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
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.
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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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.
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 22nd December 2025
Last updated
Sun 21st Dec 25 at
4:30PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Strong and gusty SE'ly winds. Rain fairly widely across the Highlands in the morning, easing but leaving patchy drizzle and low cloud shrouding the hills. Low cloud and some drizzly rain for England and Wales, but some breaks for the Lakes, also clearing conditions moving into south Wales.
Headline for Peak District
Moderate breeze. Low cloud, some drizzle.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southeasterly 15 to 20mph, though some stronger gusts over high tops early in the day, local 30mph around dawn.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small, blustery in exposure early in the day.
How Wet?
Overnight rain soon clears; damp air
Patchy drizzly rain at and before dawn soon breaks and clears to the northwest. Feeling damp where in fog in hills, odd patchy drizzle but amounting to little.
Cloud on the hills?
Mostly high tops and east slopes
Extensive cloud cover over the high tops with banks on eastern slopes, at times reaching to middle elevations. Generally clearer western slopes, particularly Lancashire Pennines.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast, possible brighter moments occasionally northwest areas. Poor visibility with fog over most high terrain, hazy or rather murky lower down.
Temperature (at 600m)
5C, little change with height.
And in the valleys
Around 8C, little change night into day.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Tuesday 23rd December 2025
Last updated
Sun 21st Dec 25 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Easterly 15 to 20mph, in places 25mph around some high tops and edges.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small, but some uncomfortable gusty spots around exposed high tops.
How Wet?
Often dry
Some light patchy drizzle possible though most hills stay dry.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive
Cloud shrouds terrain above 400-500m most or all day. Lower banks are likely, including fog into valley bottoms.
Chance of cloud free summits?
10%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast. Poor visibility due to fog and haze.
Temperature (at 600m)
3 or 4C, lowering to 0C into night.
And in the valleys
5 or 6C, small variation all day.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Wednesday 24th December 2025
Last updated
Sun 21st Dec 25 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Easterly 25-35mph, risk stronger winds early in the day.
Effect of the wind on you?
Walking becoming strenuous in exposure and feeling chilly.
How Wet?
No rain expected
Cloud on the hills?
Little cloud expected
A few caps may occasional graze the highest tops but most hills largely clear all day.
Chance of cloud free summits?
80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Often sunny, some passing clouds. Very good visibility.
Temperature (at 600m)
1C Feeling like -10C in direct wind.
And in the valleys
3 or 4C with little change all day.
Planning Outlook
Cloud and patchy rain lingers early this week, then a slow change to drier and chiller weather into the Christmas period as high pressure builds to the north. Easterly winds will be dominant, the strongest winds in England and Wales. Cloud may be fairly sheet-like in the east sometimes, though variably more extensive or broken, best northwest. The coldest air will reach England and Wales on the easterly wind with freezing levels reaching as low as 400-600m in Wales, staying slightly warmer in northern Scotland with some inversion conditions likely over higher terrain; frost into glens.