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.
Sunday's Forecast
Moderate breeze, locally gusty
A noticeable breeze, feeling cool where exposed on tops. Locally may be gusty, but unlikely to affect walking progress. 15-25mph.
Patchwork of cloud and sun
Dry most or all day. A mix of cloud and sunshine. Occasional cloud banks drifting over higher slopes, lifting above the tops.
Clear
Excellent or superb visibility, no navigation issues.
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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Moderate breeze, locally gusty
A noticeable breeze, feeling cool where exposed on tops. Locally may be gusty, but unlikely to affect walking progress. 15-25mph.
Patchwork of cloud and sun
Dry most or all day. A mix of cloud and sunshine. Occasional cloud banks drifting over higher slopes, lifting above the tops.
Clear
Excellent or superb visibility, no navigation issues.
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
Sunday 11th October 2026
Last updated
Sat 10th Oct 26 at
4:30PM
Summary for all mountain areas
A fine day overall with light winds, sunshine and just patchy cloud around some mountain slopes. Isolated brief showers around coastal fringes at first will fade. Southerly winds tend to strengthen later in the day in western areas. Some patchy rain reaches southwest Wales.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Largely dry, a lull in wind, plenty of sun.
How windy? (On the summits)
Northwesterly 25mph around dawn, easing in morning to westerly 15mph, or less by middle of day into afternoon. Toward evening, turning southwest then southerly, rising into night to 30-35mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Marked wind chill and rather blustery on high tops at first, becoming small until evening. Worsening conditions into night.
How Wet?
Rare if any showers
Isolated if any brief showers, likely only western areas in morning. Into night, patchy rain pushes in from southwest.
Cloud on the hills?
Rare patches
Some patchy cloud may drift around upper slopes in the morning, but generally all dispersing or lifting above hills.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patchwork of cloud and sun. Visibility excellent.
How Cold? (at 700m)
5C rising to 7C afternoon, then lifting onward into night to 8 to 10C. Feeling like -3C if exposed to stronger breeze early morning.
And in the valleys
3C at dawn, slight frost some sheltered spots at first; rising to 13C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Monday 12th October 2026
Last updated
Sat 10th Oct 26 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the summits)
South-southwesterly 20 to 30mph, then during evening likely to increase, to 50mph onward into night.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small, but blustery around higher exposed terrain, likely to deteriorate onward into night.
How Wet?
Often damp western Dales
Patchy rain and drizzle, likely most persistent in the morning over western hills up to Tebay, odd heavier moments moving east for a time. Some drier periods toward northeast Pennines.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive, lowest southwest
Shrouding most fells all day, from lower elevations upward in Three Peaks to Howgills area. Higher bases to 600m northeastward, some higher breaks mainly near Teesdale if drier.
Chance of cloud free summits?
10%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast, dull or murky. Local brighter moments northeast.
How Cold? (at 700m)
10 to 12C, little change day and night. Feeling near to freezing if in stronger wind.
And in the valleys
9C at dawn, rising to 16C afternoon, feeling more humid.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Tuesday 13th October 2026
Last updated
Sat 10th Oct 26 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the summits)
West-southwesterly, gales up to dawn ease for a brief lull to 25mph or less, but rise again during daytime to 40-50mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
A window of fairly small effects, but beware of deteriorating again as the day goes on to become challenging.
How Wet?
Early rain, then showers
Heavy rain early in day clears away eastwards in morning, leaving a brief drier window, but showers then follow from the west, these increasingly frequent and heavy with hail, more extensive later.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting after rain, patches on tops
Fairly extensive cloud from dawn, but soon lifting and breaking into the morning, clearing to just odd patches on higher tops and many hills clear. Some cloud banks lower more widely in showers.
Chance of cloud free summits?
60%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Occasional sun best in east as rain clears, then cloudier again from west. Visibility very good as rain clears, then reducing around showers, locally poor.
How Cold? (at 700m)
Mild 12C overnight but dropping to 8C into morning, lowering further with time to 6C. Feeling later like -6C as wind increases.
And in the valleys
Mild 14C from dawn, up to 16C eastern dales, little change night into day, then gradually lowering afternoon into evening.
Planning Outlook
Damp and mild southwesterly air moves across the country into Monday, winds strengthen again later to widely gale-force over the hills, heavier rain sweeps eastward overnight and into early Tuesday, followed by showers and a drop of temperature. Very unsettled west-southwesterlies continue into midweek - sustained mountain gales, possibly stormy at times and spells of heavy rain for all areas. A changeable westerly theme likely continues beyond mid-month - occasional windows of drier weather, but more often windy with rain or showers coming in from the Atlantic, sometimes cold enough to fall as snow on Scottish high tops.