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.
Today'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.
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.
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
Monday 29th December 2025
Last updated
Mon 29th Dec 25 at
7:00AM
Summary for all mountain areas
Chilly northeasterly winds with extensive cloud with patchy precipitation locally. Best breaks and sun western Scotland, also toward west in England and Wales. As a cold front edges south, cloud may break up more widely later for the Highlands with colder conditions developing on the hills.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Chilly northeast wind with cloud sheet, giving fog over tops. Clearer in west.
How windy? (On the summits)
Northeasterly 10 to 15mph, but tending to lift to 15 to 25mph through the day. May lift to 30mph over tops.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small, but increasingly considerable wind chill where exposed to the wind and rather gusty.
How Wet?
Risk locally light precipitation in east.
Mostly dry, but scope for a little patchy spots of light rain or snow grains from the banks of low cloud in the east.
Cloud on the hills?
Cloud banks mostly in the east.
Cloud banks mainly confined to eastern Dales and N Pennines with bases around 500-700m. Patchy cloud further west where fells may be mostly clear.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30% in east, 70% in west.
Sunshine and air clarity?
Cloudiest in the east, best sun in the west. Visibility mostly very good outside of any precipitation.
How Cold? (at 700m)
Around 0C. Feeling like -7C as wind increases.
And in the valleys
2 to 4C
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Tuesday 30th December 2025
Last updated
Mon 29th Dec 25 at
7:00AM
How windy? (On the summits)
North to north-easterly 10 to 15mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Small
How Wet?
Isolated if any snow flurries
Very likely, but risk of isolated snow flurries edging into the eastern Dales and North Pennines.
Cloud on the hills?
Patches mainly confined to the east.
Patches or banks covering tops of North Pennines and eastern Dales, but may tend to lift off through day. Mostly clear western Dales.
Chance of cloud free summits?
80% in west, 50% in east.
Sunshine and air clarity?
Broken to overcast cloud, best sun in the west. Visibility very good or excellent.
How Cold? (at 700m)
-1 or -2C
And in the valleys
1C from dawn, rising to 3C.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Wednesday 31st December 2025
Last updated
Mon 29th Dec 25 at
7:00AM
How windy? (On the summits)
North-westerly backing westerly 15 to 25mph, increasing to 25 to 35mph through the day.
Effect of the wind on you?
Be prepared for increasingly blustery conditions with considerable wind chill and buffeting.
How Wet?
No precipitation expected
Cloud on the hills?
Clear start, low cloud later from west.
Fells starting clear, but increasingly low cloud will move in from the west to cover upper slopes or tops towards and into the afternoon. Eastern Dales may stay clear.
Chance of cloud free summits?
80% morning, lowering to 30% in west, 60% in east.
Sunshine and air clarity?
Bright start with sun through high cloud, but cloud building from west. Visibility mostly very good or excellent.
How Cold? (at 700m)
Around -1C. Feeling closer to -8C in the strongest winds.
And in the valleys
Widely sub-zero at dawn, lifting to highs of 2 or 3C.
Planning Outlook
Up until end of the year, high pressure still dominates. Significant change from New Year's Day as a cold front introduces, a much colder and strong northerly giving severe wind chill with temperatures well below average for the first week to the New Year with frequent and heavy snow showers moving into northern areas and running down coastal extremities with significant accumulations. Elsewhere, lots of dry and sunny weather, although occasional organised bands of snow will feed south at times in the Arctic airflow. All terrain becoming frozen, with scope for very low valley temperatures over snow cover when northerly flow eases.