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.
Today's Forecast
Moderate breeze, locally gusty
A noticeable breeze, feeling cool where exposed on tops. Locally may be gusty, but unlikely to affect walking progress. 15-25mph.
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.
Chilly
Air temperature typically 0 to 5C on higher summits. Feeling distinctly chilly on tops when stationary or where exposed to wind. Take appropriate layers.
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Moderate breeze, locally gusty
A noticeable breeze, feeling cool where exposed on tops. Locally may be gusty, but unlikely to affect walking progress. 15-25mph.
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.
Chilly
Air temperature typically 0 to 5C on higher summits. Feeling distinctly chilly on tops when stationary or where exposed to wind. Take appropriate layers.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Monday 19th January 2026
Last updated
Sun 18th Jan 26 at
4:17PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Rain near the west coast of Scotland, largely dry inland, but low cloud covering southern Highlands widely, higher and more broken cloud northward. Rain or drizzle and blanket fog over the Pennines, drier for Lakes and Wales, with best cloud breaks northern areas. Southerly winds strongest N/W Scotland, gusty.
Headline for Peak District
Low cloud widely, drizzly rain; moderate breeze.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southerly 15-20mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Small effect on walking, but noticeable chill on higher terrain.
How Wet?
Rain and drizzle
Generally damp all day, frequent drizzle, some steadier rain for periods.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive
Low cloud shrouding the hills widely, foggy from many mid-slopes upward.
Chance of cloud free summits?
10%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast and dull, poor visibility over hills, hazy lower down.
Temperature (at 600m)
4 or 5C. Feeling like -3C directly in the wind.
And in the valleys
5C from dawn, small rise to 7C.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Tuesday 20th January 2026
Last updated
Sun 18th Jan 26 at
4:17PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southeasterly 25 to 30mph, strengthening further with time, later 40mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Blustery over the hills, gusty spots making walking uncomfortable in places, increasingly strenuous; marked wind chill.
How Wet?
A little rain
Occasional drizzly rain, amounts small.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting to tops, some breaks
Shrouding most high terrain in morning, to mid-slopes in places, cloud tending to rise to upper slopes with some breaks forming.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Generally cloudy, some brighter moments. Hazy or misty start, improving visibility below cloud.
Temperature (at 600m)
3 or 4C. Wind chill feeling like -7 to later -10C.
And in the valleys
5C from dawn, rising to 8C.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Wednesday 21st January 2026
Last updated
Sun 18th Jan 26 at
4:17PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southeasterly 25 to 40mph, speed likely to vary during the day.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous walking in exposure over the tops, frequent buffeting gusts near some edges. Considerable wind chill.
How Wet?
Generally damp, rain at times
Rain on and off, likely persistently drizzly across the hills.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive
Covering the hills widely above 400-500m, but risk to some lower slopes in morning.
Chance of cloud free summits?
10%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast and dull, poor visibility in rain.
Temperature (at 600m)
2C. Wind chill feeling like -7 to -10C where exposed on higher areas.
And in the valleys
5 or 6C, small variation night into day.
Planning Outlook
South to southeasterly winds prevail during the week ahead, widely strengthening to become persistently windy, gales over mountains with powerful gusts. Mountains near to freezing point in Scotland, typically just above freezing to high tops in England and Wales for a few days. A slowly circulating weather system will bring areas of rain and high-level snow, becoming more persistent as the week progresses, cloud covering most hills; generally driest and clearest in northwest Scotland. Colder air trying to move in from the east into later January, leaving most mountain terrain frozen in the longer range.