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.
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.
Sunshine and showers
A good amount of dry and bright weather, but scattered bursts of rain, some may be locally heavy.
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
Wednesday 30th September 2026
Last updated
Tue 29th Sep 26 at
4:15PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Heavy rain sweeps northeast across England and Scotland through morning: persistent falls, locally torrential with risk thunder, particularly west Scotland early hours. Rain soon clears Wales, more widely by midday, bright skies follow, trending cooler and showers developing. Widely windy, gales in Scotland.
Headline for Southern Uplands
Early gales and heavy rain; showers and sun afternoon
How windy? (On the summits)
Southerly 30 to 40mph, most of the day typically strongest in Galloway. A stronger start in the early hours, sustained 45-50mph widely over tops with powerful gusts approaching 60mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous walking in exposure most of the day with wind chill, particularly west. More arduous in the early hours with strongest gusts knocking you off balance.
How Wet?
Heavy morning rain, showers forming afternoon
A band of heavy rain moves northeastward across the region during the morning, rapidly breaking for a dry window, followed by showers from the southwest, increasingly spreading eastward later afternoon.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting to tops, increasingly clear tops east
Extensive cloud over the hills in early rain, then rapidly breaking, lifting and clearing toward upper slopes, though patches will linger, most persistent hills near to Solway. Hills east of M74 will increasingly clear cloud.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Rising to 50%, to 80% east hills
Sunshine and air clarity?
Intermittent sun breaking through, though more often cloudy south Galloway and near Solway. Poor visibility in early rain, then improving, but south coastal areas stay fairly hazy.
How Cold? (at 750m)
Humid 13 to 15C from dawn, dropping from the west, finishing at a fresher 10C. Feeling near/below freezing in the wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Thursday 1st October 2026
Last updated
Tue 29th Sep 26 at
4:15PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 15-25mph, trending towards higher speeds, finishing near 30mph, further strengthening overnight.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small, but becoming blustery on high terrain later, particularly west of the M74.
How Wet?
Scattered showers
Showers here and there, drifting from the southwest, most frequent with some heavy bursts early hours in the west. A trend towards fewer, lighter showers as the day goes.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting to clear most summits
Fairly extensive above 700m in the morning. Cloud soon begins lifting, breaking up north of high tops, to just rare patches grazing high west tops. East Borders and further east stay largely clear, just a few early patches where sheltered.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Rising to 80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patchy sun, extended sunny windows forming. Very good visibility, a little haze to the west.
How Cold? (at 750m)
8C, rising a degree Borders and Lothians. Later, feeling near 0C in direct wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Friday 2nd October 2026
Last updated
Tue 29th Sep 26 at
4:15PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 25-35mph, will vary somewhat, and perhaps stronger just in the morning.
Effect of the wind on you?
Blustery all day, more strenuous moments in buffeting gusts with wind chill.
How Wet?
Rain most of the day
Rain rarely ceases over western hills, sustained heavy falls come and go from the Moffat hills westward. A few drier windows possible east of the Borders, but likely only brief.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive, some variability
Hills near and west of the M74 likely shrouded above at least 500m all day, often lower south Galloway, persistent patches in valleys during rain. Some higher breaks may approach 600-700m east and north when rain breaks, but will return lower too.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
A few bright glimpses possible but more likely overcast, dull in the west. Poor visibility.
How Cold? (at 750m)
8 or 9C. Feeling like 0 to 2C in direct wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Planning Outlook
Fresher, blustery south-southwesterlies from overnight Wednesday persist on Thursday: showery in the west early but trending drier and brighter widely. A new frontal system approaches late Thursday and overnight, then Friday will be a wetter day again; rain quite frequent with extensive cloud for many and quite blustery. On Saturday, higher pressure begins expanding from the south, increasingly settling the weather in England and Wales; temperatures generally mild, some cool nights when skies are clear, also sometimes feeling humid. The following week remains mixed, some settled windows in England and Wales with bright breaks east, but more often windy, particularly Scotland with periods of rain, the wind and rain expanding more widely at times.