later afternoon into evening, strongest speeds typically toward the north.
Effect of the wind on you?
Ease of walking affected, often strenuous on exposed high terrain, becoming more arduous especially northern Peak District to mid-Pennines. Increasingly noticeable wind chill.
How Wet?
Showery rain
Rain most common on western moors, locally more frequent toward the north with odd heavier showers. Occasional showers passing eastwards. Likely wetter by evening and into night, especially west.
Cloud on the hills?
Most persistent west
Banks of cloud over higher moors most frequent toward the west above 500-600m. More often above hills further east.
Chance of cloud free summits?
60%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Glimpses of sun mainly toward east. Visibility very good where dry, some slight haze west, reduced further in rain.
Temperature (at 600m)
11 to 13C. Feeling like 5C in the wind, later colder as speeds rise.
And in the valleys
12C at dawn, rising to 18C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Thursday 6th August 2026
Last updated
Tue 4th Aug 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
West-northwesterly 30mph on higher exposed areas early morning, tending to ease to 25mph, then 20mph afternoon.
Effect of the wind on you?
Breezy over high terrain, starting to affect comfortable walking in exposure mainly morning. Feeling noticeably cool.
How Wet?
Early showers fade
Showers from dawn into early morning, tending to fade to be often dry, rare light showers into middle of day onward.
Cloud on the hills?
Clearing tops
Patchy cloud on higher slopes in the morning, soon lifting above tops.
Chance of cloud free summits?
90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patchwork of cloud and sun. Visibility excellent.
Temperature (at 600m)
9C rising to 13C afternoon. Feeling near freezing if exposed to early wind on tops, later around 5 to 7C.
And in the valleys
11C at dawn, rising to 18C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Friday 7th August 2026
Last updated
Tue 4th Aug 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
West-southwesterly 10-15mph, sometimes less.
Effect of the wind on you?
Small.
How Wet?
Early light rain
Some spotty rain drifts from the west for a few morning hours, fading for a dry afternoon.
Cloud on the hills?
Early hill cloud clears summits
At dawn, varied banks of cloud over the moors, summits may be fairly widely shrouded. Cloud soon lifts after sunrise, clearing the summits for much of the day.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Soon rising to 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
A patchwork of cloud and sun. Very good visibility.
Temperature (at 600m)
11C rising to 14 or 15C.
And in the valleys
10C at dawn, rising to 20C.
Planning Outlook
West to southwesterly winds prevail later this week and into the weekend and further weather fronts will come in off the Atlantic to bring low cloud and rain especially to western mountains in Scotland. A brief ridge of high pressure this Thursday offers a better day with the wind lessening for a time and fewer showers, but winds likely strengthen again by Friday, toward gale force over northwestern Scottish mountains at least. Heavy rain likely affects western Scotland on Saturday, becoming widely showery into Sunday. A brief window of improvement is indicated early next week, but a generally unsettled theme likely continues into mid-month.