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.
Winter sunshine
Bright sunshine most of the day with the mountains generally free of cloud. Snow cover on higher terrain.
Clear
Excellent or superb visibility, no navigation issues.
Very cold
Significant wintry conditions - below freezing from lower elevations up all day, -7 or -8C highest summits, feeling like -20C or below on high tops due to wind chill. Frostbite and hypothermia risk. Substantial protective clothing is 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.
Winter sunshine
Bright sunshine most of the day with the mountains generally free of cloud. Snow cover on higher terrain.
Clear
Excellent or superb visibility, no navigation issues.
Very cold
Significant wintry conditions - below freezing from lower elevations up all day, -7 or -8C highest summits, feeling like -20C or below on high tops due to wind chill. Frostbite and hypothermia risk. Substantial protective clothing is 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
Sunday 4th January 2026
Last updated
Sat 3rd Jan 26 at
3:29PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Snow, hail, and wind continues driving into northern Scotland with showers passing into central and western areas; snow coverage fairly widespread in the Highlands. Southern Scotland and England mostly sunny, blustery in exposure. More snow and hail showers for Wales, pushing further east afternoon. Widely very cold.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Very cold; mostly sunny and dry
How windy? (On the summits)
Northwesterly 30 to 35mph. Strongest winds early in the day which may reach up to 40mph over high eastern summits.
Effect of the wind on you?
Significant wind chill over the hills. Strenuous walking with buffeting in exposure, most significantly early in the day.
How Wet?
Little precipitation if any
Risk of a few fleeting snow showers in the afternoon in the west (greatest risk near Three Peaks/Forest of Bowland area), though may be entirely dry.
Cloud on the hills?
Fells substantially clear
Rare patches on North Pennines summits come and go. A risk of a few hours of cloud banks from 700m up more widely in the afternoon. Fells otherwise clear.
Chance of cloud free summits?
90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Mostly sunny, some high cloud around, perhaps briefly more cloudy for a time afternoon. Visibility excellent.
How Cold? (at 700m)
-3 to -4C, coldest in the N Pennines where temperatures may stay near -5C. Wind chill feeling like -17C in exposure on high tops.
And in the valleys
Terrain widely frozen, starting near -5C or colder from dawn, staying sub-zero most valleys, 0 or 1C where exposed to sun.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Monday 5th January 2026
Last updated
Sat 3rd Jan 26 at
3:29PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Northerly 25-30mph, shifting northwesterly and easing to 20-25mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Uncomfortable wind with significant chill factor in exposure, a slight easing of conditions with time.
How Wet?
Precipitation unlikely
Small chance of a fleeting snow shower reaching easternmost fells, likely entirely dry.
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. Visibility excellent.
How Cold? (at 700m)
-4 or -5C, coldest in the N Pennines. Wind chill feeling as cold as -18C in exposure on high tops.
And in the valleys
Terrain widely frozen, starting locally below -5C 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
Sat 3rd Jan 26 at
3:29PM
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.
Planning Outlook
Monday stays cold with terrain widely frozen; sunshine inland with continued snow showers along coasts. The weather then turns more variable: fronts begin to approach the country on Tuesday, with cloud gradually becoming widespread on high terrain from the north, an area of snow arriving widely into Scotland and tracking south into England and Wales overnight into Wednesday. Most terrain will stay frozen but a brief local lifting of freezing levels in western areas. Some sunny breaks and snow showers will follow this system. Beyond Wednesday, confidence in forecast detail is significantly lower, but another weather system is indicated for Thursday into Friday, this possibly bringing a swathe of snow, rain, and strong winds to the south and perhaps more widely.