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
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Sunshine and showers
A good amount of dry and bright weather, but scattered bursts of rain, some may be locally heavy.
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.
Sunshine and showers
A good amount of dry and bright weather, but scattered bursts of rain, some may be locally heavy.
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
Thursday 2nd July 2026
Last updated
Wed 1st Jul 26 at
4:04PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Gales early, severe over tops of north England and Scotland. Wind gradually eases, though staying blustery north. Showers, drizzle, and low cloud early, particularly west hills. England, Wales, and east Scotland largely dry afternoon, few cloud caps over high tops; cloud and drizzle linger in west Scotland.
Headline for Peak District
Gales ease with time; some early rain largely fades
How windy? (On the summits)
West-northwesterly 45-55mph dawn-early morning, perhaps briefly stronger, lessening to 30-35mph around midday, further easing to finish near 20-25mph, though stronger gusts may continue over high tops.
Effect of the wind on you?
Difficult conditions from overnight and early in the day, walking arduous over high terrain, gradually improving to fairly small conditions later in the day though some buffeting gusts continuing over high tops.
How Wet?
Showers fade, afternoon probably dry
Showery rain from overnight and after dawn, most frequent western areas for a few hours, becoming well scattered by noon. The afternoon will be largely dry, only a small chance of an odd shower.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting above the summits
Banks of cloud on higher moors particularly western areas early morning, tending to lift and clear above higher terrain during the morning. A small chance of an odd cap drifting over the highest summits should a shower occur.
Chance of cloud free summits?
40% rising to 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sun breaking out with time, most extensive spells of sunshine in the east later. Visibility good to later very good.
Temperature (at 600m)
10C rising to 13C afternoon. Directly in the stronger winds feeling -3C on tops, then +6C later.
And in the valleys
12C at dawn, rising to 18C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Friday 3rd July 2026
Last updated
Wed 1st Jul 26 at
4:04PM
How windy? (On the summits)
West-southwesterly 20 to 25mph, occasionally gusting 30mph over higher terrain.
Effect of the wind on you?
Blustery on the hills, in places starting to affecting comfortable walking with noticeable gustiness in places.
How Wet?
Little or no rain
Occasional drizzle may affect western hills, amounting to little and much of the region often dry.
Cloud on the hills?
Mostly little
Some cloud banks may drift onto higher moors mainly toward northwest of the region, but mostly clear.
Chance of cloud free summits?
80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
A mix of sun and high cloud. Visibility very good.
Temperature (at 600m)
11C rising to 16C afternoon, or warmer southernmost hills. Feeling like 4 to 8C directly in the wind.
And in the valleys
13C at dawn, rising to 21C afternoon, or locally warmer southern valleys.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Saturday 4th July 2026
Last updated
Wed 1st Jul 26 at
4:04PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 25-35mph, gusty for periods over high terrain and downslope to the east.
Effect of the wind on you?
Wind making walking uncomfortable on higher exposed terrain, buffeting gusts in places.
How Wet?
Rare drizzle
A little drizzle in the air now and again, mainly western hills in the northern Peak District and into Lancashire, probably more often dry.
Cloud on the hills?
Some low cloud northwest
Banks of cloud covering higher moors for periods, mostly western areas and toward the northern Peak District. Further south and east more often clear hills, but banks filling in for periods here too.
Chance of cloud free summits?
40% northwest, 70% south/east.
Sunshine and air clarity?
Fairly cloudy, occasional sun. Mostly good visibility.
Temperature (at 600m)
13C rising to 16 or 17C afternoon. Feeling like 6 to 9C directly in the wind on tops.
And in the valleys
13C at dawn, rising to 21C afternoon.
Planning Outlook
Westerlies prevail across northern Britain. Rain, drizzle and low cloud most frequent over western hills from Lake District northward. Temperatures near average, but feeling cool in exposure to wind on tops, which could regularly be quite strong and gusty. An improving trend from the south into and over the weekend as higher pressure builds, best conditions for Wales and eastern hills elsewhere. A drier and warmer window looks probable from early-to-middle next week, very warm sunshine on some days England and Wales, southwesterlies still bring more cloud to western Scotland, some rain at times, wettest toward northwest. This pattern looks to continue into the following weekend with high pressure to the southwest maintaining drier conditions here with cloudier/damper conditions in the north and west.