Peak District
The southernmost Pennines, covering the entire Peak District National Park, also extending north to hills accessed from Hebden Bridge, and including the hills immediately north of Manchester.
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.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
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.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
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
Peak District
Monday 2nd February 2026
Last updated
Sun 1st Feb 26 at
4:26PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Strong and gusty east-southeasterlies, gale-force in places, speeds generally increasing over England & Wales with time. Snow frequent or persistent for eastern Scottish hills, rain lower ground; whiteout over higher areas with blanket cloud. Largely dry west coasts with higher and more broken cloud.
Headline for Peak District
Strengthening gusty wind. Low cloud, drizzly rain.
How windy? (On the summits)
Easterly 25-30mph, gradually rising to 30-35mph afternoon, 40mph from dusk.
Effect of the wind on you?
Increasingly uncomfortable walking over higher terrain, strenuous with considerable wind chill in exposure, gusts affecting balance particularly late in day.
How Wet?
Patchy rain
Drizzle or light rain affecting many hills on-and-off, totals small, but feeling generally damp where in cloud.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive
Mostly covering high terrain with bases regularly to middle slopes in the east, higher bases westward, but often covering higher moors. Local breaks may occur west toward Lancashire.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Largely cloudy and dull, or misty over hills. Poor visibility and hazy east, better west of high moors.
Temperature (at 600m)
2C, then nearer 0C after dark. Feeling like -7 to -10C with time in the wind.
And in the valleys
3 to 5C, small variation night into day.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Tuesday 3rd February 2026
Last updated
Sun 1st Feb 26 at
4:26PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Easterly 25 to 35mph, very gusty in places around exposed tops, edges and some downslopes to west.
Effect of the wind on you?
Blustery, strenuous walking over higher moors, gusts may affect balance; considerable wind chill.
How Wet?
A little light snow on tops
Most likely small amounts of precipitation, intermittent drizzle, or snow flurries above 400-500m. Risk becoming more persistent over east and southern hills, particularly later in the day, more widely into evening.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive higher areas
Covering much higher terrain above 500-600m, perhaps lower if precipitation persists. Higher bases westwards.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Largely overcast, dull, locally brighter further west. Hazy, poor visibility in rain/snow.
Temperature (at 600m)
0 or -1C. Wind chill feeling like -8 to -12C.
And in the valleys
3 or 4C, small change night into day.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Wednesday 4th February 2026
Last updated
Sun 1st Feb 26 at
4:26PM
How windy? (On the summits)
South to southeasterly 20 to 25mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small effect on walking, but feeling blustery and chilly in more exposed spots.
How Wet?
A little rain fading
Rain from overnight leaving drizzle after dawn, tending to fade out.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive, may improve
Low cloud shrouding the hills widely from mid or some lower slopes upward early in day. Gradual improvement with rising bases, may start to break up to tops.
Chance of cloud free summits?
40%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Largely overcast, dull and misty start, but may improve with some brighter skies and good visibility developing below cloud.
Temperature (at 600m)
1C rising to 3C. Wind chill feeling like -5C.
And in the valleys
3C rising to 7C.
Planning Outlook
Easterly winds prevail this week, strong to gale force over many hills for sustained periods. Freezing levels will vary, but in the Highlands rarely above 800m away from the west coast, at times sub-zero from 400-500m upward. In England and Wales only occasionally dropping below 600m, and at times just above freezing to high tops. Further snow focused on eastern Scottish mountains, with additional accumulations and drifting; very little further west. Some periods of hill snow for England and Wales during midweek. Cold easterly patterns are expected to continue onward into mid February, though higher pressure to the north may see reduced precipitation amounts, always driest with highest cloud in west.