Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
The entire Yorkshire Dales National Park and North Pennines AONB, including the Three Peaks and Cross Fell, plus Howgills, also south to Forest of Bowland.
Today's Forecast
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Patchy cloud and winter sun
Mostly dry with a mix of cloud and sun, patchy cloud occasionally covering some mountain slopes.
Cold
Air temperature below 0C all day on higher mountains. Significant chill factor if exposed to strong winds. Suitable protective clothing required.
Terrain widely frozen
All ground frozen from lower elevations upward, with hard frost or snow cover. Beware of icy surfaces on lower and higher terrain. Appropriate footwear needed, crampons may be necessary.
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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 cloud and winter sun
Mostly dry with a mix of cloud and sun, patchy cloud occasionally covering some mountain slopes.
Cold
Air temperature below 0C all day on higher mountains. Significant chill factor if exposed to strong winds. Suitable protective clothing required.
Terrain widely frozen
All ground frozen from lower elevations upward, with hard frost or snow cover. Beware of icy surfaces on lower and higher terrain. Appropriate footwear needed, crampons may be necessary.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Monday 5th January 2026
Last updated
Sun 4th Jan 26 at
4:15PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Cold northerlies continue; significant chill factor over mountains, though speeds less than recent days. All terrain frozen; snow cover widely in Highlands, substantial in north, further showers of snow and hail. Showers continue to feed into N/W Wales. Largely dry with sun and broken cloud N England/S Scotland.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Cold brisk wind. Dry with sunshine, patchy cloud.
How windy? (On the summits)
Northerly 25mph to at times 30mph higher Pennines, shifting northwesterly and easing to 20-25mph afternoon. Then increasing into night to 30-35mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Significant chill factor in exposure, feeling blustery, affecting comfortable walking on tops, slight easing of conditions with time.
How Wet?
Precipitation unlikely
Substantially dry - chance of a fleeting snow shower reaching easternmost fells passing southward.
Cloud on the hills?
Little if any
Occasional patches graze the highest fell summits, but most hills stay clear of cloud.
Chance of cloud free summits?
90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Mostly sunny, though patchy cloud will linger in the eastern sky, more widely for a time. Visibility excellent.
How Cold? (at 700m)
-4 or -5C, coldest in the N Pennines. Wind chill feeling like -13 to -16C on tops.
And in the valleys
Terrain widely frozen, starting at -5 to -8C from dawn, staying sub-zero all day, only reaching -2C N Pennines.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Tuesday 6th January 2026
Last updated
Sun 4th Jan 26 at
4:15PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 20-25mph, strengthening and shifting southwesterly afternoon, 30-35mph, strongest over N Pennines.
Effect of the wind on you?
Uncomfortable walking for much of the day, becoming strenuous on exposed northern fells with significant wind chill.
How Wet?
Pulses of showery snow
Bands of showery snow drift from the west with intermittent dry periods. Showers merging into broader areas of snow for several hours from later afternoon into nighttime.
Cloud on the hills?
Variable, often capping summits, lower in snow
Variable: cloud often caps the high tops, a few fleeing breaks, bases regularly lowering to the middle slopes with the passing of snow showers. Tending to fill in more widely over high terrain late in the day.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Some bright/sunny breaks here and there, though largely cloudy most of the day. Variable visibility, very good for periods, but rapidly deteriorating to very poor in snow.
How Cold? (at 700m)
-2C, rising a degree afternoon, locally up to 0C Yorks Dales NP. Feeling like -13C in strongest wind.
And in the valleys
-5 or -6C at dawn, lifting to around -2C though may stay locally colder in the eastern N Pennines.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Wednesday 7th January 2026
Last updated
Sun 4th Jan 26 at
4:15PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Northwesterly 20 to 30mph, likely strongest in morning, turning westerly, lessening afternoon; may increase again after dark.
Effect of the wind on you?
Be prepared for marked wind chill on exposed high terrain, risk very blustery on tops for a time in morning.
How Wet?
Likely dry until evening
Rare if any brief snow flurries, most or all day likely dry. After dark into evening, some hill snow may develop from west, rain to mid or later some upper slopes.
Cloud on the hills?
May be very little
Local patchy cloud may drift over upper slopes for periods, but the hills likely often clear during daytime.
Chance of cloud free summits?
80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Some early brightness through high cloud, but overcast skies becoming duller later. Visibility very good whilst dry.
How Cold? (at 700m)
-2C rising to 0C, or slightly higher after dark. Feeling around -10C if exposed to stronger wind.
And in the valleys
Frosty morning, -3C or locally colder at dawn, rising to 1 or 2C afternoon, then little change into evening and night.
Planning Outlook
Freezing conditions widely over the mountains all this week - some changes toward the weekend as Atlantic lows try to circulate further northwards, bringing some variable thawing mainly to England and particularly Wales, whilst Scottish mountains may see brief if any periods of above-freezing conditions even onward into mid-month. Complex weather systems later this week, with potentially a deep low moving across southern Britain by Thursday-early Friday which may bring some snowfalls to Wales and the southern Pennines, accompanied by possibly severe gales. More variable wind speeds for Scotland, trending westerly; some lulls but interspersed with gales. Further accumulating upland snow, mixed with some lowland rain.