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.
Wednesday'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
Wednesday 30th September 2026
Last updated
Tue 29th Sep 26 at
4:15PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Heavy rain sweeps northeast across England and Scotland through morning: persistent falls, locally torrential with risk thunder, particularly west Scotland early hours. Rain soon clears Wales, more widely by midday, bright skies follow, trending cooler and showers developing. Widely windy, gales in Scotland.
Headline for Peak District
Morning heavy rain, very windy early; mostly sunny afternoon
How windy? (On the summits)
Southerly 25 to 30mph; nearer to 40-45mph around dawn, quite gusty too.
Effect of the wind on you?
Ease of walking impacted in exposure all day, more strenuous walking early in the day with considerable buffeting.
How Wet?
Morning rain, sometimes heavy, mostly dry afternoon
Rain most of the morning, perhaps persistent for several hours with heavy falls likely. Rain will rapidly break up for a largely dry afternoon, a risk of scattered showers returning later in the day.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting off the tops
Extensive cloud over higher moors in early rain, then breaking rapidly and likely all clearing above the hills by midday or early afternoon.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Rising to 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Often sunny after early cloud clears, some patchy cloud forming through afternoon. Poor visibility to start, improving to very good.
Temperature (at 600m)
Humid 15C or above, generally lowering but variable, later finishing near a fresher 11 or 12C. Feeling near to freezing in the wind.
And in the valleys
Very mild and humid 17C from dawn, slow to rise but approaching 20 or 21C afternoon, then notably cooling as evening turns to night.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Thursday 1st October 2026
Last updated
Tue 29th Sep 26 at
4:15PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 15mph, some variability both above and below. Trending stronger later, strengthening overnight.
Effect of the wind on you?
Small.
How Wet?
Scattered showers
A few showery periods come and go through the day. Dry windows are likely, rainfall totals will be small, and some hills may remain entirely dry.
Cloud on the hills?
Soon clear
Banks of cloud rolling over high edges in the morning, a few lower patches where sheltered. Cloud begins lifting soon after sunrise, to break off the summits for cloud-free hills.
Chance of cloud free summits?
90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patchy sun, extended sunny windows forming. Very good visibility.
Temperature (at 600m)
9C rising to 12 or 13C, some variability in early showers.
And in the valleys
10C at dawn, rising to 17C.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Friday 2nd October 2026
Last updated
Tue 29th Sep 26 at
4:15PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 25-35mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Ease of walking impacted all day in exposure, some buffeting in exposure with a chilly feeling in strongest gusts.
How Wet?
Rain most of the day
Rain rarely ceases over northern hills, steady heavy falls here. Some chance of patchier rain to the south to start, but extended falls forming here too with heavy moments.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive, may vary
High terrain likely in cloud all day, regularly lowering towards middle slopes during rain, particularly Lancashire Pennines with persistent patches into valleys during extended rain. A few breaks may form to the south.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
A few bright glimpses possible to the south and east but more likely overcast. Largely poor visibility, particularly over high edges.
Temperature (at 600m)
10C rising to 13 or 14C. Feeling like 3 to 6C in direct wind.
And in the valleys
10C at dawn, lifting to 16C afternoon.
Planning Outlook
Fresher, blustery south-southwesterlies from overnight Wednesday persist on Thursday: showery in the west early but trending drier and brighter widely. A new frontal system approaches late Thursday and overnight, then Friday will be a wetter day again; rain quite frequent with extensive cloud for many and quite blustery. On Saturday, higher pressure begins expanding from the south, increasingly settling the weather in England and Wales; temperatures generally mild, some cool nights when skies are clear, also sometimes feeling humid. The following week remains mixed, some settled windows in England and Wales with bright breaks east, but more often windy, particularly Scotland with periods of rain, the wind and rain expanding more widely at times.