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
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.
Sunshine and showers
A good amount of dry and bright weather, but scattered bursts of rain, some may be locally heavy.
Very warm
Warm conditions across the hills, rising above 17C 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.
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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.
Sunshine and showers
A good amount of dry and bright weather, but scattered bursts of rain, some may be locally heavy.
Very warm
Warm conditions across the hills, rising above 17C 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 30th June 2025
Last updated
Sun 29th Jun 25 at
4:00PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Very warm and humid. Gale force southerly winds for NW Scotland at first will ease, but gusty winds strengthen elsewhere. As a front encroaches from the west across the Highlands, bursts of rain will merge into a swathe of more extensive heavy rain, possible thunder. Dry with sunshine for England and Wales, small risk local showers.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Increasingly windy. Very warm; small chance a heavy shower.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southerly 20 to 25mph, strengthening further later in day to 30mph, becoming gusty, by evening southwesterly 35-40mph high tops.
Effect of the wind on you?
Starting to affect comfortable walking, particularly later.
How Wet?
Largely dry, low risk a thundery shower later
Most or all day dry, but toward evening, chance of isolated bursts of rain forming, very locally chance of a late brief thunderstorm moving northeastward.
Cloud on the hills?
Patchy low cloud in morning clearing
Low cloud in morning mostly western areas up to Tebay, where may take a few hours to thin and disperse. Some patches elsewhere soon clearing.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30% rising to 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sunshine and some thin high cloud. Early mist or haze thins to leave very good visibility.
How Cold? (at 700m)
16C rising to 21C out of cloud; very humid. Starting to drop into the night.
And in the valleys
Muggy 15C from dawn, soon above 20C early morning, rising to 27C afternoon, particularly eastern areas.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Tuesday 1st July 2025
Last updated
Sun 29th Jun 25 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Direction variable 10 to 15mph or less.
Effect of the wind on you?
Small
How Wet?
Risk bursts of rain
Occasional rain, local slow-moving showers forming into afternoon, possible thundery bursts later.
Cloud on the hills?
Areas of low cloud may linger
Covering the fells fairly widely in the morning, lowest toward western Three Peaks area, to mid-slopes. Bases rising during day, may continue to drift over tops, chance staying persistent.
Chance of cloud free summits?
50%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Fairly cloudy, glimpses of sun. Visibility good, slight haze.
How Cold? (at 700m)
11 to 14C.
And in the valleys
Humid 16C from dawn, rising to around 20C, staying cooler if it stays dull.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Wednesday 2nd July 2025
Last updated
Sun 29th Jun 25 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Direction variable 10 to 15mph or less.
Effect of the wind on you?
Small
How Wet?
Risk local heavy showers later
Possible local spots of rain morning. Scattered showers forming mainly mid-late afternoon onward, local heavy bursts, chance of isolated thunder.
Cloud on the hills?
Likely very little
Uncertain: There may be very little cloud covering the hills, but patches drifting over tops in showers. Small risk low cloud more widely for several hours.
Chance of cloud free summits?
70%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Areas of high cloud, some sun breaking through. Visibility very good. Possibly more overcast and dull for a time.
How Cold? (at 700m)
9 to 12C.
And in the valleys
12C at dawn, rising to 18C afternoon.
Planning Outlook
Cooler across Scotland by Monday night as a cold front advances eastwards. Risk of scattered thundery showers Tuesday-Wednesday, mostly eastern areas. High pressure then builds to the south, whilst a humid southwesterly returns to bring spells of rain and low cloud to western Scotland. The second week of July looks cooler for all with sunshine and showers.