Brecon Beacons
Includes all higher summits in the southern half of Wales: the Bannau Brycheiniog / Brecon Beacons National Park, southern Cambrian Mountains and highest Preseli hills.
Thursday's Forecast
Light wind, negligible impact
Little wind or walking hardly affected by the wind, but feeling chilly if exposed on tops. 10-15mph or less.
Dry and sunny
Extensive sunshine. The mountains free of cloud once any early mist patches disperse.
Clear
Excellent or superb visibility, no navigation issues.
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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Light wind, negligible impact
Little wind or walking hardly affected by the wind, but feeling chilly if exposed on tops. 10-15mph or less.
Dry and sunny
Extensive sunshine. The mountains free of cloud once any early mist patches disperse.
Clear
Excellent or superb visibility, no navigation issues.
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
Brecon Beacons
Thursday 2nd April 2026
Last updated
Wed 1st Apr 26 at
4:14PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Patchy cloud lingering on upper hills at dawn, clearing for several hours of sunshine and light wind. Wind begins strengthening from the west in Scotland, high cloud builds, with rain and snow arriving and spreading into central Scotland by evening. England and Wales stay dry, small increase in wind and high cloud later.
Headline for Brecon Beacons
Sunny, light wind, mildest temperature east
How windy? (On the summits)
Northerly 15mph at dawn, soon easing to 10mph with variable direction for several hours, reorienting southwesterly through afternoon, speeds approaching 20-25mph by nightfall with stronger gusts over high tops.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small
How Wet?
No precipitation expected
Cloud on the hills?
Substantially clear
From dawn, banks of cloud above 600m, may be in several layers, many hills clear too. Cloud lifts after sunrise, clearing the summits.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Rising to 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Often or mostly sunny. Excellent visibility.
How Cold? (at 750m)
0C at dawn, lifting to at least 2C and likely higher in the east, up to 4C Black Mountains.
Freezing Level
Starting near 700m, gradually lifting, to above the summits likely by later afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Brecon Beacons
Friday 3rd April 2026
Last updated
Wed 1st Apr 26 at
4:14PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 35-45mph, powerful gusts. Stronger winds likely early and late, approaching 50mph+.
Effect of the wind on you?
Conditions often arduous in exposure, feeling chilly despite mild temperatures, more challenging early and late.
How Wet?
Some patchy rain and drizzle
In fog on high hills, fine drizzle drifts around in the wind, occasional patches of light rain drift by as well. There will be dry periods, but a generally damp feel in the cloud.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive
A blanket of cloud shrouds the summits all day, high terrain mostly in cloud too with bases often down to the middle slopes in the west. During drier periods, bases may rise to upper terrain of the Black Mountains, but any summit clearing will be rare and brief.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
A few glimpses of sun to the east where visibility good, but otherwise overcast and dull.
How Cold? (at 750m)
4 or 5C, rising towards 8C. Feeling as cold as -8C in strongest wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits
Viewing Forecast For
Brecon Beacons
Saturday 4th April 2026
Last updated
Wed 1st Apr 26 at
4:14PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southerly, strengthening from dawn, soon 25-30mph, but rapid increase to 50mph middle of day, risk 60mph+ afternoon.
Effect of the wind on you?
Likely soon deteriorating, walking becoming challenging, increasingly difficult over the mountains.
How Wet?
Drizzly rain
Patchy rain, but risk persistent for a time, leaving drizzly conditions over the hills, may fade out to small amounts, but feeling generally damp where in cloud. Later in day, heavier rain likely.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive
Likely to blanket the hills most of the day, for a time to lower elevations, but may drift up to 600m or above into afternoon, local breaks forming toward east and mid-Wales. Western hills likely stay covered.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast and dull. Visibility mostly poor.
How Cold? (at 750m)
3C rising to 7C, then lowering later, to 2C after dark. Feeling like -7C as wind strengthens.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Planning Outlook
Atlantic weather patterns and generally westerly wind will be dominant in the foreseeable future. The weekend ahead is increasingly unsettled, widespread gales on Easter with storm-force wind in Scotland, cooler temperatures, and showers west. Into next week, temperature and wind will be variable, periods of gales and possibly often cold over the mountains with snow and hail showers at times to lower elevations at least in Scotland, sometimes more widely. Precipitation generally most frequent west and northwest, though bands of heavy rain will sweep east at times. Some brief windows of drier and brighter conditions, as well as milder days in England and Wales, occasionally milder Scotland too, but soon followed by more Atlantic low pressure systems.