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
Gale force, walking arduous
Considerable buffeting, walking into the wind will be strenuous on exposed terrain, stronger gusts may knock you off your feet. 40 to 55mph.
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.
Cool to mild
Air temperature 5 to 10C on higher terrain. Comfortable temperatures on lower terrain, but feeling chilly if exposed to wind higher up, especially if stationary. Pack extra layers.
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Gale force, walking arduous
Considerable buffeting, walking into the wind will be strenuous on exposed terrain, stronger gusts may knock you off your feet. 40 to 55mph.
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.
Cool to mild
Air temperature 5 to 10C on higher terrain. Comfortable temperatures on lower terrain, but feeling chilly if exposed to wind higher up, especially if stationary. Pack extra layers.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Saturday 19th September 2026
Last updated
Fri 18th Sep 26 at
4:00PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Challenging conditions over high terrain with gale-force winds extensive; feeling notably cold in exposure. Showery rain, most frequent western Scotland. Persistent rain for Wales tends to clear southward and the strongest winds will lessen here.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Windy, gales on high tops; showery rain on and off.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 35 to 50mph, strongest on higher North Pennines, briefly lessens slightly in afternoon.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous-to-arduous walking conditions, frequent buffeting on high exposed terrain. Considerable wind chill.
How Wet?
Showers
Showery rain most common over western Yorks Dales south of Tebay. Elsewhere a scattering of mostly brief showers in the wind.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting toward or above tops
Banks of cloud mostly higher and western tops in the morning, lifting mostly above 700-800m with breaks to many tops forming into middle of day and afternoon.
Chance of cloud free summits?
50% rising to 80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Glimpses of sun west, longer periods of sun eastern dales. Visibility good where dry, slight haze especially west, reduced in showers.
How Cold? (at 700m)
8 to 10C, trending slightly cooler later in the daytime. Feeling like 0 to -3C directly in the wind.
And in the valleys
12C at dawn, up to 16C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Sunday 20th September 2026
Last updated
Fri 18th Sep 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 40mph in morning, stronger gusts N Pennines; tending to lessen gradually to 25mph, slightly less later in day.
Effect of the wind on you?
Challenging conditions moderating, but still blustery and affecting comfortable walking on exposed tops. Marked wind chill.
How Wet?
Little or no rain
Local drizzly showers possible over western side of Dales and Pennines early in day, but mostly dry.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting above the tops
Patchy cloud grazing higher slopes above 700-800m in the morning. Lifting and clearing above most or all hills.
Chance of cloud free summits?
80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Broken cloud and sunshine; thin high cloud may thicken later. Visibility very good, early slight haze west.
How Cold? (at 700m)
7 or 8C, little change all day, then tending to rise onward into night. Feeling sub-zero in the stronger wind.
And in the valleys
11C at dawn, rising to 15C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Monday 21st September 2026
Last updated
Fri 18th Sep 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 25 to 40mph, strongest North Pennines, very gusty in places; speeds may ease a little during the day.
Effect of the wind on you?
Blustery, affecting ease of walking and balance in places, some buffeting gusts in places downslope toward the east.
How Wet?
Drizzle
Drizzle and some light rain mostly over western side of Pennines, amounts fairly small, but feeling widely damp where in cloud.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive
Blanket cloud shrouding the fells, foggy from mid-elevations upward much of the time, lower in morning western Dales. With time, bases rising, some breaks may form, more substantial eastern areas.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Glimpses of sun mostly, but locally eastern dales may develop more with time. Misty poor visibility many hills, but locally good below cloud in east.
How Cold? (at 700m)
12 to 14C, little change into night; quite humid, but still feeling near 5C if directly in wind.
And in the valleys
10C at dawn, rising to 18C afternoon.
Planning Outlook
Improving on Sunday as gale-force winds on Scottish mountains gradually lessen and showers become fewer. Warm and humid into early next week, on Monday extensive low cloud and drizzly rain particularly in the west. High pressure to the south will generally dominate the extended outlook particularly for England & Wales with more often drier and warmer conditions through late September into early October. Fine weather likely extends across Scotland for periods too, but a more changeable autumnal mix may continue especially further northwest with rain and stronger winds at times.