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.
Sunday's Forecast
Gale force, walking arduous
Considerable buffeting, walking into the wind will be strenuous on exposed terrain, stronger gusts may knock you off your feet. 40 to 55mph.
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.
Cool to mild
Air temperature 5 to 10C on higher terrain. Comfortable temperatures on lower terrain, but feeling chilly if exposed to wind higher up, especially if stationary. Pack extra layers.
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Gale force, walking arduous
Considerable buffeting, walking into the wind will be strenuous on exposed terrain, stronger gusts may knock you off your feet. 40 to 55mph.
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.
Cool to mild
Air temperature 5 to 10C on higher terrain. Comfortable temperatures on lower terrain, but feeling chilly if exposed to wind higher up, especially if stationary. Pack extra layers.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Sunday 14th December 2025
Last updated
Sat 13th Dec 25 at
4:15PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Extensive rain, sustained heavy falls over many western mountains, expect flooding. Smaller amounts of rain toward the N/E Cairngorms, also S/E Wales and Peak District. Widespread gales, powerful gusts around high tops, locally downslope to east. Blanket cloud across hills, lowest in west.
Headline for Peak District
Gales, very gusty. Rain mostly west/north, low cloud.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly, 40-50mph, powerful gusts around exposed edges and in places downslope toward east; tending to strengthen further up to dusk, 50-60mph after dark onward into night.
Effect of the wind on you?
Arduous conditions over the hills. Strong gusty winds will challenge balance and stability all day, including downslope. Significant wind chill.
How Wet?
Periods of drizzly rain, wettest northwest
Patchy drizzly rain throughout the day, most persistent toward west and particularly northwest into Lancashire. May be dry for hours at a time further south and east, but still often spots in the wind.
Cloud on the hills?
Variable on high terrain, lowest west
Banks come and go over high terrain, at times more sheet-like above 500m particularly more western areas, most persistent northern Peak, and Pennines further north. Some breaks to higher moors possible toward east.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30% west and north, 50% east.
Sunshine and air clarity?
Rare glimpses of weak sun east but often cloudy. Variable visibility, poor in fog and rain, locally good when drier eastward.
Temperature (at 600m)
6 or 7C, only small change with altitude. Feeling like -5C in direct wind.
And in the valleys
8 or 9C with little change through the day.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Monday 15th December 2025
Last updated
Sat 13th Dec 25 at
4:15PM
How windy? (On the summits)
South-southwesterly 30-40mph, easing slightly as the day goes.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous walking in exposure most of the day with considerable buffeting over the high edges and wind chill.
How Wet?
Rain most persistent west and north
Some uncertainty: Often raining on northern Peak District hills and into Lancashire but at times rain more widely, smaller amounts eastward.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive
Shrouding the hills all day down to middle or lower slopes, particularly in rain.
Chance of cloud free summits?
10%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast and dull. Visibility mostly poor due to rain.
Temperature (at 600m)
6C. Feeling like -3 to -5C in strongest direct wind.
And in the valleys
7 or 8C with little change all day.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Tuesday 16th December 2025
Last updated
Sat 13th Dec 25 at
4:15PM
How windy? (On the summits)
West to northwesterly 10 to 20mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small.
How Wet?
Risk of rain mostly just at first
Remnants of overnight rain may linger beyond dawn, likely fading and clearing eastwards, possibly soon, leaving dry conditions thereafter.
Cloud on the hills?
Likely to clear
If rain occurs at first, some cloud banks over higher moors, but likely to thin and break up to leave the hills clear.
Chance of cloud free summits?
70%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Early cloudy skies, gradually high cloud tending to thin to reveal some sun, soonest in west. Visibility increasingly excellent.
Temperature (at 600m)
4C. Feeling like -2C directly in the breeze.
And in the valleys
5C or perhaps locally cooler in west at dawn, rising to max 7 or 8C.
Planning Outlook
Prolonged rain will leave flooding of streams and rivers in many mountain areas early in the new week, with the exception of northeastern Scotland. A frontal system will eventually pass eastwards Monday-Tuesday, wind easing; dropping to freezing above 900m, beware of ice forming on higher Scottish mountains. Drier conditions for many on Tuesday, though showery near west coast of Scotland. By Wednesday, another system sweeps in from the Atlantic bringing further rain and gales. A risk of more heavy rain particularly England and Wales later in the week. A change of weather pattern is likely in the run up to Christmas, as high pressure builds northward, bringing drier weather, possibly chillier with time.