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.
Today's Forecast
Light wind, negligible impact
Little wind or walking hardly affected by the wind, but feeling chilly if exposed on tops. 10-15mph or less.
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.
Warm
Comfortable temperatures on the hills, 10 to 15C on tops, feeling pleasantly warm especially on lower ground. Beware of feeling cooler if exposed to wind on higher terrain.
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Light wind, negligible impact
Little wind or walking hardly affected by the wind, but feeling chilly if exposed on tops. 10-15mph or less.
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.
Warm
Comfortable temperatures on the hills, 10 to 15C on tops, feeling pleasantly warm especially on lower ground. Beware of feeling cooler if exposed to wind on higher terrain.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Saturday 29th August 2026
Last updated
Fri 28th Aug 26 at
4:29PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Northerly winds bring cloud and some light rain to northern Scotland, but winds fall light for much of the Highlands - varied low cloud banks tend to rise, isolated showers possible afternoon. Rain for Wales from early morning, extending further north over England during the day, often heavy, risk thunder.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Varied low cloud, heavy rain into afternoon. Mostly light wind.
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 20mph around dawn, soon 10mph or less, turning southerly into middle of day, then variable afternoon and mostly low speeds 5-10mph, odd gusts around showers. By evening north-northwesterly 10-15mph at times.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small.
How Wet?
Rain develops, heavy bursts set in from south
Pockets of drizzle, but a few hours in the morning largely dry, for longest N Pennines. Rain tends to develop from the south to become more frequent, setting in to be often raining widely into afternoon, heavier bursts with chance isolated thunder and lightning. Northern areas possibly escape drier. Showery rain onward into night.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive, most persistent south
Blanket cloud shrouds high terrain all day, and often to middle slopes or lower, extensive during heaviest rain. Only a brief window where bases rise in the morning, mainly in north, though any high tops will struggle to clear.
Chance of cloud free summits?
40% N Pennines early, lowering to 20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
A few early glimpses of sun mainly north will give way to overcast conditions, mostly poor visibility on high terrain and sometimes more widely.
How Cold? (at 700m)
12 or 13C, little change all day.
And in the valleys
11 or 12C at dawn, rising to 16C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Sunday 30th August 2026
Last updated
Fri 28th Aug 26 at
4:29PM
How windy? (On the summits)
South-southwesterly 10-25mph, increasing gusts to 30mph at times, speeds generally stronger afternoon.
Effect of the wind on you?
Often small in morning, but sudden strong gusts develop in showers, becoming more noticeably blustery.
How Wet?
Increasingly rainy, heavy bursts form
Drizzly spots of rain drift from the west from dawn, best chance of dry windows to the east early. Rain will increase in frequency and intensity with time, setting in more widely later, risk hail and thunder.
Cloud on the hills?
Breaking to or above summits for a time
Most high terrain begins shrouded, some varied lower banks, particularly west where locally into valleys where rain occurs. Bases will lift and break up somewhat, perhaps clearing the tops for a time, but banks always return in rain, and later more extensively.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Rising to 60%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patchy sunshine, very good visibility for a time, but later trending overcast, visibility deteriorating as rain arrives.
How Cold? (at 700m)
11C rising to 13C, warmest eastern fells. Feeling like 5C as wind increases.
And in the valleys
12C at dawn rising to 18 to 20C.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Monday 31st August 2026
Last updated
Fri 28th Aug 26 at
4:29PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly increasing 20-30mph, risk 40mph later in daytime.
Effect of the wind on you?
Blustery over fells, making walking uncomfortable on exposed high terrain, tending to worsen; feeling rather cool.
How Wet?
Rain on and off
Showery rain most frequent in western areas, becoming more widespread into middle of day, brief heavier moments passing eastwards, fading later from west.
Cloud on the hills?
Lowest morning, rising higher up
Varied cloud banks perhaps fairly widely to low elevations in west early in day. The base tending to rise to upper slopes through middle of day, some breaks form.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20% rising to 60%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Largely cloudy, rare glimpses of sun, then a brighter end to day in west. Visibility good away from showers.
How Cold? (at 700m)
9 or 10C, little change all day. Feeling near to freezing as wind increases.
And in the valleys
10C at dawn, rising to 17C afternoon.
Planning Outlook
A generally unsettled outlook through the extended weekend and into the start of September with frequent rain and strong winds. Areas of low pressure and frontal systems move in from the Atlantic. Dropping cooler, notably chilly over Scottish mountains into Tuesday, close to freezing point on highest summits with significant wind chill in strong westerlies. A brief window of better conditions into Wednesday soon deteriorates from the west as southwesterly winds strengthen, reaching gale force over the mountains frequently in the second half of the week. Heavy rain most prolonged in the west where increasingly wet underfoot. Likely staying unsettled into next weekend and the following week.