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.
Saturday'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.
Very warm
Warm conditions across the hills, rising above 15C on tops. Increasingly hot on lower terrain, reaching 25C+ in many valleys. Beware of dehydration.
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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.
Very warm
Warm conditions across the hills, rising above 15C on tops. Increasingly hot on lower terrain, reaching 25C+ in many valleys. Beware of dehydration.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Saturday 27th June 2026
Last updated
Fri 26th Jun 26 at
4:29PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Widely windy, afternoon gales across Scotland, possibly Lakeland and Snowdonia too. In Scotland, drizzle gives way to showery rain, setting in late in the day over western hills. Patchy rain England and Wales with dry windows and warm sunny moments, but a rising risk of showery bursts through afternoon, locally heavy.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Strengthening wind; dry morning, risk afternoon showers
How windy? (On the summits)
South-southwesterly, 25-30mph most of the day, always strongest N Pennines where may strengthen, peak gust speeds to 40mph over high tops later in the day.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous walking conditions most of the day, with a risk of more arduous walking in the North Pennines later in the day with considerable buffeting and stability challenges. Feeling cool.
How Wet?
Rising risk bursts of rain afternoon
Morning is substantially dry, some fine drizzle possible on high tops early. A risk of clusters of showers forming as afternoon goes, local heavy falls, but many fells may well stay entirely dry.
Cloud on the hills?
Varied early, mostly clearing the hills
Patchy cloud banks, risk more extensive in west early in day, but soon rising and breaking, some caps lingering on the highest tops for longer. Should rain occur, lowering and filling in again, low ragged patches.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Rising to 70%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Bursts of sun breaking out, perhaps extensive for a few hours, but patchy high cloud building as well as thin very high cloud. Some mistiness in morning. Visibility often good, but occasionally poor if rain occurs.
How Cold? (at 700m)
15 to 17C, slight rise afternoon, locally 19C or 20C eastern Yorks Dales NP. Still rather humid. Feeling cooler directly in wind.
And in the valleys
Humid 14 or 15C from dawn, rising to 23 to 25C by early afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Sunday 28th June 2026
Last updated
Fri 26th Jun 26 at
4:29PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 20-30mph, sometimes gusting 35mph over the highest tops.
Effect of the wind on you?
Walking often impeded on high exposed fells; may be locally fairly small.
How Wet?
Morning rain, little expected afternoon
Several bands of rain pass west-to-east through morning, brief heavy falls and dry windows. Breaking into scattered patchy rain afternoon, likely just west and amounting to little.
Cloud on the hills?
Rising above the fells afternoon
High tops in cloud much of the morning, a few breaks, but also filling in to middle slopes during heavier rain. Through afternoon, lifting to soon clear the summits.
Chance of cloud free summits?
40% rising to 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
A few bursts of morning sun, breaking to a patchwork of cloud and sun afternoon. Visibility becomes excellent.
How Cold? (at 700m)
11 to 13C, warmest Yorks Dales where may rise slightly, but finishing near 10C widely.
And in the valleys
14 or 15C at dawn, rising to 17 or 18C by early afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Monday 29th June 2026
Last updated
Fri 26th Jun 26 at
4:29PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 20-30mph at dawn, strongest N Pennines tops, easing and finishing near 10-15mph, some variability in direction.
Effect of the wind on you?
Blustery in exposure at dawn, momentarily strenuous high N Pennines, easing to small effects by evening.
How Wet?
Spotty rain, few showers, often dry
A few spots of light rain drift from the west from time to time, amounting to little and more often dry; perhaps more often damp Three Peaks to Tebay. Increased risk of showers for several later afternoon hours.
Cloud on the hills?
Little or none
Some patchy cloud on upper terrain around dawn, summits may start covered, but cloud soon lifts and breaks after dawn for cloud-free fells. Small risk an odd cloud patch returning to tops where a shower occurs.
Chance of cloud free summits?
90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
A patchwork of cloud and sunshine, some variable thin high cloud around. Very good visibility.
How Cold? (at 700m)
8C rising to 13 or 14C.
And in the valleys
10 or 11C at dawn, rising to 17 to 19C afternoon.
Planning Outlook
Cooler on Sunday as the weather pattern returns to an Atlantic influence. Bands of rain sweep eastward early Sunday, followed by fresher, sunnier weather with some patchy showers in the north and west. This westerly Atlantic pattern dominates next week: high pressure south and low pressure north will bring alternating periods of rain punctuated by bright sunshine. Wind generally on the strong side with mild to sometimes warm temperatures, though cooler and windier spells at times produce significant wind chill on Scottish tops. Day-to-day detail currently uncertain, but western hill groups from Lakeland northward will see the most cloud and patchy rain, while east and southern areas likely drier and sunnier. This pattern is indicated to continue into the following weekend.