Southern Uplands
The Galloway hills eastward to the Lammermuir hills. The Cheviots (including higher hills within the adjacent Northumberland NP).
Monday'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.
Dry and sunny
Extensive sunshine. The mountains free of cloud once any early mist patches disperse.
Clear
Excellent or superb visibility, no navigation issues.
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.
Strong warm sunshine
High UV levels, feeling very warm when ascending, beware of dehydration and sunburn.
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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.
Dry and sunny
Extensive sunshine. The mountains free of cloud once any early mist patches disperse.
Clear
Excellent or superb visibility, no navigation issues.
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.
Strong warm sunshine
High UV levels, feeling very warm when ascending, beware of dehydration and sunburn.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Monday 25th May 2026
Last updated
Sun 24th May 26 at
4:40PM
Summary for all mountain areas
High pressure brings another extensively sunny and unseasonably hot day for England and Wales, with valley temperatures from Peak District into Wales up to 30C in afternoon. Also very warm sunshine southern and eastern Scotland, but still blustery south-westerly with low cloud and patchy drizzly rain northwest Scotland.
Headline for Southern Uplands
Increasingly very warm sunshine with hills clear. Beware dehydration and sunburn.
How windy? (On the summits)
South-westerly 15 to 25mph, generally strongest in the morning when perhaps briefly touching 30mph over tops.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small, but marked buffeting some tops through the morning.
How Wet?
No rain expected
Cloud on the hills?
Patches in the west, soon clearing.
From dawn, some patches of banks covering some slopes at varying heights near and west of the M74. However, they will soon clear and disperse.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Lifting to 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sunshine breaking through widely. Visibility very good.
How Cold? (at 750m)
Lifting to 15 to 17C, humid
Freezing Level
Above the summits
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Tuesday 26th May 2026
Last updated
Sun 24th May 26 at
4:40PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 10mph, becoming variable in direction 5-10mph. Locally 15mph where any coastal sea breezes develop.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly negligible
How Wet?
No rain expected
Cloud on the hills?
Hills clear
Perhaps some early fragments of mist and low cloud, mainly around coastal hills in the west. Otherwise, hills clear.
Chance of cloud free summits?
90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Extensive sunshine. Visibility very good.
How Cold? (at 750m)
13 to 15C
Freezing Level
Well above the summits
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Wednesday 27th May 2026
Last updated
Sun 24th May 26 at
4:40PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southeasterly 5 to 10mph, lifting in afternoon to 15mph, but may increase at times to 25 to 30mph toward west coast.
Effect of the wind on you?
Small, but increasingly gusty toward west coast during the afternoon. Highest gusts not necessarily over tops.
How Wet?
Mostly dry
Risk of spots of drizzle where in low cloud, near and east of M74.
Cloud on the hills?
Low cloud, mainly east, dispersing.
Low cloud may have expanded fairly widely overnight to hills near and east of M74. May take a few hours to clear. Western hills likely clear all day.
Chance of cloud free summits?
90% west, 70% east.
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patchwork of sunshine, extensive western hills. Visibility good, but marked haze.
How Cold? (at 750m)
East 8 to 10C, lifting to 10 to 12C. West 11C lifting to 14C.
Freezing Level
Well above the summits
Planning Outlook
High pressure dominates this week with early patchy low cloud, mainly coastal hills dispersing to give widespread warm or very warm sunshine, still reaching into the high 20s on Tuesday Peak District into Wales with high humidity, which may spark off the odd thunderstorm, before peak daytime temperatures come down a little, when cooler for eastern hills. Chance of well scattered shower development from midweek as a gusty south-easterly develops for western hills. Pressure lowering next weekend into next week.