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.
Snow flurries
Occasional light snow flurries, sleet or rain lower elevations. Amounts little more than nuisance value, but locally more persistent and reducing visibility for periods.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
Cold
Air temperature below 0C all day on higher mountains. Significant chill factor if exposed to strong winds. Suitable protective clothing required.
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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.
Snow flurries
Occasional light snow flurries, sleet or rain lower elevations. Amounts little more than nuisance value, but locally more persistent and reducing visibility for periods.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
Cold
Air temperature below 0C all day on higher mountains. Significant chill factor if exposed to strong winds. Suitable protective clothing required.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Thursday 12th February 2026
Last updated
Wed 11th Feb 26 at
4:09PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Very cold in Scotland with strong wind. Snow in the central/south highlands, some improvement from the north. Blustery too in north England, cloudy with patchy morning snow, later more frequent. South Pennines and north Wales see rain and snow with lighter wind. Blustery with patchy rain south Wales.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Cold and breezy; fairly extensive cloud and often snowing
How windy? (On the summits)
East-northeasterly, 20-30mph, though may be lighter and variable at times in the south.
Effect of the wind on you?
Walking often strenuous in exposure with significant wind chill, though may locally be fairly small at times.
How Wet?
Rain/snow most of the day
Precipitation affecting the fells most of the day, falling as snow above 400-500m. Best chance of dry moments on western and southern slopes early in the day, the precipitation more widespread in the afternoon.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive
Cloud shrouds the fells down to middle slopes for most of the day, lowest in the east; some locally higher bases towards Vale of Eden/Three Peaks though unlikely breaking to the tops.
Chance of cloud free summits?
10%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sunshine unlikely. Very poor visibility in fog and rain/snow.
How Cold? (at 700m)
-1 to -2C from dawn, gradually becoming -2C widely, then lowering overnight. Feeling like -8 to -12C in direct wind.
And in the valleys
From dawn 3 or 4C Yorks Dales, nearer 1 or 2C N Pennines. Lowing to 0 to 2C, always coolest north.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Friday 13th February 2026
Last updated
Wed 11th Feb 26 at
4:09PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Northeasterly 30-40mph, beginning to ease later in the day.
Effect of the wind on you?
Walking often arduous in exposure with stability persistently challenged. Significant wind chill.
How Wet?
Showery snow
Showery snow affecting high fells and eastern hills, sometimes for extended periods but also some breaks. More scattered or possibly dry on the western high fells.
Cloud on the hills?
Mostly high and eastern slopes
Cloud often clinging to fells near 600-700m and up, bases at times lower to the east during snow showers. A few breaks here and there, increasingly frequent breaks from the north with time. Best breaks near the Vale of Eden.
Chance of cloud free summits?
50%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sun appearing with time from the north, high cloud lingers over Yorks Dales. Variable visibility, good at times but turning poor during precipitation.
How Cold? (at 700m)
-3 or -4C, may rise a degree afternoon where sun breaks out. Feeling as cold as -20C in exposure.
And in the valleys
0 or -1C from dawn, may be slightly cooler N Pennines; little change, may rise a degree where sun breaks out.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Saturday 14th February 2026
Last updated
Wed 11th Feb 26 at
4:09PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Northwesterly to start, shifting west, then southwesterly, largely near 15mph, deteriorating later and overnight.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small
How Wet?
No precipitation expected during daylight
Overnight, snow arrives from the west, gradually spreading widely, falling as rain to increasingly higher elevations.
Cloud on the hills?
Any cloud unlikely
Chance of cloud free summits?
Above 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Extensive sunshine with very good visibility, though some haze. High cloud approaches from the west later.
How Cold? (at 700m)
-3C, rising a degree, locally up to -1C in strongest sun exposure.
And in the valleys
-4C from dawn, rising as high as 2C where exposed to sun.
Planning Outlook
Colder for all areas during the transition into the weekend, mountain terrain frozen to increasingly lower elevations - soonest toward the north and east of Scotland. A widespread frost early on Saturday. Northeasterly wind will be dominant - the distribution of snow showers shifting with time from eastern hills to more north-facing mountains, particularly Scotland. Brighter than recently with sunshine and clearer hills later Friday and Saturday. Gales with heavy snow (rain to increasingly higher elevations) overnight into Sunday brings a return to unsettled weather for the following week - wet and windy periods come and go, freezing levels rising (high Scotland terrain stays frozen), then lowering again during periods of northwesterly wind.