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.
Friday'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.
Thunderstorms
Bursts of rain, torrential downpours with hail, risk of thunder and lightning. Seek shelter where possible.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
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.
Flooding
Fast-flowing rivers and streams. Some routes may be impassable due to flooding.
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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.
Thunderstorms
Bursts of rain, torrential downpours with hail, risk of thunder and lightning. Seek shelter where possible.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
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.
Flooding
Fast-flowing rivers and streams. Some routes may be impassable due to flooding.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Friday 28th August 2026
Last updated
Thu 27th Aug 26 at
4:30PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Frequent rain for England and Wales well into the day, clustering into heavy falls and local thunderstorms; poor visibility on many tops and some fast flowing streams. Easing to lighter showers later. Rain and drizzle over north and notably east Scotland, best of clear hills west highlands. Widely warm and humid.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Frequent thundery rain, later easing; poor visibility
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly, some variability, 10-20mph. Gradually strengthening, strongest gusts approach 30mph or higher Yorks Dales NP later.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small, but quite gusty around showers/thunderstorms. Becoming quite blustery in exposure late in the day.
How Wet?
Frequent showery rain, extended falls with thunder
Showery rain affects the fells much of the day, heavy thundery falls likely and may cluster into broader thunderstorms. Only later will rain pass east and break into lighter patches. Fast-flowing streams, some risk local flooding.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive well into the day
Most fells shrouded above 500m, bases often lower to the west, and patches forming to valley level during heaviest rain (most often N Pennines). Clearest hills early in eastern Yorks Dales NP. Will begin to lift and break up somewhat late in the day.
Chance of cloud free summits?
10%
Sunshine and air clarity?
A few glimpses of sun, but more often overcast, largely dull and poor visibility. Some bright breaks forming later, very good visibility where dry and out of cloud on low terrain.
How Cold? (at 700m)
12 or 13C, may rise slightly on some eastern fells, but will vary somewhat; humid.
And in the valleys
13C at dawn rising up to 16 or 17C but will vary by several degrees around showers.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Saturday 29th August 2026
Last updated
Thu 27th Aug 26 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 15-25mph, gusty in the morning, shifting southerly, speed lessening N Pennines to 10mph or lower.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small, but may be blustery in exposure early in the day.
How Wet?
Rain sets in for several hours
A little patchy rain in the morning, small totals for a time, but rain increasingly frequent, setting in for several hours at least with heavy bursts, chance isolated thunder and lightning. May become more showery later.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive
Blanket cloud shrouds high terrain all day, and often to middle slopes or lower, particularly windward western fells during heaviest rain. Only a brief window where bases rise in the morning, though any high tops will struggle to clear.
Chance of cloud free summits?
40% N Pennines early, lowering to 20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
A few early glimpses of sun will give way to overcast conditions, mostly poor visibility on high terrain and sometimes more widely.
How Cold? (at 700m)
12 or 13C.
And in the valleys
11 or 12C at dawn, rising to 15 or 16C.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Sunday 30th August 2026
Last updated
Thu 27th Aug 26 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Generally southwesterly 10-25mph, variability in both speed and direction.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small, some breezier moments over Yorks Dales NP.
How Wet?
Increasingly rainy
Drizzly spots of rain drift from the west from dawn, best chance of dry windows to the east early. Rain will increase in frequency and intensity with time, and may set in more widely later.
Cloud on the hills?
Breaking to or above summits for a time
Most high terrain begins shrouded, some varied lower banks, particularly west where locally into valleys where rain occurs. Bases will lift and break up somewhat, perhaps clearing the tops for a time, but banks always return in rain, and later more extensively.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Rising to 60%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patchy sunshine, very good visibility for a time, but later trending overcast, visibility deteriorating as rain arrives.
How Cold? (at 700m)
11C rising to 13 or 14C, warmest eastern fells.
And in the valleys
12C at dawn rising to 18 to 20C.
Planning Outlook
A generally damp weekend ahead, particularly in England and Wales: several bands of rain will pass west-to-east, cloud often shrouding hills, particularly west where only slightly improving away from the main areas of rain. Some stronger wind will affect Wales at times, notably south. Less rain over Scotland, though a little drizzly rain here and there will become local showery bursts through afternoon; variable cloud, tending to lift during the day but returning where rain forms. Also minimal wind in Scotland, mild temperatures. Westerly flow is expected next week, drawing cloud and showers into western areas, particularly in Scotland, with periods of strong wind and broader areas of rain more widely across the country. Best of bright breaks to the east.