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.
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.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
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.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
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
Monday 19th October 2026
Last updated
Sun 18th Oct 26 at
4:00PM
Summary for all mountain areas
A fine but chilly day for the Highlands with sunshine, but cloud will roll in from the southeast to increasingly cover hills in southern areas in the afternoon. Cloudier all day for northern England with a little rain, strong and gusty easterly winds. Early rain in Wales clears, low cloud tending to break with time.
Headline for Southern Uplands
Lowest cloud east, small amounts of rain. Gusty wind.
How windy? (On the summits)
East-southeasterly 20 to 25mph, speed tending to rise during day to 30mph, soonest Cheviots and quite gusty around some higher slopes.
Effect of the wind on you?
Rather blustery, starting to affect comfortable walking on some exposed slopes and feeling chilly.
How Wet?
Some drizzle, light rain mostly east
Light rain and drizzle mostly toward Borders and Cheviots, fairly persistent over a few hours into the afternoon. Patchier toward the M74, largely dry further westwards.
Cloud on the hills?
Most persistent east, occasional breaks west
A sheet of cloud affects many hills above 600-700m, most persistent in the east, some lower banks. Patchier westwards with some local breaks but most tops increasingly often covered all day.
Chance of cloud free summits?
10% east, 30% west.
Sunshine and air clarity?
Largely cloudy, though a little sun may break through in western areas where visibility often good, but reduced where damp.
How Cold? (at 750m)
6 or 7C, little change all day. Feeling like -5C in the wind.
Freezing Level
Frost in some valleys early morning, mainly western areas. Otherwise above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Tuesday 20th October 2026
Last updated
Sun 18th Oct 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southeasterly 20 to 30mph, gusty in places around some high tops.
Effect of the wind on you?
Starting to affect ease of walking on exposed terrain with marked wind chill.
How Wet?
Rain and drizzle
Generally damp all day, some steadier light rain for periods, becoming more persistent rain with time, some heavier falls afternoon onward southern Dumfries & Galloway.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive
Low cloud blanketing most hills in fog from lower elevations upward. Local higher bases and some breaks above 600m toward north of the region.
Chance of cloud free summits?
10%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast, dull and misty from many lower slopes upward.
How Cold? (at 750m)
5 to 7C, little change all day. Feeling like 0 to -3C in the wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Wednesday 21st October 2026
Last updated
Sun 18th Oct 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Variable low speeds 10-15mph or less, becoming westerly 20-30mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small, but becoming more blustery and feeling chilly if exposed on high terrain.
How Wet?
Rain may persist west
Highly uncertain as areas of rain move around slowly, but risk fairly persistent with some heavier falls in Dumfries & Galloway. Chance of lingering rain also Cheviots.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive higher areas
Often capping higher tops above 700-800m, or forming lower toward southwest in rain. Local breaks mainly northward.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Largely cloudy. Visibility good if dry below cloud, but reduced in rain.
How Cold? (at 750m)
4 or 5C, little change all day. Feeling nearer -5C if exposed to wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Planning Outlook
A complex weather setup into midweek with slow-moving fronts bringing areas of rain and fairly extensive low cloud over the hills, varied wind speeds. Thursday may offer a window of drier weather and light winds, but by Thursday night into Friday a storm system likely moves across England & Wales with heavy rain and gales, possibly turning to snow on higher mountains. Scotland may avoid this system and just see showers mostly in the west for Friday, wintry on tops. Another Atlantic storm is then forecast to track further north over the weekend bringing widespread severe gales to high terrain, heavy rain then showery westerlies. Generally unsettled weather likely prevails to the end of October.