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.
Friday's Forecast
Gale force, walking arduous
Considerable buffeting, walking into the wind will be strenuous on exposed terrain, stronger gusts may knock you off your feet. 40 to 55mph.
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.
Hazy, some fog banks
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Distant views reduced by haze, locally foggy for a time in valleys and some hill slopes.
Cool to mild
Air temperature 5 to 10C on higher terrain. Comfortable temperatures on lower terrain, but feeling chilly if exposed to wind higher up, especially if stationary. Pack extra layers.
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Gale force, walking arduous
Considerable buffeting, walking into the wind will be strenuous on exposed terrain, stronger gusts may knock you off your feet. 40 to 55mph.
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.
Hazy, some fog banks
Distant views reduced by haze, locally foggy for a time in valleys and some hill slopes.
Cool to mild
Air temperature 5 to 10C on higher terrain. Comfortable temperatures on lower terrain, but feeling chilly if exposed to wind higher up, especially if stationary. Pack extra layers.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Friday 3rd April 2026
Last updated
Thu 2nd Apr 26 at
3:45PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Cold with showery snow in the Highlands, also hail in north. Varied winds, blustery in northern Scotland, moderating for a time central Highlands. In England & Wales, a swathe of gales likely affects the mountains, but still some uncertainty about the northward extent; rain and drizzle, plus low cloud covering many hills.
Headline for Peak District
Windy, gales likely on tops. Occasional rain and drizzle, low cloud.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly, speed likely to vary, from 35-40mph up to dawn, to briefly 25mph or less, then increasing again toward 40mph over high tops and very gusty, risk 50mph in places near edges and some eastern downslopes.
Effect of the wind on you?
Beware of changing conditions - possibly fairly small effects for a time, but likely deteriorating to make walking strenuous, arduous in exposure on tops with buffeting gusts and considerable wind chill.
How Wet?
Patchy rain, some heavier rain later
Rain comes and goes over most hills throughout the day, typically light and patchy in nature, though some heavier bursts with time as a front moves in from the north, mainly late afternoon-evening.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive, higher afternoon
A layer of cloud shrouds the high edges in the morning, bases lowering to the middle slopes during rain. Occasional breaks approaching the tops into the afternoon, lifting above hills if dry for longer, but filling in again in rain.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20% rising to 50%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Often overcast, poor visibility for a few hours, but glimpses of sun breaking out from time to time mainly east afternoon, visibility then good below cloud.
Temperature (at 600m)
5 to 7C. Feeling as cold as -8C in strongest wind.
And in the valleys
6C at dawn, lifting up to 10 or 11C.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Saturday 4th April 2026
Last updated
Thu 2nd Apr 26 at
3:45PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southerly, briefly below 20mph early in day, but rapid increase to 40-50mph into afternoon, 60mph high tops evening.
Effect of the wind on you?
Small early in day, but deteriorating during daytime - walking becoming challenging then more difficult.
How Wet?
Rain and drizzle for a few hours
Likely dry from dawn, but patchy rain and drizzle develops, more persistent for a time into middle of day in west, though fading afternoon. Toward or after dusk, a band of heavy rain passes west to east. Into night, hail showers.
Cloud on the hills?
Foggy over hills for a few hours at least
Cloud likely to lower across the moors in the morning, shrouding the hills widely above 400m, possibly lower for a time, then lifting above 500-600m afternoon, may break more widely above tops.
Chance of cloud free summits?
50%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Largely overcast, dull or murky, poor visibility for a time, then some improvement to brighter skies and better visibility, though still fairly cloudy afternoon.
Temperature (at 600m)
2C at first, rising steadily to 9C afternoon. Feeling nearer -5C later as wind strengthens.
And in the valleys
3C up to dawn, rising to 14C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Sunday 5th April 2026
Last updated
Thu 2nd Apr 26 at
3:45PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 40mph from dawn, easing gradually to 25mph afternoon.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous walking conditions, buffeting in exposure, gradually improving but still blustery. Considerable wind chill.
How Wet?
Showers with hail
A scattering of showers, most widespread into afternoon, some briefly heavy with hail, some snow mixed in over higher tops mostly above 500m.
Cloud on the hills?
Mostly above tops
Brief patches grazing higher western slopes around showers, but most cloud above the hills.
Chance of cloud free summits?
80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Bursts of bright sunshine and very good visibility, but briefly very poor in showers.
Temperature (at 600m)
0C rising to 3C afternoon. Feeling like -7 to -10C in the wind.
And in the valleys
4C at dawn, rising to 8 or 9C afternoon, dropping a couple of degrees in showers.
Planning Outlook
A storm system moves across Britain over the Easter weekend, bringing severe conditions increasingly widely - severe gales over the mountains advancing northwards into Scotland by later Saturday daytime. Rain and hill snow also sweeps northward - a substantial snowfall develops particularly in northern Scotland later Saturday. Colder for all by Sunday with all mountains sub-zero, above 600-700m in Scotland, 800m in England and Wales - hail and snow showers with gales bringing severe chill factor. Milder southerlies develop for Monday, dry for most, but risk of gales especially in the west. A changeable weather regime is expected to continue next week, possibly turning chillier again later in the week.