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.
Peak District
Wednesday 13th May 2026
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Cold for the time of year, with a cyclonic and unstable north-westerly bringing an increasingly widespread showery day across the hills. Showers heavy, with hail and risk of isolated thunder. Snow falling above around 700m. Gusty north-westerly winds, particularly strong and turbulent in and around the showers.
Another cold, blustery day. Showers; heavy with hail; early sleet on tops.
West to northwesterly 25 to 35mph, gusts in excess of 40mph at times in and around showers.
Significant wind chill, very blustery particularly in the morning on high terrain, strenuous walking, buffeting gusts.
Showery, hail, possible sleet
Showers all day, most frequent toward west early morning, but forming increasingly widely, heavy bursts with hail, risk isolated thunder; may fall as sleet on highest tops around 600m early in day.
Rarely forming on tops
Patches of cloud grazing higher western slopes in the morning, soon mostly above 600m, then most cloud often above the hills, brief ragged patches near showers.
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Brief bursts of sun and intermittently excellent visibility, but suddenly very poor during showers.
2C rising to 5C. Wind chill feeling as cold as -10C in morning, -5C afternoon.
5C at dawn, rising to max 11C afternoon, but several degrees cooler in showers.
Peak District
Thursday 14th May 2026
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Northwesterly 15 to 25mph, some stronger squally gusts around showers.
Considerable wind chill for mid-May. At times walking becoming uncomfortable in exposure on high tops.
Showers forming, some hail.
A mostly dry and bright start, but clouds will bubble up, with scattered showers forming from late morning. Most widespread afternoon, some heavy with hail.
Varied, but often above tops away from showers.
Given flow direction, generally well elevated bases with tops often clear. However, in and around showers, shafts of cloud may lower onto tops.
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Sunniest during early part of morning, before skies fill in with cloud. Visibility excellent, but temporarily poor or very poor in showers.
4C. Feeling like -5C directly in wind.
5C at dawn, rising to 10 to 12C.
Peak District
Friday 15th May 2026
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Northerly 20 to 25mph at dawn, soon easing to 10 to 15mph.
Mostly small, but marked wind chill factor during the morning hours.
Scattered showers
A scattering of passing showers, concentrated toward eastern hills. Perhaps some hail mixed in at times.
Little if any
Generally bases well above tops through the day. Perhaps and occasional shaft of cloud lowering on to tops in showers.
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Skies will often be filled in with cloud limiting the best of the sun to early morning, and again late in the day. Visibility very good away from showers.
2C lifting to 5C. Feeling like -7C directly in early wind.
3C at dawn, locally colder with slight frost in shelter; rising to 12C afternoon.
Staying notably chilly for mid-May through this week as air from the north-northwest prevails, with showers heavy at times and containing hail with snow over the tops, but over the weekend a front will edge in and bring a change to westerly winds. Next week may see ridging across England and Wales giving drier conditions, but occasional rain and blustery south-westerly winds for Scotland.