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.
Friday's Forecast
Moderate breeze, locally gusty
A noticeable breeze, feeling cool where exposed on tops. Locally may be gusty, but unlikely to affect walking progress. 15-25mph.
Patchy cloud and winter sun
Mostly dry with a mix of cloud and sun, patchy cloud occasionally covering some mountain slopes.
Hazy, some fog banks
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Visibility reduced around cloud banks, hazier on some lower slopes. Locally some improvements possible out of 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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Moderate breeze, locally gusty
A noticeable breeze, feeling cool where exposed on tops. Locally may be gusty, but unlikely to affect walking progress. 15-25mph.
Patchy cloud and winter sun
Mostly dry with a mix of cloud and sun, patchy cloud occasionally covering some mountain slopes.
Hazy, some fog banks
Visibility reduced around cloud banks, hazier on some lower slopes. Locally some improvements possible out of 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
Friday 16th January 2026
Last updated
Thu 15th Jan 26 at
4:00PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Dry for much of the Highlands, many northern mountains clear, in places above patchy valley fog, some weak sun through high-level cloud above the mountains. Breezy toward the west, some showers southwest coasts of Scotland, also S/W Wales. Areas of low cloud over Pennines and S Lakes may linger.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Breezy, increasing. Low cloud lifting with breaks, mostly dry.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southerly 20 to 25mph, tending to strengthen a little with time.
Effect of the wind on you?
Feeling blustery with marked wind chill on exposed high terrain.
How Wet?
Precipitation unlikely
Small chance an isolated brief shower, or snow flurry on high tops.
Cloud on the hills?
Most persistent south, some improvement
Areas of low cloud likely to persist in southern half of the region, base 400m or lower in morning, tending to rise in the afternoon with some breaks forming. More often broken cloud above 600m in north.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20% rising to 60% north, more widely later
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sun best toward north, visibility very good. Further south, cloudier, dull and misty southern Yorks Dales NP all day.
How Cold? (at 700m)
0C rising to 1 or 2C. Feeling like -5C if exposed to stronger breeze
And in the valleys
2C from dawn, rising to 5 or 6C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Saturday 17th January 2026
Last updated
Thu 15th Jan 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southeasterly 15 to 25mph, strongest over higher North Pennines, gusty in places.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small, but a marked chill where exposed to the strongest breeze.
How Wet?
Occasional light drizzle or snow grains
Occasional spots of fine drizzle or snow from the low cloud.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive from lower slopes up
Fairly extensive banks of low cloud from lower slopes up, with fog right down into some of the valleys. Limited breaks, perhaps some between cloud layers, best toward north around Vale of Eden.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Extensive dull with mist and murk, concentrated over eastern Dales. Visibility best in the west.
How Cold? (at 700m)
1 or 2C
And in the valleys
0 to 2C at dawn, coldest inland northern valleys, lifting to 3 or 4C.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Sunday 18th January 2026
Last updated
Thu 15th Jan 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southeasterly 15 to 25mph, strongest gusts around highest tops, particularly North Pennines.
Effect of the wind on you?
Blustery in exposure on some tops, may start to affect comfortable walking in places, giving marked wind chill.
How Wet?
Precipitation unlikely
Feeling damp in the air in low cloud / fog.
Cloud on the hills?
Lowest and most persistent south/east
A cloud sheet likely to cover much of the Pennines from mid-elevations upward most or all day, lower southeastern areas. Cloud more varied north-westward, base higher and some breaks possible.
Chance of cloud free summits?
10% south/east, to 30% north.
Sunshine and air clarity?
Glimpses of sun mainly north Pennines and Vale of Eden. Largely overcast, dull, misty to some mid-levels or lower slopes in south.
How Cold? (at 700m)
0 to 2C. Feeling like -5 to -7C directly in the wind.
And in the valleys
3 to 5C, small variation night into day.
Planning Outlook
Often dry and chilly conditions into the weekend with a south to south-easterly airflow developing, gusty wind in places. General patterns into the second half of January favour a colder continental influence. The snow pack across the Scottish Highlands will be enhanced by further spells of snowfall where where fronts edge in from the west, whilst for England and Wales snow accumulating on the hills at times, perhaps in the form of showers from the east.