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.
Monday's Forecast
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Frequent or persistent rain
Steady rain fairly persistent, occasionally heavy, rather wet underfoot.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
Cool to mild
Air temperature 5 to 10C on higher terrain. Comfortable temperatures on lower terrain, but feeling chilly if exposed to wind higher up, especially if stationary. Pack extra 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.
Frequent or persistent rain
Steady rain fairly persistent, occasionally heavy, rather wet underfoot.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
Cool to mild
Air temperature 5 to 10C on higher terrain. Comfortable temperatures on lower terrain, but feeling chilly if exposed to wind higher up, especially if stationary. Pack extra layers.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Monday 1st June 2026
Last updated
Sun 31st May 26 at
4:00PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Rain affects all areas during the day, some heavy falls widely, most constant in Wales. Low cloud across the hills, blanketing to lower slopes in west coastal areas. South-southwest winds, varied in Scotland, but stronger England and particularly Wales, here gales over tops. Fairly mild air, but feeling cooler in wind.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Increasingly windy. Rain on and off, some heavier, cloud lowers.
How windy? (On the summits)
South-southwesterly 25mph in morning, tending to strengthen, reaching 35-40mph into afternoon, continuing into evening. May ease a little toward dusk.
Effect of the wind on you?
Increasingly blustery, walking becoming strenuous over exposed high terrain with buffeting gusts. Considerable wind chill develops.
How Wet?
Rain becomes frequent, heavier afternoon
Patchy rain drifting from the southwest from dawn, a few dry windows mainly in eastern areas, but increasingly frequent rain by middle of day onward, most persistent in west, heavier at times. Rain continuing into evening.
Cloud on the hills?
Variable, then lowering extensively
Patches at various heights on the west hill groups at dawn, only odd caps on eastern fells, but filling in more extensively through morning, lowering in rain, rarely above 600m into afternoon, lower banks in west south of Tebay.
Chance of cloud free summits?
40% dropping to 10%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Mostly overcast, increasingly dull in west. Local very good visibility in east in morning, soon mostly poor in west, hazy at best, local improvements northeast if dry.
How Cold? (at 700m)
9 or 10C, rising to 11C. Feeling near freezing in strongest direct wind.
And in the valleys
11C at dawn, rising to 14 or 15C, quite humid.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Tuesday 2nd June 2026
Last updated
Sun 31st May 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 15 to 20mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small.
How Wet?
Heavy thundery showers into afternoon
Scattered showers, forming mostly into middle of day, increasingly heavy bursts passing eastwards over a few hours, risk of thunder, tending to clear eastward later.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting often above tops
Patchy cloud banks around some upper slopes in the morning, soon mostly above many tops, but ragged patches return around showers. Later largely clearing.
Chance of cloud free summits?
60%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Glimpses of sun, becoming sunnier in west later in day. Visibility very good, reduced in showers.
How Cold? (at 700m)
9C up to 11C afternoon.
And in the valleys
11C at dawn, rising to max 17C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Wednesday 3rd June 2026
Last updated
Sun 31st May 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
South-southwesterly 30 to 50mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Widely strenuous walking in exposure, buffeting gusts on higher tops, balance challenging. Considerable wind chill.
How Wet?
Rain and drizzle persistent
Rain extends in from the southwest, becoming fairly persistent, heaviest western Dales, drizzly even when heavier rain fades; occasionally easing off east and northeastern areas.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive
Covering the hills widely, lowest bases in western areas south from Tebay, rarely above 500-600m. Some breaks higher up eastern hills.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Glimpses of sun mostly eastern dales in morning, otherwise cloudy. Visibility good below cloud, but reduced in rain, poorer west.
How Cold? (at 700m)
7 to 9C, slight rise afternoon mainly east. Wind chill feeling like -5C.
And in the valleys
10C at dawn, rising to max 16C afternoon.
Planning Outlook
An unsettled spell through early June, possibly through the first two weeks, as low pressure over the north Atlantic and southwesterly winds dominate. Periods of rain mixed with showery days widely - the most constant rain over western mountains with low cloud often shrouding the hills. Wind speed will vary, but up to gale-force for periods over the hills, mostly in Scotland by later this week. Higher pressure to the south tends to expand across and just east of Britain later in the week, bringing some drier weather, but western hills even in England and Wales may remain often misty and drizzly. Temperatures near average, cooler at times. Mid June onward shows signs of drier and warmer weather.