Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
The entire Yorkshire Dales National Park and North Pennines AONB, including the Three Peaks and Cross Fell, plus Howgills, also south to Forest of Bowland.
Sunday'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.
Patchwork of cloud and sun
Dry most or all day. A mix of cloud and sunshine. Occasional cloud banks drifting over higher slopes, lifting above the tops.
Hazy, some fog banks
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Distant views reduced by haze, locally foggy for a time in valleys and some hill slopes.
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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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.
Patchwork of cloud and sun
Dry most or all day. A mix of cloud and sunshine. Occasional cloud banks drifting over higher slopes, lifting above the tops.
Hazy, some fog banks
Distant views reduced by haze, locally foggy for a time in valleys and some hill slopes.
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
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Sunday 12th July 2026
Last updated
Sat 11th Jul 26 at
4:00PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Cloud shrouds many hills in Scotland and NE England in the morning, more broken westwards; slowly tending to thin to leave patchier cloud on higher tops mainly eastern Scotland by afternoon. A notably strong gusty easterly wind for England & Wales, but mostly sunny. Warm for Wales & Peak District.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Breezy, strong gusts. Cloud lifts, increasingly sunny.
How windy? (On the summits)
Easterly 15 to 25mph. Strongest early, when notable gusts over tops and downslope approach 30-35mph south.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small, but quite gusty early when buffeting affects stability not just on high terrain.
How Wet?
No rain expected
Small chance of a fine drizzle northeast hills at first, but a generally dry day.
Cloud on the hills?
Mostly northeast hills early, patchy elsewhere, all clearing
A layer of fog shrouds many east fells from 500-600m up in the morning, particularly NE Pennines; some western tops capped by cloud, but adjacent western valleys with little cloud. Fog lifts and breaks for clear fells, slowest to clear east N Pennines.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20% northeast, 50% south and west early in day; rising all areas to 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast and foggy mainly northeastern hills at dawn, patchy sun in west and south; cloud gradually breaking for widespread afternoon sun with good visibility. High UV, beware sunburn.
How Cold? (at 700m)
10 to 12C in morning, rising to 13 to 16C, warmest western Yorks Dales. Feeling like 3 to 5C directly in the wind.
And in the valleys
11 to 13C at dawn, coolest east N Pennines; rising to 19C eastern N Pennines, to 23C western dales.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Monday 13th July 2026
Last updated
Sat 11th Jul 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Easterly 10-20mph, strongest in the south. Notable gusts over tops, pushing downslope in the early hours.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small, some nuisance gusts over tops.
How Wet?
No rain expected
Cloud on the hills?
Soon breaking off most or all fells
At dawn, sea fog drifts across eastern N Pennines fairly widely; less reaching western high tops, which may be above cloud layer. Yorks Dales may see only patchy banks to the east. Cloud soon begins to lift and burn back for clear fells.
Chance of cloud free summits?
90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sun increasingly extensive as early low cloud breaks; may stay patchier eastern N Pennines for a time. Very good visibility.
How Cold? (at 700m)
9C at dawn rising to 16C.
And in the valleys
9 or 10C at dawn, rising to 20 to 23C; coolest eastern N Pennines, warmest south of Tebay.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Tuesday 14th July 2026
Last updated
Sat 11th Jul 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Easterly 15 to 25mph, local gusts 30mph around some upper slopes, strongest speeds not necessarily on summits.
Effect of the wind on you?
Breezy over the fells, in places gustiness may start to affect comfortable walking, feeling cooler where exposed.
How Wet?
No rain expected
Chance of fine drizzle where in fog on eastern hills early in the day.
Cloud on the hills?
Low cloud mostly east dispersing
A sheet of low cloud from dawn, possibly fog to lower elevations around eastern dales. Patchier cloud banks roll across hills toward west, here soon dispersing, and widely clearing by middle of day.
Chance of cloud free summits?
50% rising above 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sun mostly western areas early in the day, but breaking through more widely as early fog clears, visibility then very good.
How Cold? (at 700m)
9 to 12C from dawn, coolest where in cloud over hills, rising to 15 to 17C, warmest western areas.
And in the valleys
11C at dawn, rising to 22 to 24C afternoon, warmest in western dales.
Planning Outlook
A fine week of summer weather - warm and dry with pleasantly warm temperatures and often plenty of sunshine. High pressure north of the country keeps the skies mostly clear, some low-level cloud rolling inland from the North Sea at times. A prevailing easterly flow, pushing the warmest temperatures to western hill groups, valley temperatures often 25C, or warmer for Wales and Peak District, at times 30C. A fairly sustained breeze most of the week in England and Wales, at times stronger and quite gusty. Notably dry ground conditions, beware very high fire risk. Later in the week, an increasing risk of thundery showers forming, with a cooling trend into the weekend 18-19th.