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.
Monday'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.
Clear
Excellent or superb visibility, no navigation issues.
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.
Strong warm sunshine
High UV levels, feeling very warm when ascending, beware of dehydration and sunburn.
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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.
Clear
Excellent or superb visibility, no navigation issues.
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.
Strong warm sunshine
High UV levels, feeling very warm when ascending, beware of dehydration and sunburn.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Monday 13th July 2026
Last updated
Sun 12th Jul 26 at
4:00PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Varied banks of cloud around hills in Scotland and Pennines early in the day, but increasingly dispersing during the morning to leave most or all hills clear. Strong sunshine, pleasant temperatures, warmest in western areas. Mostly light wind for the Highlands, gusty easterly further south. Very warm for Wales.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Patchy cloud in east clears, warm sunshine, gusty breeze.
How windy? (On the summits)
Easterly 10-20mph, strongest in the south. Notable gusts over tops, pushing downslope early morning 25mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small, some nuisance gusts over tops.
How Wet?
No rain expected
Cloud on the hills?
Soon breaking off most or all fells
At dawn, low cloud affects eastern Pennine slopes, mostly northeast areas; less reaching western high tops, highest tops may be above the cloud layer. Yorks Dales only patchy banks to the east. Cloud soon begins to lift and burn back for clear fells.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Soon above 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sun increasingly extensive as early low cloud in east breaks. Very good visibility. High UV, beware sunburn.
How Cold? (at 700m)
9C at dawn rising to 14 to 16C, warmest Three Peaks area.
And in the valleys
9 or 10C at dawn, rising to 21 to 24C; coolest eastern N Pennines, warmest south of Tebay.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Tuesday 14th July 2026
Last updated
Sun 12th Jul 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Easterly 15 to 25mph, local gusts 30mph around some upper slopes, strongest speeds not necessarily on summits.
Effect of the wind on you?
Breezy over the fells, in places gustiness may start to affect comfortable walking, feeling cooler where exposed.
How Wet?
No rain expected
Chance of fine drizzle where in fog on eastern hills early in the day.
Cloud on the hills?
Low cloud mostly east dispersing
Banks of low cloud from dawn mostly over northeastern Pennines above 400-500m. Patchier cloud banks roll across hills toward west, here soon dispersing, and widely clearing during morning.
Chance of cloud free summits?
60% rising above 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sun mostly western areas early in the day, but breaking through more widely as early fog clears, visibility then very good.
How Cold? (at 700m)
10 to 13C from dawn, coolest where in cloud over hills, rising to 15 to 17C, warmest western areas.
And in the valleys
11C at dawn, rising to 22 to 26C afternoon, warmest in southwestern dales.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Wednesday 15th July 2026
Last updated
Sun 12th Jul 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Easterly 15 to 20mph, some gusty spots 25mph, not just on the highest terrain, local 30mph possible west of Cross Fell area.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small, but feeling breezier in places around higher fells, some more notable gusts toward Vale of Eden in morning.
How Wet?
No rain expected
Cloud on the hills?
Early patchy cloud clears
From dawn, fog and low cloud most extensive over eastern side of Pennines to lower elevations, some banks rolling over higher slopes toward west for a time. Thinning during morning to be then clear.
Chance of cloud free summits?
50% rising above 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sunshine all day west, increasingly all areas by mid-late morning. Early mist in east, some low-level haze, otherwise visibility very good on hills.
How Cold? (at 700m)
14C or warmer on high tops (warmer than valleys), rising to 16 to 18C, warmest west.
And in the valleys
12C at dawn, rising to 24 to 26C afternoon, warmest southwestern dales.
Planning Outlook
A fine week of summer weather - warm and dry with pleasantly warm temperatures and often plenty of sunshine. High pressure keeps the skies mostly clear, some low-level cloud rolling inland from the North Sea at times. A prevailing easterly flow, pushing the warmest temperatures for western hill groups, valley temperatures often 25C, or warmer for Wales and Peak District, at times 30C. A fairly sustained breeze most of the week in England and Wales, at times stronger and quite gusty. Notably dry ground conditions, beware very high fire risk. A cooling trend toward the weekend as north-northeasterly winds develop, a few showers possible, but a dry theme likely into early next week.