Southern Uplands
The Galloway hills eastward to the Lammermuir hills. The Cheviots (including higher hills within the adjacent Northumberland NP).
Today's Forecast
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Sunshine and showers
A good amount of dry and bright weather, but scattered bursts of rain, some may be locally heavy.
Very warm
Warm conditions across the hills, rising above 17C on tops. Increasingly hot on lower terrain, reaching 25C+ in many valleys. Beware of dehydration.
Strong warm sunshine
High UV levels, feeling very warm when ascending, beware of dehydration and sunburn.
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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.
Sunshine and showers
A good amount of dry and bright weather, but scattered bursts of rain, some may be locally heavy.
Very warm
Warm conditions across the hills, rising above 17C on tops. Increasingly hot on lower terrain, reaching 25C+ in many valleys. Beware of dehydration.
Strong warm sunshine
High UV levels, feeling very warm when ascending, beware of dehydration and sunburn.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Monday 30th June 2025
Last updated
Sun 29th Jun 25 at
4:00PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Very warm and humid. Gale force southerly winds for NW Scotland at first will ease, but gusty winds strengthen elsewhere. As a front encroaches from the west across the Highlands, bursts of rain will merge into a swathe of more extensive heavy rain, possible thunder. Dry with sunshine for England and Wales, small risk local showers.
Headline for Southern Uplands
Increasingly windy. Very warm; low cloud near Solway in morning.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southerly 25 to 30mph, at times 35mph toward west, gusty in places; strengthening more widely afternoon, reaching 40mph at times high tops.
Effect of the wind on you?
Affecting comfortable walking, becoming strenuous for periods on higher terrain, especially in west, more widely later afternoon-evening.
How Wet?
Largely dry, low risk a thundery shower later
Some fine drizzle Solway hills if in cloud. Most or all day dry, but toward evening, chance of an isolated burst of rain forming, remote risk a brief local thunderstorm in east. By evening-night, rain encroaching in from the west.
Cloud on the hills?
Low cloud especially west in morning
Low cloud fairly extensive in the morning, most persistent western areas, slowly thinning and breaking, but fog may linger near Solway to lower slopes. Patches north and eastwards all clearing.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20% rising to 80% away from Solway
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sunshine and some thin high cloud, best in east and north of the region. Western areas misty in the morning at least, for longer near Solway.
How Cold? (at 750m)
14C where in cloud west, up to 18C further north and east; very humid. Likely to drop considerably into night, toward 8C in west.
Freezing Level
Above the summits
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Tuesday 1st July 2025
Last updated
Sun 29th Jun 25 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Direction variable 10 to 15mph or less.
Effect of the wind on you?
Small
How Wet?
Risk bursts of rain
Patchy rain from before dawn, but mostly dry in morning. Scattered slow-moving showers forming into afternoon, possible thundery bursts later.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting and mostly clearing
Variable cloud across the hills in the morning, briefly to some lower slopes, soon mostly confined higher up. Lifting to clear the tops, patches return in showers.
Chance of cloud free summits?
70%
Sunshine and air clarity?
A little sun breaking through. Visibility mostly excellent.
How Cold? (at 750m)
9 to 12C.
Freezing Level
Above the summits
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Wednesday 2nd July 2025
Last updated
Sun 29th Jun 25 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
West to northwesterly 10 to 15mph, occasional 20mph Galloway.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small
How Wet?
Risk local heavy showers later
Scattered showers forming mainly mid-late afternoon onward, local heavy bursts, greatest risk central-eastern areas toward evening, chance of isolated thunder.
Cloud on the hills?
Little if any
The hills clear most or all day. Any patches in morning soon lifting above tops. If showers form, cloud banks drifting over tops, local patches lower down.
Chance of cloud free summits?
80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patchwork of sun and cloud, may build and fill in afternoon. Visibility excellent.
How Cold? (at 750m)
8 to 11C.
Freezing Level
Above the summits
Planning Outlook
Cooler across Scotland by Monday night as a cold front advances eastwards. Risk of scattered thundery showers Tuesday-Wednesday, mostly eastern areas. High pressure then builds to the south, whilst a humid southwesterly returns to bring spells of rain and low cloud to western Scotland. The second week of July looks cooler for all with sunshine and showers.