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.
Saturday'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.
Chilly
Air temperature typically 0 to 5C on higher summits. Feeling distinctly chilly on tops when stationary or where exposed to wind. Take appropriate 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.
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.
Chilly
Air temperature typically 0 to 5C on higher summits. Feeling distinctly chilly on tops when stationary or where exposed to wind. Take appropriate layers.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Saturday 31st January 2026
Last updated
Fri 30th Jan 26 at
4:30PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Winter conditions on most high mountains; deep snow and large drifts in central/east Scotland, whiteout conditions in fog. Mostly dry NW Scotland. Morning rain in south Scotland and England trends patchy, often dry south Pennines. Often raining in Wales, most on western slopes. Freezing levels rise towards upper slopes.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Morning patchy rain largely clears for bright breaks; breezy
How windy? (On the summits)
Southeasterly 25-35mph, shifting south-southeasterly and easing towards around 25mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Walking strenuous in exposure to start the day with wind chill, effects easing but wind likely remains uncomfortable.
How Wet?
Patchy rain/drizzle, mostly morning
Patchy rain drifts north through the morning, clearing many fells for several afternoon hours with only odd drizzly spots. Patches will return from the south with time later.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive early, breaks forming south.
A sheet of cloud shrouds the fells from 500-600m up from the morning, at times lower in precipitation. Bases becoming more variable with time, an increasing likelihood of high breaks, sometimes to summits, best chance in southern areas. Cloud returning more widely late in the day.
Chance of cloud free summits?
40%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Cloudy early in the day, sunny bursts arriving, most extensive in western Yorks Dales. Visibility poor to start due to fog and rain but improving, though a lingering haze.
How Cold? (at 700m)
2 or 3C. Feeling as cold as -8C in strongest direct wind.
And in the valleys
3C from dawn, locally 2C North Pennines. Rising to 4 or 5C afternoon, highest temperature in Yorks Dales NP.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Sunday 1st February 2026
Last updated
Fri 30th Jan 26 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the summits)
South-southwesterly 10-20mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small.
How Wet?
Rain on-and-off
Patches of rain will come and go throughout the day, a few dry periods are possible, but always with a tendency to return, most notable falls west.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive though variable
Cloud often shrouds high terrain, a few odd higher breaks may occur but also cloud filling in to lower slopes for periods.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Largely cloudy, visibility variable, at times good but turning poor in rain, also some haze around.
How Cold? (at 700m)
2C.
And in the valleys
2 or 3C from dawn, rising to around 5C.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Monday 2nd February 2026
Last updated
Fri 30th Jan 26 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southeasterly 20-25mph, gradually rising to 30-35mph by dusk, may rise further for several hours.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small to start, winds increasingly uncomfortable, strenuous walking by dusk and feeling chilly.
How Wet?
Patchy rain
Rain affecting many fells on-and-off, totals usually small, but a few heavier moments may befall eastern slopes.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive, breaks possible
Mostly covering high terrain with bases regularly to middle slopes in the east; cloud amount will vary, with high breaks and possibly to summits.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Often cloudy but a few bright/sunny breaks here and there. Poor visibility and hazy east, better west of high fells.
How Cold? (at 700m)
1C, locally 0C in the far N Pennines. Feeling like -8 to -10C with time in the wind.
And in the valleys
1 or 2C from dawn, lifting to 3 or 4C.
Planning Outlook
Unsettled weather persists through the late weekend and into next week: a southerly flow is dominant through Monday, lifting freezing levels and brining precipitation to most mountain groups through the early week. The Munros will likely stay below freezing; precipitation will continue to fall as snow on high terrain: snowdrifts from the Cairngorms to central and southern Highlands with a continued risk of flooding here. Gales are likely as well. Southeasterly winds will tend to re-establish later in the week, lowering freezing levels and drawing cloud and precipitation into the Pennines and eastern Scotland, the snow level dropping to middle elevations with time. Cloud and precipitation more patchy in the west with the brightest skies northwest of high summits.