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.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
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.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
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
Sunday 1st March 2026
Last updated
Sat 28th Feb 26 at
4:00PM
Summary for all mountain areas
South-southwesterly upland gales, strengthening further for Wales during the day, later extending northward. Early snow on hills in the Highlands, patchier northwards, turning increasingly to rain as temperature rises, heavier rain for West Highlands. Generally wet for western England & Wales with blanket low cloud.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Windy, increasingly gales. Wettest and lowest cloud in west.
How windy? (On the summits)
South-southwesterly strengthening from dawn 25 to 40mph, strongest sustained speeds North Pennines, downslope gusts to the north/east. A rising trend likely widely, up to 45-50mph later.
Effect of the wind on you?
Walking often strenuous in exposure with gusts affecting stability. A deteriorating trend and feeling increasingly chilly.
How Wet?
Patchy rain, mostly west
Patches of rain drift northeastward across the fells at times throughout the day. More extended falls of steadier rain western areas up to Tebay. Least rain toward eastern dales in North Pennines.
Cloud on the hills?
Increasingly foggy over the hills
Locally varied in the morning, but banks often cling to the high tops western Yorkshire Dales up to Tebay, increasingly filling in to mid-slopes. Local breaks above the tops mainly toward the northeastern Pennines in morning, but lowering to cover most higher terrain in fog.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30% north/east, below 10% western dales.
Sunshine and air clarity?
Mostly cloudy, some bright moments northeast. Very good visibility out of cloud/rain in east, but increasingly dull and becoming murky western dales.
How Cold? (at 700m)
2 or 3C from dawn, rising to 5 or 6C, locally warmer east Yorks Dales. Feeling like -5 to -8C in direct wind.
And in the valleys
5C from dawn, rising to 10C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Monday 2nd March 2026
Last updated
Sat 28th Feb 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
South to southwesterly; speed likely to drop from risk 40-45mph at first, to around 20mph into afternoon.
Effect of the wind on you?
Arduous conditions early in day likely to lessen with time, remaining blustery in places, but smaller effects afternoon.
How Wet?
Patchy rain fading
A slow-moving band of rain, most persistent western Yorks Dales, patchier north/eastwards, tending to ease off and break up, but may leave pockets of drizzly rain or brief showers into afternoon.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive, improving with time
Covering many fells early in day, varied banks to some lower slopes western areas up to Tebay for a few hours at least. Tending to gradually rise with some breaks onward through afternoon.
Chance of cloud free summits?
10% rising to 30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Cloudy likely all day, but some brighter skies may emerge from west late afternoon. Visibility poor in rain, improving if dry later.
How Cold? (at 700m)
4 or 5C, dropping into night to 1C. If exposed to stronger wind at first, feeling like -7C.
And in the valleys
8C from dawn, rising to 10C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Tuesday 3rd March 2026
Last updated
Sat 28th Feb 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Variable or perhaps mostly easterly, 15-20mph in places, but likely often less.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small.
How Wet?
Precipitation rare if any
Chance of local pockets of drizzle around low cloud.
Cloud on the hills?
Patchy cloud lifting, mostly clearing
Some varied cloud banks in the morning, plus patchy mist around sheltered valleys, lifting to higher slopes and clearing from many fells, but some may linger.
Chance of cloud free summits?
60%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Varied cloud, some sun breaking through, a veil of high cloud likely persists. Visibility very good, some haze or mist early in day.
How Cold? (at 700m)
2 or 3C.
And in the valleys
4C rising to 9C afternoon.
Planning Outlook
A drop of freezing level onto higher mountains develops during Monday into Monday night; weakening fronts bringing some precipitation, but fading. Higher pressure expands across the British Isles into Tuesday and stays nearby with commonly drier conditions and periods of light winds during early March, though mixed with pushes of strengthening south-southwesterlies bringing some occasional rain in from the west. Often milder air during the next couple of weeks, possibly briefly colder again by the end of the coming week.