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.
Winter kit required on higher terrain
Snow cover over higher mountains. Safe progress over some terrain will require suitable footwear - possibly crampons and ice-axe where necessary.
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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.
Winter kit required on higher terrain
Snow cover over higher mountains. Safe progress over some terrain will require suitable footwear - possibly crampons and ice-axe where necessary.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Thursday 19th February 2026
Last updated
Wed 18th Feb 26 at
4:29PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Most mountain terrain remains frozen. Gusty southeasterly wind with significant chill factor. Some snow flurries towards southwest of Highlands with low cloud banks, clearer northward. Light snow fading Peak District and Pennines, low cloud persists here. Generally dry Wales but increasingly windy.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Strong wind lessening. Varied cloud, light snow.
How windy? (On the summits)
East-southeasterly 30-40mph, strongest North Pennines, gusty over high tops but an easing trend with time into afternoon.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous-to-arduous walking with wind chill and balance challenges in gusts, but effects easing with time.
How Wet?
Snow mostly light, fading
Light snow with sleet below around 300m in the morning, most persistent southern areas. Tending to fade gradually, but a legacy of patchy light snow, or drizzle lower slopes, may linger particularly more eastern areas.
Cloud on the hills?
Low cloud, most persistent east
Covering the hills fairly widely much of the day, lowest toward south, but varied extent with some local breaks further north for a time, typically best toward Vale of Eden.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Generally cloudy and dull, poor visibility in snow/sleet, some local improvements mainly toward north.
How Cold? (at 700m)
-1 or -2C. Feeling like -12C in direct wind.
And in the valleys
-1 or 0C from dawn, lifting a few degrees, chance up to 3C, or perhaps milder western Three Peaks valleys.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Friday 20th February 2026
Last updated
Wed 18th Feb 26 at
4:29PM
How windy? (On the summits)
South-southwesterly 30-35mph, strengthening and shifting SW'ly, 45-50mph at least.
Effect of the wind on you?
Conditions become challenging with significant wind chill; maintaining stability requires constant effort in exposure.
How Wet?
Steady rain on and off
Early patchy rain with snow on higher terrain. Steady rain then comes and goes for hours at time, brief heavy bursts. May stay damp near high Three Peaks during rain breaks.
Cloud on the hills?
Variable but fairly extensive on high terrain
Cloud likely shrouds fell summits most of the day, filling in more extensively to middle or low slopes during rain, but also with higher breaks during cessation in rain, highest bases in the east.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Mostly cloudy but some bright/sunny breaks will come and go, best east. Variable visibility, good out of cloud and rain but also hazy.
How Cold? (at 700m)
0 to +1C from dawn, soon rising, to 4 or 5C; always coolest in the N Pennines. Feeling like -5 to -8C in direct wind.
And in the valleys
0 or +1C from dawn, sharply rising to 7C afternoon, remaining mild into night.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Saturday 21st February 2026
Last updated
Wed 18th Feb 26 at
4:29PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 30 to 40mph, tending to strengthen further up to dusk, 50mph+ into evening.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous walking conditions, frequent buffeting over exposed higher terrain, becoming widely difficult later.
How Wet?
Rain and drizzle
Rain on and off, persistently drizzly at least over most western areas, most constant rain Tebay southward, may become heavier. Patchier eastern dales.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive
Blanketing the hills all day, lowest western Three Peaks area, rarely above 300-400m. Toward eastern dales, and north from Kirkby Stephen, base nearer 500-600m.
Chance of cloud free summits?
10%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast and dull, locally brighter skies for a time eastern areas. Hazy, visibility widely poor in rain.
How Cold? (at 700m)
5 or 6C. Where exposed to stronger winds on tops, feeling like -5 to -7C.
And in the valleys
Mild from dawn, little change during day, 9 or 10C, locally warmer eastern dales.
Planning Outlook
Toward the weekend, a switch to southwesterly winds, bringing milder conditions - lifting above freezing to tops in England and Wales with substantial thawing, and generally higher freezing levels in Scotland; periods of thawing to Munro summits will occur but also further snowfall and refreezing on higher terrain during the day-to-day variability of precipitation and freezing levels onward into early next week. Often windy with periods of upland gales. Some spells of heavy rain over all western hills and low cloud frequently covering the hills.