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
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.
Clear
Excellent or superb visibility, no navigation issues.
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.
Clear
Excellent or superb visibility, no navigation issues.
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
Saturday 16th May 2026
Last updated
Fri 15th May 26 at
4:28PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Chilly but fine with light winds much of the day for the Highlands. Increasing wind, rain and lowering cloud encroaches onto western coasts later in daytime. Southwesterly breezes elsewhere, largely dry until late for northern England, but rain, drizzle and low cloud moves into Wales sooner, more blustery later.
Headline for Peak District
Isolated showers, clear hills. Moderate breeze. Rain by evening.
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 15-20mph. Later in day trending southwesterly for a time rising a little into evening, 20-25mph by dusk; turning westerly again into night.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small, but rather cool in the breeze on high tops. Breezier later in day.
How Wet?
Largely dry; rain later, persistent into evening west
Chance of one or two brief showers passing eastwards during day, otherwise largely dry. Late afternoon into evening, patchy rain moving onto western hills, becoming more persistent by evening, some heavier rain for a time up to dusk.
Cloud on the hills?
Largely clear until later
Rare if any brief fragments on western tops early in day, otherwise clear. By evening, cloud may lower to cap some higher moors.
Chance of cloud free summits?
90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sunshine best early in day in east, high cloud tends to thicken from west to cover the sky. Visibility excellent.
Temperature (at 600m)
3C rising to 7C afternoon. Feeling near to 0C where exposed to increasing wind.
And in the valleys
Frost in many valleys at dawn. Rising to 13C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Sunday 17th May 2026
Last updated
Fri 15th May 26 at
4:28PM
How windy? (On the summits)
West turning southwesterly 15 to 20mph, tending to increase a little later to 25mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small, but feeling breezier with time on tops, rather cool.
How Wet?
Showers develop
Largely dry start bar an odd spot in west. Brief showers form by late morning, then increasing risk into afternoon of heavier showers forming, continuing into early evening. Risk of hail & thunder.
Cloud on the hills?
Mostly above hills, odd patches
Most cloud above the hills, local patches on some higher western slopes in morning soon lifting. Ragged fragments around some slopes near showers.
Chance of cloud free summits?
80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Occasional sun mostly morning. Visibility very good, but reduced in showers.
Temperature (at 600m)
5C rising to 8C afternoon.
And in the valleys
6C at dawn, rising to 13C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Monday 18th May 2026
Last updated
Fri 15th May 26 at
4:28PM
How windy? (On the summits)
South to southwesterly 10-15mph, occasional 20mph, tending to increase later to 20-25mph, over 30mph into night.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small much of day, but risk increasingly blustery into evening and worsening onward into night.
How Wet?
Localised heavy showers move east
Patchy rain and odd showery bursts, some heavier during middle of day and afternoon, though tending to move away eastward to be drier later. Then into night, rain encroaches in from west.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting, largely clearing
Varied cloud banks around hills in morning, mostly western slopes. Lifting higher up and increasingly above hills by late morning, brief patches lower in showers. Largely clear into afternoon.
Chance of cloud free summits?
40% rising to 80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Variable cloud, glimpses of sun; high cloud thickens again later in day. Visibility very good.
Temperature (at 600m)
4C rising to 8 or 9C.
And in the valleys
6C at dawn, rising to 14C afternoon.
Planning Outlook
A mixed but milder outlook. Showery bursts of rain Sunday and Monday, passing eastwards during the daytimes, generally improving afternoons in western areas. By later Monday, strengthening southerly winds and rain moving into Wales from the southwest. Damp south-southwesterlies then prevail for a few days next week, with rain at times Tuesday and Wednesday, most on western hills, particularly Scotland. A drier and much warmer theme later in the week as higher pressure builds.