Southern Uplands
The Galloway hills eastward to the Lammermuir hills. The Cheviots (including higher hills within the adjacent Northumberland NP).
Sunday's Forecast
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Frequent or persistent rain
Steady rain fairly persistent, occasionally heavy, rather wet underfoot.
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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Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Frequent or persistent rain
Steady rain fairly persistent, occasionally heavy, rather wet underfoot.
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
Sunday 27th September 2026
Last updated
Sat 26th Sep 26 at
4:30PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Southerly winds up to gale-force on high terrain, including a swathe of particularly powerful winds and gusts moving across England & Wales during the day. Rain generally sets in from the west with some heavy falls, a band of more intense rain for a time. Cloud increasingly covering many hills.
Headline for Southern Uplands
Wind strengthens to powerful gusts, rain moves in heavier.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southerly 30-40mph, will vary, then strengthen, sudden increase to gusty 50mph afternoon. Into evening lessening from west, to west-southwesterly 25mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous much of the day in exposure, buffeting gusts more difficult over a few hours into afternoon; notable wind chill.
How Wet?
Rain develops, heavy bursts move east
A little drizzly rain Dumfries & Galloway to start. Rain becomes frequent west, spreading east with some heavy falls forming, persistent in west, a swathe of torrential rain passing east during afternoon, chance isolated thunder.
Cloud on the hills?
Little expected
A few early banks over high western tops, lifting above for several clear hours. Banks lower onto high terrain afternoon, first west, briefly extensive as low as 600-700m during heaviest rain, particularly south Galloway/M74 corridor.
Chance of cloud free summits?
70% lowering to 30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Mostly sunny morning to the north and east, cloud builds, becoming overcast. Very good visibility, deteriorating on high terrain.
How Cold? (at 750m)
8 to 10C, mildest east where may warm slightly further; notably cooling overnight. Feeling like 0C in strongest wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Monday 28th September 2026
Last updated
Sat 26th Sep 26 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 20mph, at times 25mph high tops in morning, tending to ease to 15mph during the afternoon.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small, but feeling breezy and rather cool on exposed higher areas in the morning.
How Wet?
Rare if any showers
Chance of an odd brief light shower on hills nearest the Solway in the morning.
Cloud on the hills?
Patches lift and clear
Some cloud banks in the morning mainly on south-facing slopes mainly in Dumfries & Galloway, plus local mist in some valleys around dawn inland. All lifting and dispersing for clear hills.
Chance of cloud free summits?
80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Fairly cloudy start in west, sunshine initially best toward north and east, then more sun develops widely with time. Visibility excellent.
How Cold? (at 750m)
5C rising to 9C. Feeling near or just below 0C in early wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits. Local pockets of slight frost at dawn in sheltered valleys.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Tuesday 29th September 2026
Last updated
Sat 26th Sep 26 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southeasterly 35 to 50mph, but risk rising to 60mph mainly Galloway hills, with turbulent gusts downslope to northwest.
Effect of the wind on you?
Challenging walking conditions on exposed terrain, but sudden buffeting also to some lower elevations.
How Wet?
Rain likely developing
Spots of rain from time to time, drizzly where in cloud, developing into pulses of rain spreading from the south, may become more constant falls on south-facing hills in Dumfries & Galloway.
Cloud on the hills?
Forming increasingly
Banks of cloud initially over southern hills developing fairly widely into blanket cloud covering most tops and to some lower elevations toward the Solway. Best of breaks remain toward the central belt.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Any early weak sun mainly in north giving way to cloudy and dull conditions, visibility becoming poor over many hills, hazy lower down.
How Cold? (at 750m)
8C rising to 13C, increasingly humid; then little change onward into night.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Planning Outlook
A changeable prospect during the week ahead. A better day on Monday as higher pressure expands in from the south, but showers and brisk winds continue toward northwest Scotland. Strong southeasterly winds by Tuesday, widely gales on mountains with turbulent downslope gusts toward the west; a risk of rain developing from the south during the day, becoming heavy later. Blustery south-southwesterlies into Wednesday and Thursday, showery in the west. Higher pressure tends to expand further north again into early October. Mostly mild temperatures.