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.
Monday's Forecast
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
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.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
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.
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.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
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
Monday 12th October 2026
Last updated
Sun 11th Oct 26 at
4:00PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Extensive low cloud blankets the mountains, poor visibility widely; generally damp with drizzle and some steadier rain. Best chance for drier conditions and local higher cloud breaks to the north of major hill groups. Wind speeds will vary, but often blustery around tops. Fairly mild southerly air.
Headline for Peak District
Murky and damp; varied wind.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southerly 20 to 25mph, at times 30mph on highest terrain in morning. Tending to increase onward into night to southwesterly 40mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Blustery around higher exposed terrain in morning, moderating somewhat. Likely to deteriorate into the night.
How Wet?
A little rain, may fade
Patchy rain and drizzle, most persistent in the morning over western hills, odd heavier moments moving east for a time. Some drier periods likely afternoon, but often feeling damp around low cloud.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive
Shrouding the hills widely during rain, from lower elevations upward. Cloud base may rise a little into afternoon, but rarely clearing above 500m.
Chance of cloud free summits?
10%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast, dull or murky.
Temperature (at 600m)
12C rising to 14C during day, then little change into night.
And in the valleys
10C at dawn, rising to 17C afternoon, feeling more humid.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Tuesday 13th October 2026
Last updated
Sun 11th Oct 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 40mph around dawn, easing briefly during morning to 25mph, but rise again with time to 40mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Challenging conditions at first likely ease to be fairly small for a time, but beware of worsening again as the day goes on.
How Wet?
Rain then odd showers
A band of heavy rain passes eastwards over a few hours from dawn into the morning. Breaking up to be quickly dry for a brief window, but scattered showers follow from west during the afternoon.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive but lifting to be often clear
Blanket cloud across hills from dawn into morning in rain, then a rapid clearance to just ragged patches around some slopes, but many hills clear. Staying mostly above hills, some patches graze tops in showers.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Rising to 70%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast and dull, then sun breaking through for a time, then cloudier again. Poor visibility in rain, suddenly very good, reducing again in showers.
Temperature (at 600m)
Mild 12C overnight and through dawn, but dropping into daytime to 8C. Feeling below freezing as wind increases.
And in the valleys
Mild 15C from dawn, little change night into day, then gradually lowering afternoon into evening.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Wednesday 14th October 2026
Last updated
Sun 11th Oct 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly, in range 25 to 40mph, notable increase with height; sustained speeds strongest in afternoon.
Effect of the wind on you?
Increasingly strenuous walking conditions on higher moors, gusts knocking you off balance, later more challenging.
How Wet?
Largely dry
Odd spots of drizzly rain in the wind may drift onto western hills, mostly areas north from the M62.
Cloud on the hills?
Grazing tops at times
Some banks of cloud drifting over higher moors mostly in western areas, but often lifting to 600m or just above tops.
Chance of cloud free summits?
70%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Mostly weak sun through high cloud. Visibility good.
Temperature (at 600m)
8C rising to 11C. Feeling like -3C directly in the wind.
And in the valleys
8C at dawn, rising to mild 16C by late afternoon.
Planning Outlook
A very unsettled Atlantic pattern this week. Southwesterly gales strengthen to become severe on the mountains into Wednesday, moderating into Thursday. Frequently raining particularly over western hills, some bands of more extensive heavier rain passing eastwards through midweek. Milder early in the week, then cooler later, with showery conditions by Thursday into Friday on westerly winds - Scottish high summits may drop back close to freezing with some snow falling on higher tops. Indications start to favour higher pressure building into next weekend and early next week for a period of quieter weather and scope for inversion conditions on high terrain.