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
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
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.
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.
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Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
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.
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.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Saturday 25th July 2026
Last updated
Fri 24th Jul 26 at
4:28PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Windy early, gale-force gusts in Scotland with significant wind chill. Morning rain in Scotland slips south into north England by midday, patchy sun breaks out in Scotland. Morning sun in Wales, rain reaching here through afternoon from north. Most rain on western hill groups where cloud will become extensive.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Windy; increasingly wet and cloudy through morning
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 30 to 40mph, strongest sustained winds over North Pennines, gusts 50mph for periods in morning. Trending lighter into evening, 20-30mph by sunset.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous walking and marked chill over the fells well into the day, buffeting gusts making balance challenging on high terrain.
How Wet?
Rain and drizzle mostly west
Patchy rain from overnight becoming fairly persistent into the morning in western areas, some steadier rain mixed with drizzle. May ease and become patchier afternoon, but likely staying damp in west, drier east.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive, lowest western Dales
The fells likely clear just at dawn, but blanket cloud soon drifts from the north shrouding the fells most or all day, to lower elevations western Three Peaks and Howgill areas, rarely above 600-700m. Some breaks northeast, particularly later, though Cross Fell group likely remains in cloud until evening.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
A sunny dawn, soon shrouded by cloud, dull and misty over the fells much of the day, often poor visibility west, local improvements below cloud eastern dales. Some sun breaks later over N Pennines.
How Cold? (at 700m)
11 to 13C, warmest eastern N Pennines. Feeling near/below freezing on high tops directly in the wind.
And in the valleys
11 or 12C at dawn, rising to 15 to 17C afternoon, coolest in west.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Sunday 26th July 2026
Last updated
Fri 24th Jul 26 at
4:28PM
How windy? (On the summits)
West-northwesterly 20-30mph, trending stronger with sustained speeds at 30-35mph with late in the day.
Effect of the wind on you?
Walking impeded on high tops, becoming strenuous later in the day with considerable wind chill.
How Wet?
Showery rain
Showery rain drifts from the northwest much of the day, periods of extended falls probable on western fells. Risk of heavier afternoon showers N Pennines.
Cloud on the hills?
High tops often capped
Cloud will cover the high tops most of the day, more widely extensive above 600m through most of morning, lowest bases to the west where locally to 400m during rain. A rising trend with time, but always a risk of bases returning to middle slopes around rain.
Chance of cloud free summits?
40%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Glimpses of sun, longer bursts through afternoon. Very good visibility where out of cloud and rain.
How Cold? (at 700m)
10 to 12C, though temperature will vary with coming and going of showers. Feeling like 1 to 3C in strongest wind.
And in the valleys
11C at dawn rising to 16C.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Monday 27th July 2026
Last updated
Fri 24th Jul 26 at
4:28PM
How windy? (On the summits)
West-northwesterly 15-25mph, some variability, trending slightly southwesterly and strengthening to 30-35mph afternoon.
Effect of the wind on you?
Ease of walking impacted on tops, briefly lighter affects, but becoming strenuous afternoon with a chilly feeling.
How Wet?
A little drizzly rain
The fells often dry, but some drizzly rain may occasionally impact western high terrain. Later a rising risk of a few patches over N Pennines.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting off most summits
Cloud covers the high fells in the morning, most extensive west where shrouding middle slopes around Vale of Eden/Three Peaks areas. Bases lift, breaking off most summits, Yorks Dales NP clearest; a few caps drift over tops of Cross Fell group.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Rising to 80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Often sunny through morning with very good visibility. Cloud arriving afternoon for a mix of cloud and sun, cloudiest to the west.
How Cold? (at 700m)
8C rising to 11C. Feeling just above freezing in strongest wind.
And in the valleys
11C at dawn, rising to 16C, locally milder southernmost Yorks Dales NP.
Planning Outlook
West-northwesterly winds prevail this weekend and early next week, transitioning to southwesterly through mid-to-late week, bringing spells of rain, drizzle and some showery falls; low cloud persistent across hills, particularly in the west. Lower wind speeds for Scotland on Sunday, staying quite breezy England and Wales. Rather cool this weekend and Monday, single-figures Celsius on high terrain. More prolonged heavier rain possible for western Scotland Monday-Tuesday. More humid and warm into mid and late week, especially England & Wales which could become hot later in the week. More uncertainty later in the week as a slow-moving area of low pressure is nearby, but risk areas of heavy rain and showers into next weekend as well.