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.
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.
Cool to mild
Air temperature 5 to 10C on higher terrain. Comfortable temperatures on lower terrain, but feeling chilly if exposed to wind higher up, especially if stationary. Pack extra layers.
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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.
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.
Cool to mild
Air temperature 5 to 10C on higher terrain. Comfortable temperatures on lower terrain, but feeling chilly if exposed to wind higher up, especially if stationary. Pack extra layers.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Sunday 20th September 2026
Last updated
Sat 19th Sep 26 at
4:00PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Gale-force winds over Scottish mountains early in the day lessen, but staying blustery and feeling chilly, for northern areas in particular. Showery rain in the west in the morning fading. Cloud base rising with good breaks forming, sunny spells best toward east. Lightest winds for Wales.
Headline for Peak District
Strongest wind in morning; soon generally dry, hills clear.
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 30-35mph early morning, tending to lessen gradually to 20-25mph middle of day into afternoon, slightly less later.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous walking conditions moderating but still blustery and affecting on comfortable walking on tops. Feeling cool.
How Wet?
Little or no rain
Local drizzly showers possible over western hills early in day, but mostly dry.
Cloud on the hills?
All clearing
Any early patchy cloud over higher western moors soon lifting above the hills.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Soon above 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Broken cloud and sunshine; thin high cloud may thicken later. Visibility very good, early slight haze west.
Temperature (at 600m)
8C rising to 10C, then tending to rise further onward into night. Feeling near/below 0C in stronger wind.
And in the valleys
11C at dawn, rising to 15C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Monday 21st September 2026
Last updated
Sat 19th Sep 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 20 to 30mph, gusty in places around high tops and some edges, tending to ease a little during day.
Effect of the wind on you?
Breezy, starting to affect comfortable walking in places over exposed high terrain.
How Wet?
Local drizzle
Occasional drizzle, most common northwestern Peak District to Lancashire Pennines.
Cloud on the hills?
Most extensive morning, may clear
Blanket cloud shrouding much high terrain in the morning, to mid-slopes or lower in western areas. Some higher breaks eastwards above 500m. During the day, cloud may slowly thin and break up.
Chance of cloud free summits?
40%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Glimpses of sun mainly east in morning, then sunshine tending to break through more during afternoon. Visibility improving from misty to hazy, then good later.
Temperature (at 600m)
13 to 15C, little change into night; quite humid, but still feeling like 7C if directly in wind.
And in the valleys
11C at dawn, rising to 20C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Tuesday 22nd September 2026
Last updated
Sat 19th Sep 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
South to southwesterly 10 to 20mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small.
How Wet?
Some damp air
A little fine drizzle where in cloud mainly western areas, but amounting to little.
Cloud on the hills?
Low cloud tending to lift
Varied cloud and fog banks from dawn, covering hills and in some valleys. Tending to lift upslope during the morning to increasingly thin and break up into the afternoon to leave many hills clear, some patchy cloud west.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30% rising to 70%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Cloudy start, some glimpses of sun develop with time, best in east. Misty early in day, then hazy, but visibility increasingly good out of cloud.
Temperature (at 600m)
13 to 15C, humid; little change into evening and night.
And in the valleys
14C from dawn, up to 20C afternoon.
Planning Outlook
Warm and humid air from the southwest extends across Britain early in the new week, cloaking many hills in fog and drizzle, to lower slopes near western coasts. A band of steadier rain is likely to be draped over northwest Scotland by Tuesday. Best of cloud breaks in areas further east and northeast. Rain then passes eastwards into Wednesday followed by a few showers, lower humidity and cloud bases lifting. Later in the week, areas of low pressure toward the northwest likely still bring periods of stronger winds to Scotland at least and a risk of rain at times mainly in the west, but a trend toward higher pressure and drier weather more often for the end of September into the start of October.