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
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.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
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.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
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 9th August 2026
Last updated
Sat 8th Aug 26 at
2:00PM
Summary for all mountain areas
A cold front, bringing rain and low cloud will progress only slowly southeast into central Britain. To the north, drizzly showers and low cloud will affect western mountains (mainly NW Highlands) whilst to the south mostly sunny and very warm.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Windy; rain, mainly toward north and persistent low cloud.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 30 to at times 40mph on higher tops and some higher passes and cols. Ease markedly from north into northern Pennines only late in day.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous-to-arduous conditions; buffeting gusts and notable wind chill. Later conditions may ease markedly most likely only N Pennines.
How Wet?
Rain and drizzle on and off
N Pennines: Some dry periods but rain from time to time. Western Yorkshire dales north of Forest of Bowland: Total rain small, but rain and drizzle now and again. Elsewhere: Extensively dry, just the odd burst of rain.
Cloud on the hills?
Very extensive
Widespread fog from 200-300m up western Yorkshire dales north of Ingleton whilst further south low cloud may only form afternoon onwards. Higher cloud base N Pennines where most cloud above 500 or 600m. Eastern dales in Yorkshire often free of fog, although patches slowly forming later in day.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Varied across region; 20% but 80% southern and western Yorkshire dales
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast and often dull with poor visibility, although particularly morning patches of sunshine and very good visibility southern and eastern Yorkshire dales.
How Cold? (at 700m)
11 to 13C, warmest Yorks Dales, later trending towards the cooler end of the range.
And in the valleys
13C at dawn, rising to 16C, but 19 to 21C southern Yorkshire dales.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Monday 10th August 2026
Last updated
Sat 8th Aug 26 at
2:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Northwesterly 15-20mph, dropping to very low speeds by afternoon.
Effect of the wind on you?
Becoming negligible
How Wet?
Rain not expected
Cloud on the hills?
Clearing during morning
By mid morning, cloud rare below 900m; then very likely clearing.
Chance of cloud free summits?
80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Periods of sun - perhaps through areas of high level cloud. Excellent or increasingly superb visibility.
How Cold? (at 700m)
8C, rising to 14C.
And in the valleys
Will reach 18 to 20C by mid or late afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Tuesday 11th August 2026
Last updated
Sat 8th Aug 26 at
2:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southerly 10 or 15mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly negligible
How Wet?
Rain not expected
Cloud on the hills?
Very unlikely
Chance of cloud free summits?
90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
More or less unbroken sunshine. Excellent or superb visibility.
How Cold? (at 700m)
10C rising to 20C
And in the valleys
Rising to 25 to perhaps locally 28C by mid or late afternoon.
Planning Outlook
Extensively fine and warm until Wednesday. The almost completely dry and warm weather will then persist across England and Wales - although sometimes a little rain and low cloud toward Cumbria. Underfoot conditions will remain exceptionally dry. Scotland, especially the W& NW Highlands, will have intermittent rain and low cloud - although probably still one or two fairly brief dry periods.