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.
Frequent or persistent rain
Steady rain fairly persistent, occasionally heavy, rather wet underfoot.
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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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.
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
Thursday 4th June 2026
Last updated
Wed 3rd Jun 26 at
4:28PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Rain and showers in Scotland, showers heaviest east afternoon with risk of thunder. Light wind early, increasingly blustery from south. Persistent rain and windy south Scotland and Lakeland/N Pennines. Very windy Peak District and Wales too, gales later, morning rain and afternoon showers.
Headline for Peak District
Often raining; very windy, afternoon gales
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 30-35mph through morning, shifting westerly afternoon, perhaps a brief slight easing, but then strengthening to 35-40mph, perhaps gusting 45mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Walking impeded from dawn, strenuous moments increasingly common. Walking more often arduous afternoon, stability requiring constant effort and considerable wind chill.
How Wet?
Frequent showery rain
Showers stream in from the west most or all day, at times merging into longer falls with heavy bursts, one of these prolonged periods likely in the morning. Some chance of drier windows afternoon, though this uncertain.
Cloud on the hills?
Varied, sometimes on tops
A sheet of cloud shrouds the hills from at least middle slopes up for a few morning hours. Bases will lift with breaks beginning to form by midday, decent breaks off the summits, but grazing the tops during heaviest showers and a few ragged lower patches forming as well.
Chance of cloud free summits?
50%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Few glimpses of sunshine. Variability visibility, becoming very good as cloud lifts, but deteriorating in showers, at times very poor.
Temperature (at 600m)
8C rising to 10 or 11C. Feeling close to freezing in the wind.
And in the valleys
10C at dawn, rising to 13 or 14C afternoon, but dropping a few degrees again in rain.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Friday 5th June 2026
Last updated
Wed 3rd Jun 26 at
4:28PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 30-35mph early, may gust 40mph just around dawn. Shifting southwesterly and easing, 15-20mph later, locally lower.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous walking early, strongest wind challenging stability with significant wind chill. Easing, fairly small later.
How Wet?
Some patchy rain
Some patchy rain drifting over the moors from time to time, more often dry than wet, best dry periods early afternoon.
Cloud on the hills?
Clearing the summits
Cloud shrouds high terrain at dawn, bases as low as 400m on west slopes north of M62, risk of a few ragged lower patches just at dawn. Lifting, clearing the summits by midday.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Rising to 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patchwork of sunshine, perhaps sunnier for a few midday hours. Good visibility.
Temperature (at 600m)
5C rising to 9C, only slight drop into night. Feeling like -3 to -5C in strongest early wind.
And in the valleys
8C at dawn, locally a degree cooler eastern valleys. Rising to 14C.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Saturday 6th June 2026
Last updated
Wed 3rd Jun 26 at
4:28PM
How windy? (On the summits)
S-SE'ly, later SW'ly, high uncertainty of extent of stronger winds - likely in range 20 to 35mph, but risk 50mph for a time.
Effect of the wind on you?
Beware of changing conditions and monitor subsequent forecasts - risk of being difficult at least part of the day.
How Wet?
Risk of rain developing
Patchy rain likely moving in from the southwest from dawn, small amounts initially. Risk of rain becoming more persistent and heavier for a time, but timing of this uncertain.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive in rain
Varied cloud banks filling in over higher moors as rain develops, may shroud many hills above 400-500m for several hours.
Chance of cloud free summits?
40%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Likely overcast, increasingly dull. Visibility good where dry if below cloud, but reducing in rain, becoming poor.
Temperature (at 600m)
7C rising to 10C afternoon, then lowering into night. Feeling near/below freezing in the wind.
And in the valleys
10C at dawn, rising to 15C afternoon.
Planning Outlook
Friday sees a slight settling trend compared to recent days with sunny spells in east Scotland as well as England and Wales, some patchy showers. Unsettled again over the weekend, as southwesterly flow draws several areas of rain across the country, best of dry slopes to the northeast. Showers affect most hills Monday and Tuesday, lowest cloud and most persistent rain along western slopes, but with some breaks as well with sunshine. Wednesday is likely more unsettled as gales spread across most tops and heavy rain drives into northwest England and Scotland. Conditions settling into the weekend as high pressure builds from the south. Low cloud will gradually dissipate for increased sun. Scotland slower to settle, some cloud and drizzly rain lingering in the west.