Lake District
The entire Lake District National Park, taking in all major summits, including Scafell, Helvellyn, Skiddaw, the Langdales and Old Man of Coniston.
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 4 to 8C 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 4 to 8C on higher summits. Feeling distinctly chilly on tops when stationary or where exposed to wind. Take appropriate layers.
Viewing Forecast For
Lake District
Thursday 5th June 2025
Last updated
Thu 5th Jun 25 at
8:02AM
Summary for all mountain areas
Still cold, particularly Scottish Highlands where in morning higher summits below freezing point. Here showery, particularly NW - hail, and snow higher tops. Further south rain on and off morning before improving to sunshine and scattered showers. Much less windy - still strongest N Scotland.
Headline for Lake District
Fairly light wind. Still chilly. Some rain, mainly morning.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwest veering westerly 20mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small.
How Wet?
Risk of an hour or two of rain morning then isolated showers.
Showers: although in the morning the rain frequent or particularly south lakes perhaps almost constant for a couple of hours. By early afternoon, showers well scattered or isolated.
Cloud on the hills?
Clearing most summits afternoon - may persist on higher tops.
Morning: Extensive fog on higher areas, a few patches below 300m mainly south lakes and western fells elsewhere, and extensive above 450m to 600m. Afternoon: Nearly all clearing to or above 900m - just patches on higher slopes near showers.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20% morning to 80% afternoon
Sunshine and air clarity?
Little or no sunshine and misty in rain morning. Patchwork of sunshine extending inland afternoon and visibility mostly very good or excellent.
How Cold? (at 750m)
6C.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Lake District
Friday 6th June 2025
Last updated
Thu 5th Jun 25 at
8:02AM
How windy? (On the summits)
West backing southwesterly 15mph
Effect of the wind on you?
Small
How Wet?
Risk of scattered showers
Briefly heavy showers here and there.
Cloud on the hills?
Clearing most, perhaps nearly all summits by afternoon
Cloud base rising; by late morning most cloud above the summits, particularly north lakes. May continue to come and go above 750m southern fells.
Chance of cloud free summits?
80% by midday
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patches of sunshine, although particularly morning, mostly cloudy the coast. Excellent visibility.
How Cold? (at 750m)
6C near the coast, rising to 9C well inland.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Lake District
Saturday 7th June 2025
Last updated
Thu 5th Jun 25 at
8:02AM
How windy? (On the summits)
Direction varied, 10mph or less morning. From the west becoming northwesterly 10 to perhaps in evening 20mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Small or negligible.
How Wet?
Heavy slow moving showers; thunder
Confidence in detail low: Rain on and off morning. It may clear temporarily before the threat of heavy showers forming and drifting about only slowly. Hail and small risk thunder.
Cloud on the hills?
Summits cloud free for periods, but forming from lower slopes in rain.
Extensive fog higher areas, and locally on lower slopes morning - although generally cloud base will rise. In heavy rain, very varied as patches form from lower slopes up, particularly above forest canopies - whilst in other areas breaks persist to higher slopes.
Chance of cloud free summits?
60%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sunshine coming through only rarely. Sometimes excellent visibility but expect areas of very poor visibility in and after rain.
How Cold? (at 750m)
5 to 8C warmest inland afternoon.
Freezing Level
Above the summits
Planning Outlook
Remaining chilly until Sunday night (intermittently near freezing point highest Scottish summits). Rainfall and low cloud will remain frequent across particularly western mountains until well into next week. Intermittently windy.