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.
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.
Warm
Comfortable temperatures on the hills, 10 to 15C on tops, feeling pleasantly warm especially on lower ground. Beware of feeling cooler if exposed to wind on higher terrain.
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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.
Warm
Comfortable temperatures on the hills, 10 to 15C on tops, feeling pleasantly warm especially on lower ground. Beware of feeling cooler if exposed to wind on higher terrain.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Tuesday 16th June 2026
Last updated
Mon 15th Jun 26 at
4:28PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Damp southerly air will cloak many hills in low cloud, plus drizzle or a little rain. Highest cloud bases and best chance for breaks further northward. Moderate winds, more blustery near west coasts, strengthening for Wales where frequent rain arriving.
Headline for Peak District
Increasing breeze. Dry, cloud lifts; some rain later.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 15mph early, gradually rising, reaching 25mph afternoon-evening, gusts 30mph late in day.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small, but increasingly blustery, strenuous walking over tops by late in day.
How Wet?
Substantially dry, then patchy rain later
Substantially dry well into afternoon then patchy rain extends in from the southwest, some pulses of steadier rain mainly toward the northwest, or more widely late evening into night.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting to or above summits for several hours
Extensive to at least middle slopes for a few early hours, a lifting tendency, bases grazing the summits and likely several hours of often above the summits. Later, cloud returns extensively to high terrain.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30% rising to 70% afternoon
Sunshine and air clarity?
Mostly cloudy, a few brighter moments afternoon. Very good visibility as cloud breaks.
Temperature (at 600m)
11C rising up to 14C; slightly cooler toward evening. Later feeling near 5C in exposure to wind.
And in the valleys
12C at dawn, rising to 20C, quite humid.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Wednesday 17th June 2026
Last updated
Mon 15th Jun 26 at
4:28PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 25mph, some stronger gusts around higher tops and some edges.
Effect of the wind on you?
Blustery over the hills, making walking uncomfortable in places where exposed on higher terrain.
How Wet?
Intermittent rain
Patchy rain and drizzle, some showery moments occasionally; the most frequent rain generally western areas. Tending to clear later in day to odd light showers.
Cloud on the hills?
Most extensive in rain, lowest west
Covering higher moors during rain, to 400m or locally lower at times in westernmost areas in the morning. Tending to rise during afternoon, may lift from many hills, but risk lingering over west of Kinder and Bleaklow to 500m.
Chance of cloud free summits?
50%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Largely cloudy, some sun may break through later afternoon. Visibility good where dry, later very good, but hazier for periods in rain.
Temperature (at 600m)
12C rising to 15C afternoon. Feeling like 5C directly in wind.
And in the valleys
13C at dawn, rising to 19C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Thursday 18th June 2026
Last updated
Mon 15th Jun 26 at
4:28PM
How windy? (On the summits)
South-southwesterly 20 to 25mph, tending to strengthen, later 30mph over high tops.
Effect of the wind on you?
Starting to affect comfortable walking over higher exposed tops, may become more blustery later.
How Wet?
Drizzle and patchy rain
Rain and drizzle most frequent northwestern Peak District to Lancashire Pennines, risk generally damp all day. Smaller patchier amounts east and south.
Cloud on the hills?
Most low cloud northwest
Some varied cloud covering higher slopes, most often in areas toward northwest, above 400-500m, sometimes lower in rain. More often above 500-600m south & east.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30% northwest, to 60% south & east.
Sunshine and air clarity?
Largely cloudy, dull near and north of Manchester, brighter southeastward. Visibility good below cloud.
Temperature (at 600m)
12C rising to 16C. Feeling like 6 to 8C directly in wind on tops.
And in the valleys
14C at dawn, rising to 21C, rather humid.
Planning Outlook
Humid southwesterly winds continue to prevail later this week, likely reaching gale-force over hills for a period Thursday into Friday, soonest in Wales. Periods of rain, some heavy, mixed with drizzle and low cloud most persistent in the west. More uncertainty of day-to-day detail in the extended range, but in general a variable southwesterly pattern continues; rain and low cloud common in western Scotland into next week. Some warmer days, drier more often England and Wales.