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
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.
Hazy, some fog banks
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Visibility reduced around cloud banks, hazier on some lower slopes. Locally some improvements possible out of 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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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.
Hazy, some fog banks
Visibility reduced around cloud banks, hazier on some lower slopes. Locally some improvements possible out of 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 2nd March 2026
Last updated
Sun 1st Mar 26 at
4:30PM
Summary for all mountain areas
A slow-moving front brings rain, drizzle and low cloud to England and Wales, also eastern Scotland at first. To the east of this, strong to gale-force winds at first east. Lighter winds for much of the Highlands all day, cloud lifting with sunny spells. Later in day, rain and hill snow moves in from west.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Windy morning, easing. Patchy rain mostly west, varied cloud.
How windy? (On the summits)
South to southwesterly; 40-45mph at first, dropping gradually during morning, to around 20mph during afternoon.
Effect of the wind on you?
Arduous conditions early in day lessen with time, remaining blustery in places, but smaller effects afternoon.
How Wet?
A little rain west
Patchy rain occasionally moving onto western hills, most common into the afternoon as a slow-moving front drifts eastwards. Drier for much of day eastern dales.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive higher areas
Covering many fells above 600-700m, varied banks to some lower slopes western areas up to Tebay, particularly around rain. Further east, more often above hills.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20%, to 50% eastern areas
Sunshine and air clarity?
Cloudy likely all day, dull in west. Visibility poor in rain, locally better east.
How Cold? (at 700m)
4 or 5C, dropping into night to 1C. If exposed to stronger wind at first, feeling like -7C.
And in the valleys
8C from dawn, rising to 10C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Tuesday 3rd March 2026
Last updated
Sun 1st Mar 26 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Variable or perhaps mostly easterly, 15mph in places, but likely often less.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small.
How Wet?
Precipitation not expected
Cloud on the hills?
Patchy cloud lifting, clearing
Some varied cloud banks in the morning, plus patchy mist around sheltered valleys, lifting to higher slopes and clearing.
Chance of cloud free summits?
80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patchy cloud and sun, some thin high cloud. Visibility very good, some haze or mist early in day.
How Cold? (at 700m)
2 or 3C.
And in the valleys
4C rising to 9C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Wednesday 4th March 2026
Last updated
Sun 1st Mar 26 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southerly 20 to 25mph, in places gusty 30mph higher North Pennines.
Effect of the wind on you?
Blustery over higher terrain, affecting ease of walking in some exposed spots. Marked wind chill.
How Wet?
Precipitation unlikely
Cloud on the hills?
Local cloud covering tops
Some banks of cloud over higher slopes, mostly southern areas above 600-700m, tending to lift and break above hills into afternoon.
Chance of cloud free summits?
40% rising to 70%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sunshine most common northern areas, glimpses elsewhere, but fairly cloudy. Some haze especially morning, but visibility generally good out of cloud.
How Cold? (at 700m)
3 to 5C. Directly in the wind feeling like -3 to -5C.
And in the valleys
Patchy frost some valleys at dawn, rising to 10C afternoon.
Planning Outlook
Varying conditions over the next couple of weeks as areas of high pressure build across the British Isles then slip eastwards. Some dry and bright days with light winds mixed with periods of strengthening southerly winds bringing occasional rain coming in from the west - Thursday this week sees rain move increasingly onto western hills. Temperatures will vary, often lifting just above freezing to higher tops, but occasionally dropping back below freezing - chillier air briefly later this week. Some frosts into valleys. Remaining old snow cover on Scottish mountains stays largely consolidated with little change, patchy around highest tops in England and Wales.