Southern Uplands
The Galloway hills eastward to the Lammermuir hills. The Cheviots (including higher hills within the adjacent Northumberland NP).
Today'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.
Patchy rain or drizzle
Rain on and off, or generally drizzly - total amounts small, but may be persistently damp, especially where hills are shrouded in cloud.
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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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.
Patchy rain or drizzle
Rain on and off, or generally drizzly - total amounts small, but may be persistently damp, especially where hills are shrouded in cloud.
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
Southern Uplands
Saturday 30th May 2026
Last updated
Fri 29th May 26 at
3:52PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Early patchy rain west Scotland, east hills dry and clear of cloud. Afternoon brings more substantial rain and cloud to west Scotland, spreading east with time; becoming blustery west too. Weak sun and clear hills England and Wales, mild-to-warm, notable breezes later for Eryri NP and Lakeland.
Headline for Southern Uplands
Dry hills through morning, patchy rain developing, later breezy
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 15mph at dawn, soon shifting southwesterly and more southerly in the west. Some local lighter wind for a time, but trending towards 15-20mph afternoon, and later mostly near 20-25mph over high tops, gusting 30mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small well into the day, but nuisance breeze increasingly over the tops, gusts affecting ease of walking as evening approaches.
How Wet?
Patchy rain moves in from west afternoon
A widely dry morning. From noon, a few spots of patchy rain may reach the Ayrshire slopes, then patchy rain increasingly spreading eastward through later afternoon. East Borders and Cheviots may not see any rain until evening.
Cloud on the hills?
Odd patches high western hills, mostly south aspects
Some patchy cloud banks near and west of the M74, mostly south slopes, other hills largely clear all day. As dusk approaches, a risk of cloud lowing onto west summits and spreading east into night.
Chance of cloud free summits?
90% during daylight
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patchy sunshine in the morning, best sun in the far east, trending towards more often cloudy through afternoon. Very good visibility.
How Cold? (at 750m)
9 or 10C, rising a degree, or more east, up to 13C Cheviots afternoon.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Sunday 31st May 2026
Last updated
Fri 29th May 26 at
3:52PM
How windy? (On the summits)
West-southwesterly 20-25mph, to 30mph over tops east of M74 just around dawn.
Effect of the wind on you?
Ease of walking becoming affected on the high tops in the morning, otherwise fairly small.
How Wet?
Showery rain
Scattered showers drift from the west, which may cluster into heavier showers for a few afternoon hours, with a risk of isolated thunder. This risk may linger on southern areas until later afternoon.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting above the tops, slow to lift west
Most hills covered from 600m up at dawn, some local breaks, best north and east, but also a thicker layer south Galloway, to 300-400m. Rising through morning to clear the summits; Merrick slower to clear.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Rising to 80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Bursts of sunshine increasingly breaking out between patchy cloud. Very good visibility away from showers.
How Cold? (at 750m)
8C rising to 10C; Cheviots likely a degree milder all day, and very little change Ayrshire hills.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Monday 1st June 2026
Last updated
Fri 29th May 26 at
3:52PM
How windy? (On the summits)
South-southwesterly 15-20mph, strengthening towards 25mph and briefly to 30mph high tops.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small to start, but increasingly moments of impeded walking in exposure with a chilly feel.
How Wet?
Patchy rain
Patchy rain drifting from the southwest most of the day, a few hours of more frequent and heavier spots likely. Later, some nuisance drizzle on high terrain between spots of rain.
Cloud on the hills?
Becoming fairly extensive
Variable banks above 600-700m in the morning, most in the west, and soon becoming more extensive from the west, bases as low as 300m south Galloway hills. Most high terrain in cloud by afternoon, few breaks, highest bases towards Central Belt.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Lowering to 30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Some early patchy sun in the east, trending overcast. Variable visibility, often very good but becoming poor in rain.
How Cold? (at 750m)
9 or 10C. Feeling just above freezing in direct wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Planning Outlook
Changeable southwesterlies prevail as the weekend transitions into next week. Sunday sees showers for west hill groups, more widely and sometimes heavy in Scotland. Monday brings more widespread rain and wind into England and Wales, showers continue in Scotland. An unsettled theme is expected during the first ten days of June. Frontal systems from the Atlantic bring periods of rain, wind, and low cloud. Wind speeds will vary, but reaching gale force on mountains for periods, England and Wales looking particularly vulnerable. A few brighter windows, but these brief and often interrupted by afternoon showers with a risk of local thunder. Sometimes chilly in Scotland when the wind turns northwesterly though staying above freezing to summits.