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.
Thursday'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
Thursday 10th September 2026
Last updated
Wed 9th Sep 26 at
4:10PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Windy, gales over Scottish mountains and increasingly on higher tops of England & Wales. Rain starts patchy and light but becomes persistent over western hills, extending eastwards with time. Cloud capping most high tops, lowering in rain particularly in the west.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Wind strengthens, reaching gales high tops. Rain develops.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly, rising from 20-25mph at first, to 30-35mph middle of day, sustained 40mph during afternoon, later gusts 50mph higher tops particularly North Pennines. Moderating into night to 25mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Walking becomes strenuous, then arduous in afternoon in exposure on higher terrain, strongest gusts requiring effort to maintain stability; notable wind chill.
How Wet?
Rain moves in from west, mainly afternoon
Some drizzly rain drifts onto the hills mostly around Tebay, but substantially dry until afternoon when a larger rain band sweeps in from the west to then persist over a few hours, some heavier falls west Dales. Breaking up into showers from dusk.
Cloud on the hills?
Fleeting caps on high tops
Banks will occasionally drift over high summits, mostly from Ingleton towards Tebay, but plenty of clear windows as well. From later afternoon, cloud will lower onto high terrain above 600m, increasingly filling in, lower in west.
Chance of cloud free summits?
80%, later deteriorating to 30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Windows of bright sunshine, high cloud builds, trending cloudier through afternoon. Very good visibility, a little haze western Yorks Dales NP; reducing later in rain.
How Cold? (at 700m)
8C rising to 10 or 11C afternoon, then lowering slightly into night. Feeling close to freezing as wind strengthens.
And in the valleys
6 or 7C at dawn, rising to 14 to 16C afternoon, warmest in east.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Friday 11th September 2026
Last updated
Wed 9th Sep 26 at
4:10PM
How windy? (On the summits)
West-northwesterly 20-25mph, easing a little, but some notable gusts toward east. Rising onward well into night.
Effect of the wind on you?
Blustery and cool in exposure particularly early in day. Deteriorating well into night.
How Wet?
Any rain unlikely
Small chance an odd spot of drizzly rain in the morning, but more likely entirely dry.
Cloud on the hills?
Early cloud lifts, increasingly off summits
Banks of cloud at varied heights in the early morning, some ragged low patches, these soon lifting after daybreak. Banks may cling to high tops for a time, but will gradually break above the summits.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Rising to 80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Mostly sunny, a little fair weather cloud. Good visibility, though a haze building.
How Cold? (at 700m)
10 or 11C, locally to 12C on sun-exposed eastern fells. Feeling like 3C on tops in early wind.
And in the valleys
11C at dawn, rising to 15C.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Saturday 12th September 2026
Last updated
Wed 9th Sep 26 at
4:10PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly, rising through dawn to 45-60mph, stronger gusts; speeds may only begin to drop below 40mph by evening.
Effect of the wind on you?
Very difficult conditions with powerful gusts to low levels perhaps much of the day; notable wind chill.
How Wet?
Risk prolonged heavy rain west
Rain sweeps in soon from dawn, becoming persistently heavy for western Dales up to Tebay, relatively smaller amounts northeast areas, but may rain much of day.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive
Blanket cloud across the fells during rain, to lower slopes western areas south from Tebay. Higher bases north and east above 600m with some breaks locally.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Cloudy and dull. Widely poor visibility in rain, locally better east, but some haze.
How Cold? (at 700m)
9C rising to 12C. Feeling like -2 to -5C directly in wind.
And in the valleys
10C at dawn, rising to 18C afternoon.
Planning Outlook
Changeable west-southwesterlies prevail through mid September; often windy, gale-force winds for periods over higher terrain. A window of drier weather this Friday, then the next frontal system sweeps in overnight into Saturday with a sustained fall of rain moving southeastward, accompanied by upland gales for most places. Improving for better weather on Sunday, then wind and rain returns into Monday, staying showery into Tuesday. A mixed outlook likely continues later next week with rain most frequent in western Scotland. Temperatures varying, some cooler days especially in Scotland, but often fairly mild further south, at times quite warm and humid.