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
Gale force, walking arduous
Considerable buffeting, walking into the wind will be strenuous on exposed terrain, stronger gusts may knock you off your feet. 40 to 55mph.
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.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
Warm
Comfortable temperatures on the hills, 10 to 15C on tops, feeling pleasantly warm especially on lower ground. Beware of feeling cooler if exposed to wind on higher terrain.
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Gale force, walking arduous
Considerable buffeting, walking into the wind will be strenuous on exposed terrain, stronger gusts may knock you off your feet. 40 to 55mph.
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.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
Warm
Comfortable temperatures on the hills, 10 to 15C on tops, feeling pleasantly warm especially on lower ground. Beware of feeling cooler if exposed to wind on higher terrain.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Tuesday 29th September 2026
Last updated
Mon 28th Sep 26 at
4:30PM
Summary for all mountain areas
A windy start strengthens to widespread gales, powerful gusts not just on high terrain. Feeling chilly despite mild-to-warm temperatures, increasingly humid too. Some patchy rain and cloud moves north through Wales into England and later Scotland; northwest Scotland bright and dry well into the day.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Wind reaches gale-force; cloud fills in with some rain
How windy? (On the summits)
Southeasterly 35 to 40mph, with turbulent gusts downslope toward west. A gradual rising trend, gusts to 50mph, and sustained speeds later approaching 45-50mph, further strengthening overnight.
Effect of the wind on you?
Arduous conditions all day, more challenging moments in gusts and not just on high tops, conditions more widely challenging later, strongest gusts knocking you off balance. Considerable wind chill.
How Wet?
A little rain at times
Spots of rain from time to time, becoming drizzly on high tops as cloud thickens, developing into pulses of steadier rain spreading from the south. Rainfall totals generally small.
Cloud on the hills?
Low cloud over the fells most of the day
Extensive cloud soon spreads across the hills from the south, most persistent south and eastern areas, but clinging around most tops. Some breaks mainly toward Vale of Eden. May thin a little into the afternoon, some decent breaks lower western Yorks Dales NP, but tops likely remain in cloud.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Largely cloudy, a few brighter breaks on lower slopes early and late in the day. Poor visibility, murky in places to the south and east.
How Cold? (at 700m)
8C rising to 14C afternoon. May rise a degree further into evening, then only lowering slightly overnight. Feeling just above freezing in direct wind.
And in the valleys
8C at dawn, rising to humid 17C afternoon, may rise slightly further into evening and staying very mild onward into night.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Wednesday 30th September 2026
Last updated
Mon 28th Sep 26 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southerly 50mph to start, lessening to 25 to 40mph, at times gusting stronger.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous walking conditions, frequent buffeting in exposure on high terrain, gusts knocking you off balance.
How Wet?
Heavy rain for a time
A band of heavy rain moves northeastward across the region likely during the morning, then drier for a time, later a risk of showery bursts of rain returning, mostly on west fells.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting and breaking
Extensive cloud over the hills in early rain, then lifting rapidly and clearing toward upper slopes, most tops clearing, odd patches occasionally, mostly near Three Peaks/Howgills area.
Chance of cloud free summits?
70%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Intermittent sun breaking through. Poor visibility in rain, then improving to be very good.
How Cold? (at 700m)
Humid 13C or above, lowering to finish near a fresher 10C. Feeling near/below freezing in the wind.
And in the valleys
Very mild and humid 16C or above from dawn, up to max 19C, then dropping cooler into evening.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Thursday 1st October 2026
Last updated
Mon 28th Sep 26 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 15-20mph. Trending higher later, strengthening overnight.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small.
How Wet?
Showers, later easing
Showers push onto the fells from the southwest, sometimes more frequent with heavy bursts. Through afternoon, showers will tend to ease and break-up, well-scattered later.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting off summits
Most high terrain begins in cloud, varied lower bases to 500-600m in showers, notably western Yorks Dales NP. A lifting trend, breaks forming above summits, little hill cloud remaining through afternoon.
Chance of cloud free summits?
80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patchy sun, extended sunny windows forming. Very good visibility.
How Cold? (at 700m)
9C rising to 11C.
And in the valleys
9C at dawn, rising to up 14C east; may only approach 12C west Yorks Dales NP.
Planning Outlook
A band of rain moves northeast through early Wednesday, leaving fresher and blustery south-southwesterlies into Wednesday and Thursday, showery in the west but often bright between showers, particularly eastern areas. Friday will be a wetter day again, the rain quite frequent with extensive cloud over western hill groups and quite windy in England and Scotland. On Saturday, higher pressure tends to expand from the south, bringing more settled weather to England and Wales; temperatures generally mild, some cool nights when skies are clear. Scotland will stay cloudier and windier, particularly in northern areas early next week, some drizzle in the northwest and occasionally broader bands of rain slipping eastward.