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.
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.
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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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.
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.
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
Saturday 16th May 2026
Last updated
Fri 15th May 26 at
4:28PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Chilly but fine with light winds much of the day for the Highlands. Increasing wind, rain and lowering cloud encroaches onto western coasts later in daytime. Southwesterly breezes elsewhere, largely dry until late for northern England, but rain, drizzle and low cloud moves into Wales sooner, more blustery later.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Mostly dry, clear hills; increasing breeze, rain into evening.
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 10-15mph, increasing gradually to southwesterly 15-20mph, later in day 20-25mph; turning westerly again into night, by then 30mph for a time.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small, but starting to feeling more noticeably breezy later.
How Wet?
Largely dry; rain later, persistent into evening west
Chance of one or two brief showers passing eastwards during day, otherwise largely dry. Toward evening, patchy rain moving onto western hills, more widely by dusk into night, some steadier or heavier rain develops for a time on western hills.
Cloud on the hills?
Little if any until later
Rare patchy cloud briefly on western tops in morning, otherwise clear. Later in day, cloud banks form on western tops as rain develops, filling in with time.
Chance of cloud free summits?
90% dropping to 50% by evening
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sunshine best early in day in east, high cloud tends to thicken from west to cover the sky. Visibility excellent.
How Cold? (at 700m)
1C rising to 6C afternoon. Feeling later like -3C where exposed to increasing wind.
And in the valleys
Frost in many valleys at dawn. Rising to 12C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Sunday 17th May 2026
Last updated
Fri 15th May 26 at
4:28PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 20 to 25mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small, but may feel more blustery in places on high tops with noticeable wind chill.
How Wet?
Showers develop
A little rain western dales early morning, then odd showers form by late morning, increasing risk of heavier showers into afternoon, moving eastward. Risk of hail & thunder.
Cloud on the hills?
Occasional patches on tops
Patchy cloud around some higher slopes in the morning, lifting mostly above tops. Some patches return onto tops around showers. Clearing from west later.
Chance of cloud free summits?
70%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Occasional sun mostly in east in morning, giving way to building cloud; late in day areas near Ingleton may become sunnier. Visibility very good, but reduced in showers.
How Cold? (at 700m)
3C rising to 6 or 7C. Wind chill feeling like -2 to -4C on high tops.
And in the valleys
5C at dawn, rising to 12C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Monday 18th May 2026
Last updated
Fri 15th May 26 at
4:28PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southerly 10-15mph, or less in morning, tending to rise later in day to 20mph, later gusty 25-30mph+ dusk into night.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small much of day, but risk increasingly blustery into evening and worsening onward into night.
How Wet?
Localised heavy showers move east
Patchy rain mostly in west in morning, odd showery bursts forming, risk locally heavier middle of day for a few hours, then most moving away eastward later afternoon. Into night, rain encroaches in from west.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting and clearing with time
Varied cloud banks around hills in morning, particularly western Yorks Dales. Lifting to upper slopes or above into middle of day, ragged patches locally in showers. Increasingly clearing afternoon.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30% rising to 80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Variable cloud, glimpses of sun, becoming locally sunnier in western areas later afternoon; high cloud tending to build. Visibility very good.
How Cold? (at 700m)
3C rising to 7C.
And in the valleys
5C at dawn, rising to 13C afternoon.
Planning Outlook
A mixed but milder outlook. Showery bursts of rain Sunday and Monday, passing eastwards during the daytimes, generally improving afternoons in western areas. By later Monday, strengthening southerly winds and rain moving into Wales from the southwest. Damp south-southwesterlies then prevail for a few days next week, with rain at times Tuesday and Wednesday, most on western hills, particularly Scotland. A drier and much warmer theme later in the week as higher pressure builds.