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.
Thursday's Forecast
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Sunshine and showers
A good amount of dry and bright weather, but scattered bursts of rain, some may be locally heavy.
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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Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Sunshine and showers
A good amount of dry and bright weather, but scattered bursts of rain, some may be locally heavy.
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
Thursday 22nd October 2026
Last updated
Wed 21st Oct 26 at
4:30PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Strong winds early in the day, gale force particularly toward the Cairngorms, lessening to lower speeds with time for all areas. Some early rain and upland snow in northeast Scotland clears. A few showers near west coasts fade. Cloud breaks above many tops with some sunshine, but remaining chilly all day.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Strongest wind eases. Local showers fade, sunny spells.
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 25-40mph from dawn into early morning, strongest North Pennines, tending to lessen west-southwesterly to 25mph, then 15-20mph afternoon. Rising southeast then easterly 30-40mph into night.
Effect of the wind on you?
Blustery and considerable wind chill early morning, more arduous walking for a few hours higher northern areas, but becoming fairly small as the day goes on.
How Wet?
Local showers fade
Well scattered showers, mostly affecting western Yorks Dales NP, tending to fade out into middle of day.
Cloud on the hills?
Increasingly breaking off summits
Banks of cloud on high Yorks Dales NP early in day, lifting and breaking with most summits increasingly clear, just passing banks on highest fell tops.
Chance of cloud free summits?
50% rising to 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patchy sunshine, longer sun breaks forming. Varied visibility in showers, but increasingly very good.
How Cold? (at 700m)
3C rising to 6C, staying elevated, and likely a degree milder overnight. Feeling like -5 to nearer -10C highest tops in early wind.
And in the valleys
3C at dawn, rising to 10C afternoon, only slightly dropping into night.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Friday 23rd October 2026
Last updated
Wed 21st Oct 26 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southeasterly 25-35mph, lessening with variable direction, later shifting northwesterly, rising to 30-40mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous walking on high terrain both early and late with considerable wind chill, fairly small in-between.
How Wet?
Periods of steady rain
Steady rain from overnight into morning with some heavy falls. Will break into some patchier moments, perhaps locally drier windows but steady rain returns as well.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive, local variability
Blanket cloud to middle slopes likely all day, and often to lower slopes. Some chance of some varied breaks for a few early hours, best towards Cross Fell group, but high summit clearances only fleeting if at all.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Mostly cloudy, a few bright glimpses from time to time. Generally poor visibility.
How Cold? (at 700m)
Around 7C, may vary slightly, then later sharply cooling to around 3C. Feeling like 0 to -5C in direct wind.
And in the valleys
6 or 7C at dawn, rising up to 10C, then more sharply cooling evening into night.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Saturday 24th October 2026
Last updated
Wed 21st Oct 26 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the summits)
South-southwesterly, 30mph or stronger at dawn, a brief relative lull, then rising again in afternoon to 50-60mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous walking conditions, briefly may lessen, but deteriorating to become increasingly difficult, notable wind chill.
How Wet?
Rain sets in, heavy west
Dry for a few hours from dawn, possibly much of morning in east, but patchy rain moves in from west, becoming persistent and increasingly heavy in west afternoon and evening. Showery into night.
Cloud on the hills?
Very little, then lowering during day
Most cloud above the hills in the morning, apart from odd local patches. Into afternoon, cloud lowering to increasingly shroud hills, to lower elevations south of Tebay, higher north and eastern areas.
Chance of cloud free summits?
80% in morning, dropping to 20% later.
Sunshine and air clarity?
A little weak sun through high cloud early morning, but giving way to overcast skies. Good visibility in morning becomes hazier, then poor as rain sets in.
How Cold? (at 700m)
3C at dawn, rising to 7C afternoon, briefly 10C by dusk, then falling into night. Always feeling below freezing in the wind.
And in the valleys
6C at dawn, rising to 11C afternoon, or slightly milder by early evening.
Planning Outlook
A deep area of low pressure moves toward northwest Scotland into the weekend to bring widespread rain and gales, stormy conditions develop over many mountains, the strongest sustained winds over Scottish tops into Sunday in excess of 70-80mph with more powerful gusts. Temperature will vary, briefly above freezing to all tops, then back just below zero on Scottish Munros by Sunday with frequent showers of hail and snow on high mountains. Atlantic west-southwesterlies remain dominant next week, bringing several low pressure systems with rain and wind, punctuated by brief clearer windows.