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.
Saturday's Forecast
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Frequent or persistent rain
Steady rain fairly persistent, occasionally heavy, rather wet underfoot.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
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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Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Frequent or persistent rain
Steady rain fairly persistent, occasionally heavy, rather wet underfoot.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
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
Saturday 12th September 2026
Last updated
Fri 11th Sep 26 at
4:29PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Severe gales from dawn on Scottish mountains ease during morning, moderate speeds by mid-afternoon, whilst gales continue on tops in England & Wales until later. An intense band of rain moves south, followed by still frequent rain, some showery bursts plus low cloud western hills. Drier later north Scotland.
Headline for Peak District
Increasingly windy, gales on tops. Rain becomes persistent.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 25 to 40mph, strengthening from the north during the morning, gusts reach 50mph. Then only gradually moderating into evening toward 30mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous walking conditions, becoming more challenging on exposed high tops with time with notable wind chill.
How Wet?
Rain develops from north, increasingly setting in, at times heavier
Patchy rain moving in from the northwest during the morning becomes increasingly persistent, especially Lancashire Pennines, some heavier falls develop through middle of day and with time rain more widely, steady rain and some heavier bursts onward through afternoon.
Cloud on the hills?
Lowering in rain
Some cloud banks roll onto western moors, as rain develops, filling in with time over higher and northern tops, blanketing many higher moors increasingly, cloud bases 400-500m in the west in rain.
Chance of cloud free summits?
60% dropping to 20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast, some brighter skies through high cloud in south early in day. Visibility good, slight haze, reducing in rain.
Temperature (at 600m)
10C rising to 13C, quite humid. Feeling near to freezing directly in wind.
And in the valleys
10C at dawn, rising to 19C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Sunday 13th September 2026
Last updated
Fri 11th Sep 26 at
4:29PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Northwesterly 20-25mph from dawn into early morning, easing to 10mph afternoon, turning W-SW'ly. Rising again into night.
Effect of the wind on you?
Feeling chilly in a fresh breeze early morning, becoming small by afternoon.
How Wet?
Substantially dry
Chance a brief drizzly shower, mainly morning in western areas.
Cloud on the hills?
Early patches lifting and clearing
Patchy cloud affecting some western slopes early in the day, may skim tops above 500-600m for a few hours in the west, but tending to lift above the hills by middle of day. Eastern moors mainly clear.
Chance of cloud free summits?
60% rising above 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Variable sunshine and cloud. Visibility excellent.
Temperature (at 600m)
9C rising to 12C during day, then little change into evening and night. Feeling like 3C in early wind.
And in the valleys
12C at dawn, rising to 18C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Monday 14th September 2026
Last updated
Fri 11th Sep 26 at
4:29PM
How windy? (On the summits)
West-southwesterly 25 to 40mph, speed tending to rise, notable strong gusts near higher edges and some downslopes.
Effect of the wind on you?
Increasingly frequent buffeting over the hills, gusty areas more challenging. Marked chill factor despite mild air.
How Wet?
Drizzly, chance a burst of rain
Patchy drizzle from time to time, mainly north and western hills, with time likely more constant drizzle. Later in daytime, some steadier rain may develop. Chance of an isolated thundery burst forming.
Cloud on the hills?
Increasingly extensive
From dawn, some hills clear, for longest toward eastern moors, but cloud banks likely soon roll in from west to shroud the hills, blanketing western areas from mid-slopes up. Some breaks remain in east.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20% northwest, to 40% southeast.
Sunshine and air clarity?
Rare glimpses of sun mainly morning in eastern areas, where visibility good below cloud, but becoming hazier, misty on hills.
Temperature (at 600m)
15 to 17C, humid. Feeling like 5 to 7C directly in the wind.
And in the valleys
13C from dawn, rising to 21C afternoon, staying very mild into evening.
Planning Outlook
Staying unsettled with Atlantic lows dominating to the north; often windy, gale-force westerly winds for periods over higher terrain. Better weather this Sunday, then wind and rain returns into Monday, staying showery into Tuesday. A mixed outlook continues later next week with rain most frequent in western Scotland. Temperatures varying, some cooler days especially in Scotland, but often fairly mild further south, at times quite warm and humid. Higher pressure and better weather tends to expand further north later in month.