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
Light wind, negligible impact
Little wind or walking hardly affected by the wind, but feeling chilly if exposed on tops. 10-15mph or less.
Dry and sunny
Extensive sunshine. The mountains free of cloud once any early mist patches disperse.
Clear
Excellent or superb visibility, no navigation issues.
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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Light wind, negligible impact
Little wind or walking hardly affected by the wind, but feeling chilly if exposed on tops. 10-15mph or less.
Dry and sunny
Extensive sunshine. The mountains free of cloud once any early mist patches disperse.
Clear
Excellent or superb visibility, no navigation issues.
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 2nd April 2026
Last updated
Wed 1st Apr 26 at
4:14PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Patchy cloud lingering on upper hills at dawn, clearing for several hours of sunshine and light wind. Wind begins strengthening from the west in Scotland, high cloud builds, with rain and snow arriving and spreading into central Scotland by evening. England and Wales stay dry, small increase in wind and high cloud later.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Mostly sunny with generally light wind
How windy? (On the summits)
Variable: northerly 10-20 mph early, soon easing to variable 10mph or less several hours, reorienting southwesterly later afternoon and restrengthening, speeds approaching 25mph over high tops.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small, some nuisance wind on exposed terrain early and late in the day.
How Wet?
No precipitation expected
Cloud on the hills?
Patchy early fog soon clears for cloud-free fells
Patchy cloud clinging to some higher fells in the morning, tending to lift and drift away, the fells clear for much of the day, but with a risk of occasional banks of cloud drifting over the Three Peaks summits.
Chance of cloud free summits?
90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Mostly sunny, some local cloud patches drifting around from time to time. Very good visibility.
How Cold? (at 700m)
-1C at dawn, lifting to +2 or 3C.
And in the valleys
0 or +1C at dawn, greatest chance of frosts in N Pennines, though some in Yorks Dales NP too. Lifting to 6 or 7C, locally 8C eastern Yorks Dales.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Friday 3rd April 2026
Last updated
Wed 1st Apr 26 at
4:14PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 30-40mph, powerful gusts, including downslope to the east; stronger early and late, up to 50mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Conditions often arduous in exposure, feeling chilly despite mild temperatures, mobility may become challenging later.
How Wet?
Periods of rain
Rain will come and go across the fells, generally patchy in nature, though may set in for periods on western fells with heavy bursts. A few drier windows may appear here and there.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive, some breaks
During periods of rain, cloud will shroud the fells widely to middle slopes, down to lower slopes on western aspects. Breaks up towards 700m towards Teesdale during cessations in the rain, and some chance of higher breaks for a few hours.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Often overcast, but a few brighter windows with glimpses of sun are possible. Mixed visibility, often poor in rain (particularly west), but occasionally good.
How Cold? (at 700m)
3 or 4C early, rising slightly though substantial variability, up to 7C south. Feeling as cold as -10C in strongest wind.
And in the valleys
2 or 3C at dawn, lifting up to 11 or 12C.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Saturday 4th April 2026
Last updated
Wed 1st Apr 26 at
4:14PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Soon southerly, briefly below 20mph early in day, but rapid increase to 40-50mph afternoon, later 60-70mph+ higher fells.
Effect of the wind on you?
Small early in day, but likely deteriorating during daytime - walking challenging then later any mobility increasingly difficult.
How Wet?
Rain setting in
Likely dry start, perhaps for a few hours in morning, but patchy rain developing to become increasingly persistent for a time, then leaving drizzly conditions at least over more western areas. Further heavy rain likely later, may be evening.
Cloud on the hills?
Lowering, particularly west
Patchy cloud around some slopes mainly in west in the morning, many fells clear for a time. Increasingly lowering across the fells as rain develops, filling in lowest for western areas up to Tebay.
Chance of cloud free summits?
60% dropping to 20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Any weak early sun soon giving way to overcast skies. Visibility starts very good, then reducing to be poor.
How Cold? (at 700m)
-1C at first, rising to +4C afternoon, then dropping to again into night to 0C. Feeling like -10C or below as wind strengthens.
And in the valleys
Slight frost some valleys up to dawn, rising to 13C afternoon.
Planning Outlook
Atlantic weather patterns and generally westerly wind will be dominant in the foreseeable future. The weekend ahead is increasingly unsettled, widespread gales on Easter with storm-force wind in Scotland, cooler temperatures, and showers west. Into next week, temperature and wind will be variable, periods of gales and possibly often cold over the mountains with snow and hail showers at times to lower elevations at least in Scotland, sometimes more widely. Precipitation generally most frequent west and northwest, though bands of heavy rain will sweep east at times. Some brief windows of drier and brighter conditions, as well as milder days in England and Wales, occasionally milder Scotland too, but soon followed by more Atlantic low pressure systems.