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
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.
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.
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
Saturday 15th August 2026
Last updated
Fri 14th Aug 26 at
4:30PM
Summary for all mountain areas
A fresh-to-strong westerly breeze across Scotland brings showery rain frequently to the northwest, cloud covering many western hills; fewer showers and higher cloud bases eastward. Moderate northwesterly breezes for England & Wales, cooler than recent days, early showers mostly fade with cloud lifting.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Moderate breeze lessens. Largely dry, cloud lifting above tops.
How windy? (On the summits)
Northwesterly 20mph in the morning, briefly 25mph from dawn with notable gusts over the tops. Typically 10-15mph afternoon.
Effect of the wind on you?
Breezy start and feeling cool in the morning, becoming mostly small.
How Wet?
Substantially dry
Rare local sprinkles drifting from the northwest early in day, fading. Remote chance a brief light shower afternoon, but more likely dry.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting above summits
Banks of cloud at varied heights early morning. Cloud lifts above 700-800m in morning, then above all summits by middle of day onward.
Chance of cloud free summits?
60% rising to 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patchy cloud and sun, best toward eastern dales in the morning. Very good visibility.
How Cold? (at 700m)
11C rising to 13 or 14C. Feeling like 5 to 7C directly in the wind in the morning.
And in the valleys
11C rising to 17 to 19C, warmest eastern Yorks Dales NP.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Sunday 16th August 2026
Last updated
Fri 14th Aug 26 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 10 to 20mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small.
How Wet?
A little rain on and off
Drizzle or light rain drifting from the west from time to time, generally light in nature with plenty of dry windows too; small risk of a heavier fall for a time.
Cloud on the hills?
Mostly high tops and around rain
A little patchy cloud here and there in the morning, this dissipating for clear hills, but some lowering cloud banks if rain occurs.
Chance of cloud free summits?
70%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Fairly cloudy, some sun mostly east. Very good visibility, reduced if in rain.
How Cold? (at 700m)
10 to 12C.
And in the valleys
9C rising to 17C.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Monday 17th August 2026
Last updated
Fri 14th Aug 26 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly, strengthening from 15mph in morning, toward 25-30mph later daytime, risk 40mph into night.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small, but starting to affect comfortable walking later in day, more challenging from dusk.
How Wet?
Patchy rain develops
Largely dry start, some spots of light rain develop from west during morning into middle of day. Some steadier rain and drizzle likely into afternoon in west, patchier east. Heavier falls of rain more likely into night.
Cloud on the hills?
Varying over high terrain, lowest west
Covering most higher fells in the morning, lowest bases in the west to 600m or lower. Some breaks forming for a few hours, best in east, but lowering widely in west later in daytime to blanket hills.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Some weak sun through high cloud, often overcast, cloudiest west. Very good visibility, reducing as rain develops in west.
How Cold? (at 700m)
10 to 13C. As wind increases, later feeling like 5C where exposed on tops.
And in the valleys
12C at dawn, rising to 19C afternoon.
Planning Outlook
Westerly weather patterns prevail into the new week bringing generally unsettled and cooler conditions - single-figure temperatures typical on the Munros and high tops elsewhere. On Monday, extensive rain spreads across Scotland, heaviest in the west. Winds strengthen, risk reaching gale force on many hills later on Monday, staying blustery widely into midweek. Rain extends south over England and Wales by Monday night into early Tuesday. The rest of the week likely sees showery rain common for all areas as low pressure dominates toward the north, the rain most persistent in western Scotland, but odd heavier bursts passing eastward, with a chance of thunder, especially later in week.