Southern Uplands
The Galloway hills eastward to the Lammermuir hills. The Cheviots (including higher hills within the adjacent Northumberland NP).
Monday's Forecast
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
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.
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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Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
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.
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
Southern Uplands
Monday 3rd August 2026
Last updated
Sun 2nd Aug 26 at
4:00PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Some rain drifts north across Scotland, with low cloud banks mostly on south-facing hill groups. A gusty east-southeasterly wind all day England & Wales, and strengthens with time across the Highlands. Humid with warm sun and thin high cloud for England & Wales, later risk of rain in west.
Headline for Southern Uplands
Gusty wind. Patchy and cloud rain mostly west.
How windy? (On the summits)
Easterly 20 to 25mph, sometimes a gusty 30-35mph in places.
Effect of the wind on you?
Blustery, affecting ease of walking on high terrain, sudden gusts (sometimes on lower slopes) making balance tricky.
How Wet?
Rain mostly west; heavy rain into night
A little patchy rain from dawn, tending to move away northward, but leaving patchy rain and drizzle over Dumfries & Galloway, some steadier rain southern hills. By evening, heavier rain develops from southwest, widely into the night.
Cloud on the hills?
Mostly southwestern hills
Cloud banks on some slopes at first, soon largely clearing. Cloud may remain more common over southern slopes toward the Solway, otherwise many hills clear for Borders, Cheviots and northward.
Chance of cloud free summits?
40% west, 70% elsewhere.
Sunshine and air clarity?
Largely cloudy, a veil of high cloud, local weak sun mainly east. Visibility good below cloud, reduced at times in rain.
How Cold? (at 750m)
10C, rising to 13C afternoon, humid. Feeling near to freezing directly in the stronger wind on tops.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Tuesday 4th August 2026
Last updated
Sun 2nd Aug 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Between east and southerly 15 or 20mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Small
How Wet?
Patches of rain and drizzle
Bands of rain will circulate within an area of low pressure, giving rain intermittently or frequently. An improvement to little or no rain from south through the day, but risk odd heavy showers.
Cloud on the hills?
Blanket of. or extensive fog across the hills
In morning, expect blanket of fog across higher ares, sometimes the cloud below 300m Borders. An improvement as cloud base lifts to 500 to 700m, possibly in places clearing higher summits.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
A little sunshine, most likely later in day. Hazy, and visibility poor in rain.
How Cold? (at 750m)
12C
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Wednesday 5th August 2026
Last updated
Sun 2nd Aug 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Speed and direction likely to vary considerably, a possible lull below 20mph, but risk W-SW'ly 30 locally 40mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Expect changing conditions, risk of walking becoming strenuous with considerable buffeting on the hills. Marked wind chill.
How Wet?
Frequent or persistent rain
Areas of showery rain, merging into more constant heavier falls, particularly western areas, risk of thundery downpours mixed in, extending eastward later.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive
Covering many higher slopes much of the day, lowest and most persistent west of the M74, ragged patches to lower slopes in rain. Breaks higher up more often east.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Glimpses of sun mostly in east in morning. Visibility poor during rain, but very good where dry.
How Cold? (at 750m)
10 to 12C, coolest in Galloway, little change all day. Feeling close to freezing in the stronger wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Planning Outlook
Low pressure circulates slowly over Britain into midweek bringing areas of rain and thundery showers widely, accompanied by brisk winds up to gale force for periods. Trending toward westerlies later in the week and next weekend, by then most rain and low cloud in western Scotland, but showery rain elsewhere at times. Generally fresh temperatures widely, often in mid-single figures over Scottish high tops. Despite falls of rain, beware of ongoing fire management restricting access to hills locally.