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.
Thursday'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.
Chilly
Air temperature typically 0 to 5C on higher summits. Feeling distinctly chilly on tops when stationary or where exposed to wind. Take appropriate 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.
Chilly
Air temperature typically 0 to 5C on higher summits. Feeling distinctly chilly on tops when stationary or where exposed to wind. Take appropriate layers.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Thursday 9th April 2026
Last updated
Wed 8th Apr 26 at
4:04PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Rain passes east through Scotland from dawn, followed by colder air and heavy showers with snow on high terrain. The rain passes northwest parts of England and Wales through morning, reaching the Pennines and south Wales midday, clearing east for afternoon showers. Blustery, strong gusts around showers.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Rain sets in, later breaks into showers; breezy, gusty
How windy? (On the summits)
At dawn, southwesterly 15-30mph, strongest N Pennines, soon shifting westerly and settling near to 20-30mph. As dusk approaches, becoming gusty and stronger winds approaching 35mph, to 40mph over the summits into night.
Effect of the wind on you?
Walking increasingly strenuous with notable wind chill in exposure, buffeting gusts over high tops affecting stability, becoming more challenging later.
How Wet?
Rain sets in for several hours, trending showery later.
Early drizzly rain around Tebay and Cross Fell. As midday approaches, rain sets in from the west, persistent for several hours and at times times heavy. Trending showery later in the day, some snowflakes falling onto summits.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive morning, largely clearing summits afternoon
Fairly extensive over high terrain through the morning, brief higher breaks in Yorks Dales NP but soon widely shrouded 500m and up. Cloud base lifts afternoon, mostly above 700-800m, then breaking above the fells as showers come, only occasionally grazing the high tops during showers.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30% morning, rising to 80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Cloudy much of the morning, visibility poor during rain. Sunshine increasingly breaking out afternoon with very good visibility, though deteriorating suddenly where showers come and go.
How Cold? (at 700m)
6 or 7C from dawn, cooling, most significantly in the afternoon, to 1 or 2C around dusk, coolest in the N Pennines. Feeling as cold as -10C in strongest wind.
And in the valleys
7 or 8C at dawn, rising slightly through morning, locally to 10C, but then sharply cooling afternoon, returning to 4 or 5C by evening.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Friday 10th April 2026
Last updated
Wed 8th Apr 26 at
4:04PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 10-15mph at dawn, slowly shifting southerly and strengthening, most afternoon, to 35-45mph by dusk.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small at dawn, but walking increasingly impeded, arduous conditions with significant wind chill by dusk.
How Wet?
Little or no rain
Some spots of rain may affect the fells in the afternoon, greatest chance on western fells, but most hills dry all day.
Cloud on the hills?
Little or none
At dawn, some patchy fog here and there, perhaps more substantial fog banks from Ingleton to Tebay. Cloud soon lifts and dissipates after dawn for cloud-free fells.
Chance of cloud free summits?
90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Weak sunshine through high cloud, some brighter moments but trending cloudier. Good visibility.
How Cold? (at 700m)
0C rising to +3C. Later, feeling like -8 to -12C in wind.
And in the valleys
Local frosts in the western N Pennines, locally 2C eastern Yorks Dales. Rising to 6 or 7C.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Saturday 11th April 2026
Last updated
Wed 8th Apr 26 at
4:04PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 20-25mph, shifting southerly later in the day and strengthening, 30-40mph by dusk.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small but blustery in exposure, later becoming strenuous as evening approaches.
How Wet?
Scattered showers, easing
Rain from dawn, snow from about 500m upward, soon trending patchy and breaking into scattered showers. The showers will ease through afternoon, a dry window likely into evening.
Cloud on the hills?
Early cloud clearing summits through morning
May be fairly extensive at dawn with banks to some lower slopes. Bases lifting to high terrain through morning, likely N Pennines first, beginning to break off the summits around midday, for largely clear summits afternoon.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30% rising to 80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Bursts of sun breaking out, increasingly extensive into later afternoon. Visibility soon very good, briefly deteriorating in showers.
How Cold? (at 700m)
+1C rising to 3C.
And in the valleys
3 or 4C at dawn, rising to 7C.
Planning Outlook
An unsettled weekend with rain, showers, and wind temperatures, though a few bright spells will break out. Variable weather regimes next week: Atlantic west-southwesterly winds likely dominant, with low pressure to the northwest of the country, brining cloud, rain, and mild temperatures, often followed by sun, showers, and cooler temperatures; rain will be increasingly common to the high Munros, but the snowfall level will lower too during periods of cooler weather, and perhaps to high Lakeland fells, though any snow unlikely to accumulate here. In the longer term, indications of high pressure increasingly building, brining drier and brighter conditions with mild days to England and Wales and occasionally Scotland too, though the risk remains of occasional rain and cooler temperatures.