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.
Thursday'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.
Snow flurries
Occasional light snow flurries, sleet or rain lower elevations. Amounts little more than nuisance value, but locally more persistent and reducing visibility for periods.
Cold
Air temperature below 0C all day on higher mountains. Significant chill factor if exposed to strong winds. Suitable protective clothing required.
Winter kit required on higher terrain
Snow cover over higher mountains. Safe progress over some terrain will require suitable footwear - possibly crampons and ice-axe where necessary.
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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.
Snow flurries
Occasional light snow flurries, sleet or rain lower elevations. Amounts little more than nuisance value, but locally more persistent and reducing visibility for periods.
Cold
Air temperature below 0C all day on higher mountains. Significant chill factor if exposed to strong winds. Suitable protective clothing required.
Winter kit required on higher terrain
Snow cover over higher mountains. Safe progress over some terrain will require suitable footwear - possibly crampons and ice-axe where necessary.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Thursday 19th February 2026
Last updated
Wed 18th Feb 26 at
4:29PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Most mountain terrain remains frozen. Gusty southeasterly wind with significant chill factor. Some snow flurries towards southwest of Highlands with low cloud banks, clearer northward. Light snow fading Peak District and Pennines, low cloud persists here. Generally dry Wales but increasingly windy.
Headline for Peak District
Wind eases, snow fades, low cloud may persist.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southeasterly 30mph at first, but likely to ease and become variable direction, 15mph or less, may switch westerly later.
Effect of the wind on you?
Blustery conditions likely soon ease to become fairly small.
How Wet?
Early snow fading
Some light snow early in the day, sleety below 300m, tending to fizzle out during the morning to be largely dry afternoon, though some drizzly patches with light snow may linger toward northeast.
Cloud on the hills?
Low cloud, may persist on tops
Covering the hills fairly widely in the morning, to some lower slopes in south and eastern areas. Tending to rise with some breaks forming mainly in western areas, but fog may linger over higher moors fairly widely.
Chance of cloud free summits?
10% rising to 30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast and dull morning, poor visibility. Some improvements in visibility during day, but staying largely cloudy.
Temperature (at 600m)
-1 or 0C. Feeling like -10C in direct wind at first.
And in the valleys
0 or +1C from dawn, lifting a few degrees, chance up to 4C.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Friday 20th February 2026
Last updated
Wed 18th Feb 26 at
4:29PM
How windy? (On the summits)
South-southwesterly 30-35mph, strengthening and shifting SW'ly, 45-50mph at least.
Effect of the wind on you?
Conditions become challenging with significant wind chill; maintaining stability requires constant effort in exposure.
How Wet?
Steady rain on and off
Early patchy rain, some sleet or snow on high terrain. Steady rain then comes and goes for hours at time, brief heavy bursts.
Cloud on the hills?
Highly variable, high breaks
During rain, cloud fills in extensively to the middle or lower slopes, but also high breaks during cessation in rain, with a chance of clearing the summits for periods.
Chance of cloud free summits?
50%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Often cloudy but with bright or sunny breaks coming and going. Variable visibility, good out of cloud and rain but also hazy.
Temperature (at 600m)
+1C from dawn, soon rising, to 5 or 6C. Feeling like -5 to -10C in direct wind.
And in the valleys
+1C from dawn, sharply rising to 8C, remaining mild into night.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Saturday 21st February 2026
Last updated
Wed 18th Feb 26 at
4:29PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 25 to 35mph, tending to strengthen further up to dusk, 40-50mph into evening.
Effect of the wind on you?
Uncomfortable walking, strenuous in exposure on higher moors, becoming more challenging widely later.
How Wet?
Rain and drizzle
Rain on and off, persistently drizzly at least over western hills, more constant rain for periods.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive
Blanketing higher terrain most or all day, lowest in west, often 300-400m, at times lower in rain. Further eastward, bases toward 500m, occasionally higher.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast and dull, locally brighter skies for a time eastern areas. Hazy, visibility widely poor in rain.
Temperature (at 600m)
6C. Where exposed to stronger winds on tops, feeling like -5C.
And in the valleys
Mild from dawn, little change during day, 9 or 10C, locally warmer eastern valleys.
Planning Outlook
Toward the weekend, a switch to southwesterly winds, bringing milder conditions - lifting above freezing to tops in England and Wales with substantial thawing, and generally higher freezing levels in Scotland; periods of thawing to Munro summits will occur but also further snowfall and refreezing on higher terrain during the day-to-day variability of precipitation and freezing levels onward into early next week. Often windy with periods of upland gales. Some spells of heavy rain over all western hills and low cloud frequently covering the hills.