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.
Frequent or persistent rain
Steady rain fairly persistent, occasionally heavy, rather wet underfoot.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
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.
Frequent or persistent rain
Steady rain fairly persistent, occasionally heavy, rather wet underfoot.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
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 4th June 2026
Last updated
Wed 3rd Jun 26 at
4:28PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Rain and showers in Scotland, showers heaviest east afternoon with risk of thunder. Light wind early, increasingly blustery from south. Persistent rain and windy south Scotland and Lakeland/N Pennines. Very windy Peak District and Wales too, gales later, morning rain and afternoon showers.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Rain most of the day; very windy, afternoon gales
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 30 to 35mph in the morning, shifting westerly afternoon and rising to 35-40mph, may gust 45mph over high tops at times.
Effect of the wind on you?
Walking impeded from dawn, strenuous moments increasingly common. Walking more often arduous afternoon, stability requiring constant effort and considerable wind chill.
How Wet?
Nearly persistent rain most or all day
Rain drives in from the west all day as a mix of frequent showery falls with heavy burst and broader areas of rain. Breaks between rain will be brief, and rain may rarely cease in the N Pennines, particularly Cross Fell group.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive
Fog shrouds the fells from 300-400m up in the morning, a lifting trend after dawn but bases lowering during heavier falls. Bases will reach towards 600m or higher afternoon, highest bases east, but breaks to high summits only brief, if any. Cross Fell group may not clear at all.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Largely overcast, rare brief sunny glimpses most likely afternoon over Yorks Dales NP. Largely poor visibility due to cloud and rain but some local afternoon breaks will be very good.
How Cold? (at 700m)
7 to 9C, coolest temperatures on west fells from Tebay southward. Some eastern slopes may reach 10C. Feeling near/below freezing in the wind.
And in the valleys
10C at dawn, or 9C eastern N Pennines. rising to 12 or 13C afternoon, but dropping a few degrees again in rain.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Friday 5th June 2026
Last updated
Wed 3rd Jun 26 at
4:28PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 30-40mph dawn, easing and shifting southwesterly to 15-20mph afternoon, later lower speeds south.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous walking early, strongest wind challenging stability with significant wind chill. Easing, fairly small later.
How Wet?
Some patchy rain
Patches of rain here and there, some risk of a drizzle over western Yorks Dales in the morning in cloud. Rain easing through afternoon, may be mostly dry.
Cloud on the hills?
Likely clearing summits
Fairly extensive above 400-500m west slopes just at dawn, some ragged lower patches; higher and more broken east. Lifting with breaks forming through morning, clearing this hills by midday, but odd banks may cling to tops for a bit longer.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Rising to 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patchwork of sunshine, perhaps more widely sunny later afternoon. Good visibility.
How Cold? (at 700m)
4C rising to 8C, only slight drop into night. Feeling like -5C in strongest early wind, this effect easing.
And in the valleys
7C at dawn, locally a degree cooler eastern dales. Rising to 13C.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Saturday 6th June 2026
Last updated
Wed 3rd Jun 26 at
4:28PM
How windy? (On the summits)
S-SE'ly, later SW'ly, high uncertainty of extent of stronger winds - likely in range 25 to 40mph, but risk 50-60mph for a time.
Effect of the wind on you?
Beware of changing conditions and monitor subsequent forecasts - risk of being difficult at least part of the day.
How Wet?
Risk of rain developing
Patchy rain likely soon moving in from the southwest, but N Pennines may start largely dry for a few hours. Risk of rain becoming more persistent and heavier for a time, but timing of this uncertain.
Cloud on the hills?
Becoming extensive
Varied cloud banks mostly southwestern areas at first, but likely developing more widely, filling in and lowering to shroud most hills to mid-slopes in rain.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sun weak at best through high cloud early in day in east, becoming widely overcast. Visibility very good where dry, but reducing in rain, risk becoming poor in west.
How Cold? (at 700m)
6C rising to 9C afternoon, then lowering into night. Feeling near/below freezing in the wind.
And in the valleys
9C at dawn, rising to 15C afternoon.
Planning Outlook
Friday sees a slight settling trend compared to recent days with sunny spells in east Scotland as well as England and Wales, some patchy showers. Unsettled again over the weekend, as southwesterly flow draws several areas of rain across the country, best of dry slopes to the northeast. Showers affect most hills Monday and Tuesday, lowest cloud and most persistent rain along western slopes, but with some breaks as well with sunshine. Wednesday is likely more unsettled as gales spread across most tops and heavy rain drives into northwest England and Scotland. Conditions settling into the weekend as high pressure builds from the south. Low cloud will gradually dissipate for increased sun. Scotland slower to settle, some cloud and drizzly rain lingering in the west.