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.
Tuesday's Forecast
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Sunshine and showers
A good amount of dry and bright weather, but scattered bursts of rain, some may be locally heavy.
Chilly
Air temperature typically 0 to 5C on higher summits. Feeling distinctly chilly on tops when stationary or where exposed to wind. Take appropriate 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.
Sunshine and showers
A good amount of dry and bright weather, but scattered bursts of rain, some may be locally heavy.
Chilly
Air temperature typically 0 to 5C on higher summits. Feeling distinctly chilly on tops when stationary or where exposed to wind. Take appropriate layers.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Tuesday 9th June 2026
Last updated
Mon 8th Jun 26 at
4:00PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Generally showery, heavy bursts with risk of thunder, particularly more eastern areas afternoon into evening. Strongest west to southwesterly winds for England and Wales. Rather chilly, notable wind chill in exposure on hills. Cloud varying over the tops.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Cool, increasingly windy; heavy showers spreading east.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 20 to 25mph in the morning, stronger gusts develop near showers, then shifting westerly during afternoon, rising to 30mph, gusts 35-40mph for a few hours into early evening.
Effect of the wind on you?
Blustery, increasingly impeding ease of walking over the tops into the afternoon, more challenging buffeting gusts onward into early evening. Considerable wind chill.
How Wet?
Showers becoming widespread, risk of lightning.
Showers at first concentrated in the west, but becoming widespread across the area, during afternoon into evening most heavier showers moving toward east. Some hail possible, with the risk of thunder too.
Cloud on the hills?
Occasional over tops
Bases varying with showery environment, but patchy cloud sometimes capping higher slopes. Most frequently western hills, where in morning may be down to 500m for a time, soon rising.
Chance of cloud free summits?
60% west, 80% east.
Sunshine and air clarity?
Often cloudy, patchy sun best in the east in morning. By evening, some sun may break through in west. Visibility sometimes poor due to rain, intermittently very good.
How Cold? (at 700m)
4C lifting to 6C. Feeling like -5C directly in the wind.
And in the valleys
9C at dawn, rising to max 13C in afternoon, but a few degrees lower in showers.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Wednesday 10th June 2026
Last updated
Mon 8th Jun 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 15 to 20mph, tending to rise during afternoon, later 25-30mph over higher fells into evening.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small in morning, more noticeably blustery with time, marked wind chill where exposed to the strongest breeze.
How Wet?
Showers moving east, risk thunder
Showers initially western hills. These develop more widely eastward from mid morning. By afternoon, widely showery, some heavy; hail and thunder, later mainly toward east. Fading from west to leave odd light showers in evening.
Cloud on the hills?
Patches over tops in rain
Varied bases. At first, banks over western tops, elsewhere mostly clear. As showers develop widely, expect patches or banks to form at times over the tops.
Chance of cloud free summits?
60%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Variable cloud and patchy sun, best sun early in day eastern dales. Visibility mostly good, but poor in showers.
How Cold? (at 700m)
4C lifting to 6C. Feeling below freezing in the stronger breeze.
And in the valleys
7C at dawn, lifting to highs of 13 or 14C afternoon, but dropping a few degrees in showers.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Thursday 11th June 2026
Last updated
Mon 8th Jun 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southerly turning west-southwesterly later, 25 to 35mph, gusty 40mph at times.
Effect of the wind on you?
Blustery over higher terrain, at times affecting ease of walking and balance on exposed tops. Considerable wind chill.
How Wet?
Persistent rain
Rain arriving from before dawn in west, some steadier heavier falls for periods through the morning. May break up a little in afternoon, but still often raining.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive low cloud
Soon blanket low cloud across the fells, to lower slopes western dales, fairly extensive above 600m.
Chance of cloud free summits?
10%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast and dull, murky southwest. Poor visibility much of day in rain.
How Cold? (at 700m)
5C rising to 9C. Feeling like 0 to -5C directly in wind.
And in the valleys
9C at dawn rising to 13C afternoon, or slightly milder toward evening.
Planning Outlook
A changeable pattern continues this week with west-southwesterly winds prevailing, bringing a mix of rain and showers in from the Atlantic. A period of more persistent rain on Thursday. Pressure tends to rise from the south toward the weekend, bringing warmer air and drier conditions particularly England & Wales, although western mountains will remain often cloudy, some patchy rain remaining in west and northwest Scotland into the weekend. Into next week, a mixed southwesterly pattern remains possible, with some rain, drizzle and low cloud mostly in the west, but with higher pressure trying to expand northward, the week looks generally drier and warmer than the present time.