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 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.
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.
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.
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
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Sunday 7th June 2026
Last updated
Sat 6th Jun 26 at
4:46PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Scotland: Strong and gusty south-westerly winds will drive hill fog and frequent rainfall across western mountains, setting in during afternoon. Rainfall patchier across eastern hills with higher bases. England and Wales: Windy with patchy light rain onto western hills, becoming more widely damp or wet through the day.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Windy, with a little patchy rain, more substantial later in afternoon.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 25-35mph, gusty over tops particularly early. Deteriorating, greatest risk north, sustained speeds 35-40mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Ease of walking always impacted, increasingly strenuous over the tops with notable wind chill, strongest effects north.
How Wet?
Some light rain, may deteriorate
Patchy light rain drifting onto western fells from time to time, many dry windows in the morning, especially in east. Later in day, drizzly rain more widely onto western Dales and N Pennines.
Cloud on the hills?
Caps may linger on northern tops
May be fairly extensive from 500m up early hours, lowest bases from Tebay southward. Rising with time, likely clearing Yorks Dales NP summits, and maybe N Pennines too, but caps may just graze Cross Fell group at times.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Rising to 70%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sunshine in the morning will be weakened by high cloud, turning overcast. Very good visibility, but some haze western dales.
How Cold? (at 700m)
8 or 9C rising to 11C. Feeling near freezing in strongest wind.
And in the valleys
7C at dawn, rising to 16C.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Monday 8th June 2026
Last updated
Sat 6th Jun 26 at
4:46PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 15 to 25mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small effect on walking, but feeling blustery and a noticeable chill on exposed high terrain.
How Wet?
Rain then showers
A band of rain clears eastward from dawn into early morning, briefly heavy. Then a scattering of showers, risk some heavier later in day.
Cloud on the hills?
Breaks to tops
Varied cloud banks mostly western hills and higher tops in morning, lifting higher up with breaks away from showers.
Chance of cloud free summits?
50%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Occasional sun, mainly eastern hills. Visibility good away from showers and below cloud.
How Cold? (at 700m)
6 or 7C. Feeling below freezing directly in the wind.
And in the valleys
10C at dawn, rising to 14C afternoon, but always a little cooler in rain.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Tuesday 9th June 2026
Last updated
Sat 6th Jun 26 at
4:46PM
How windy? (On the summits)
South-westerly 15 to 25mph, may reach 30mph at times tops in the afternoon.
Effect of the wind on you?
May impede walking at times over the tops in the afternoon, with a marked wind chill.
How Wet?
Showers becoming widespread
Showers at first, concentrated in the west, but becoming widespread across the area. Some hail possible, with the risk of thunder too.
Cloud on the hills?
Occasional over tops; but frequent west.
Bases varying with showery environment, but cover the tops occasionally in fog. Most frequently western hills, where in morning may be down to 500m for a time.
Chance of cloud free summits?
40% west, 70% east.
Sunshine and air clarity?
Often cloudy, patchy sun best in the east. Visibility sometimes poor due to rain.
How Cold? (at 700m)
4 lifting to 6C
And in the valleys
Temperatures lifting to highs of 13C
Planning Outlook
The unsettled period of weather will persist over the coming week with low pressure area centres tracking just to the northwest of Scotland, allowing south-westerly winds to prevail. Rainfall often showery in nature, but coming in frequently to western mountains with the greatest falls for western Scotland. Chilly and windy at times; freezing level touching highest tops Scotland on Tuesday and Wednesday, when showers will fall as snow over the tops. Temperatures trending milder again next weekend, pressure may begin to rise in the south to give drier weather more widely.