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
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Patchy cloud and winter sun
Mostly dry with a mix of cloud and sun, patchy cloud occasionally covering some mountain slopes.
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.
Cold
Air temperature below 0C all day on higher mountains. Significant chill factor if exposed to strong winds. Suitable protective clothing required.
Winter kit required on higher terrain
Snow cover over higher mountains. Safe progress over some terrain will require suitable footwear - possibly crampons and ice-axe where necessary.
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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 cloud and winter sun
Mostly dry with a mix of cloud and sun, patchy cloud occasionally covering some mountain slopes.
Hazy, some fog banks
Visibility reduced around cloud banks, hazier on some lower slopes. Locally some improvements possible out of cloud.
Cold
Air temperature below 0C all day on higher mountains. Significant chill factor if exposed to strong winds. Suitable protective clothing required.
Winter kit required on higher terrain
Snow cover over higher mountains. Safe progress over some terrain will require suitable footwear - possibly crampons and ice-axe where necessary.
Viewing Forecast For
Brecon Beacons
Thursday 19th February 2026
Last updated
Wed 18th Feb 26 at
4:29PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Most mountain terrain remains frozen. Gusty southeasterly wind with significant chill factor. Some snow flurries towards southwest of Highlands with low cloud banks, clearer northward. Light snow fading Peak District and Pennines, low cloud persists here. Generally dry Wales but increasingly windy.
Headline for Brecon Beacons
Wind increasing afternoon. Largely dry, varied cloud.
How windy? (On the summits)
Variable or northerly 20mph, easing for a time but then increasing northwesterly 30mph afternoon, nearer 40mph up to dusk.
Effect of the wind on you?
Prepare for considerable wind chill becoming more significant later and more challenging walking conditions by later afternoon.
How Wet?
Some early snow east
Snow affecting central and eastern hills from before dawn, soon starting to ease and fade out to leave substantially dry conditions. From dusk, a little rain moves onto west coastal hills, snow above 600m.
Cloud on the hills?
Varied cloud banks may linger
Varied extent of low cloud, covering some lower slopes at first. Tending to rise, but some lingering areas of cloud around the hills, may fill in again over western hills for periods.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Largely cloudy, some misty areas with poor visibility over hills. Locally improving in east with good visibility below cloud.
How Cold? (at 750m)
-2 or -1C, some local variability and may rise a degree. Wind chill feeling like -10C, later -15C by dusk.
Freezing Level
Around 400-600m, likely lifting to the high summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Brecon Beacons
Friday 20th February 2026
Last updated
Wed 18th Feb 26 at
4:29PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 40-55mph, likely quite gusty. A westerly shift with time.
Effect of the wind on you?
Challenging conditions all day with significant wind chill; maintaining stability requires constant effort/crouching.
How Wet?
Patchy rain, more steady for a few hours
Patchy rain/drizzle affecting high western hills much of the day, the best chance of dry periods in east Wales. Rain sets in for a few hours, then breaking into scattered showers.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive
Cloud shrouds high terrain and slopes to the west and south down to the middle slopes most of the day. Cloud at times well broken and higher bases towards mid-Wales/Black Mountains, but extensive here too during rain.
Chance of cloud free summits?
40%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Mostly cloudy but some bright/sunny breaks will come and go, best east. Variable visibility, good out of cloud and rain, but some haze too.
How Cold? (at 750m)
2C from dawn, soon rising, reaching 6C. Feeling like -7 to -10C in direct wind.
Freezing Level
Poorly defined from dawn: highest terrain likely frozen, locally lower west, but soon rising above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Brecon Beacons
Saturday 21st February 2026
Last updated
Wed 18th Feb 26 at
4:29PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 30 to 40mph, briefly lowering in morning, but soon increasing again, toward dusk risk 50mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous walking conditions, making balance challenging on exposed ridges, widely difficult at dawn and again later.
How Wet?
Rain and drizzle
Rain on and off, persistently drizzly at least, more constant rain for periods in west, may become heavier with time. Patchier eastern mid-Wales.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive
Blanketing the hills all day, rarely above 300-400m west and southwest areas. Slightly higher eastward, and furthest east in mid Wales, bases toward 600m at times.
Chance of cloud free summits?
10%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast and dull. Hazy, visibility widely poor in rain.
How Cold? (at 750m)
5 or 6C. Where exposed to stronger winds on tops, feeling like -5 to -7C.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Planning Outlook
Toward the weekend, a switch to southwesterly winds, bringing milder conditions - lifting above freezing to tops in England and Wales with substantial thawing, and generally higher freezing levels in Scotland; periods of thawing to Munro summits will occur but also further snowfall and refreezing on higher terrain during the day-to-day variability of precipitation and freezing levels onward into early next week. Often windy with periods of upland gales. Some spells of heavy rain over all western hills and low cloud frequently covering the hills.