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.
Monday'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.
Dry and sunny
Extensive sunshine. The mountains free of cloud once any early mist patches disperse.
Clear
Excellent or superb visibility, no navigation issues.
Very warm
Warm conditions across the hills, rising above 15C on tops. Increasingly hot on lower terrain, reaching 25C+ in many valleys. Beware of dehydration.
Strong warm sunshine
High UV levels, feeling very warm when ascending, beware of dehydration and sunburn.
Click an icon for more information or click here for a key to all icons.
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.
Dry and sunny
Extensive sunshine. The mountains free of cloud once any early mist patches disperse.
Clear
Excellent or superb visibility, no navigation issues.
Very warm
Warm conditions across the hills, rising above 15C on tops. Increasingly hot on lower terrain, reaching 25C+ in many valleys. Beware of dehydration.
Strong warm sunshine
High UV levels, feeling very warm when ascending, beware of dehydration and sunburn.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Monday 25th May 2026
Last updated
Sun 24th May 26 at
4:40PM
Summary for all mountain areas
High pressure brings another extensively sunny and unseasonably hot day for England and Wales, with valley temperatures from Peak District into Wales up to 30C in afternoon. Also very warm sunshine southern and eastern Scotland, but still blustery south-westerly with low cloud and patchy drizzly rain northwest Scotland.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Increasingly very warm sunshine with hills clear. Beware dehydration and sunburn.
How windy? (On the summits)
South-westerly 10 to 20mph, generally strongest in the morning when perhaps briefly touching 25mph over northern tops.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small
How Wet?
Dry
Cloud on the hills?
Soon all hills clear
From dawn, some patches at varying heights, but they will soon lift and disperse to leave the hills clear of cloud.
Chance of cloud free summits?
90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Extensive sunshine. Visibility very good.
How Cold? (at 700m)
18C, humid
And in the valleys
Increasingly very warm with valley temperatures reaching 24 to 26C.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Tuesday 26th May 2026
Last updated
Sun 24th May 26 at
4:40PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 10mph, becoming variable in direction 5-10mph. Locally 15mph where any coastal sea breezes develop.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly negligible
How Wet?
Substantially or completely dry
Very likely dry, but risk of cloud bubbling up in the afternoon inland to give an isolated, but should they occur, slow-moving heavy shower.
Cloud on the hills?
Hills clear
Perhaps some early fragments of mist and low cloud, mainly around coastal hills in the west. Otherwise, hills clear.
Chance of cloud free summits?
90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Widespread sunshine, but areas of cloud may bubble up inland in the afternoon. Visibility very good.
How Cold? (at 700m)
14 to 17C, highest across the western Dales.
And in the valleys
Valley temperature rising to 19 to 24C, highest western dales. May drop off a few degrees eastern Dales by late afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Wednesday 27th May 2026
Last updated
Sun 24th May 26 at
4:40PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southeasterly 10mph, lifting in afternoon to 15-20mph, but may increase at times to 25 to 30mph toward west coast.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small, but increasingly gusty toward west coast during the afternoon. Highest gusts not necessarily over tops.
How Wet?
Mostly dry
Risk of spots of drizzle where in low cloud N Pennines into eastern Dales.
Cloud on the hills?
Low cloud, mainly east, dispersing.
Low cloud may have expanded fairly widely overnight to eastern Dales and north Pennines. May take a few hours to clear. Western hills likely clear all day.
Chance of cloud free summits?
50% lifting to 80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patchwork of sunshine, extensive western fells. Visibility good, but marked haze.
How Cold? (at 700m)
East 10 to 12C West 12 to 14C
And in the valleys
16 to 18C eastern valleys. 19 to 22C western valleys.
Planning Outlook
High pressure dominates this week with early patchy low cloud, mainly coastal hills dispersing to give widespread warm or very warm sunshine, still reaching into the high 20s on Tuesday Peak District into Wales with high humidity, which may spark off the odd thunderstorm, before peak daytime temperatures come down a little, when cooler for eastern hills. Chance of well scattered shower development from midweek as a gusty south-easterly develops for western hills. Pressure lowering next weekend into next week.