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
Light wind, negligible impact
Little wind or walking hardly affected by the wind, but feeling chilly if exposed on tops. 10-15mph or less.
Patchwork of cloud and sun
Dry most or all day. A mix of cloud and sunshine. Occasional cloud banks drifting over higher slopes, lifting above the tops.
Hazy, some fog banks
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Distant views reduced by haze, locally foggy for a time in valleys and some hill slopes.
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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Light wind, negligible impact
Little wind or walking hardly affected by the wind, but feeling chilly if exposed on tops. 10-15mph or less.
Patchwork of cloud and sun
Dry most or all day. A mix of cloud and sunshine. Occasional cloud banks drifting over higher slopes, lifting above the tops.
Hazy, some fog banks
Distant views reduced by haze, locally foggy for a time in valleys and some hill slopes.
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 8th April 2026
Last updated
Tue 7th Apr 26 at
4:09PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Light wind and warm England and Wales; mostly clear hills and often sunny; some haze weakens visibility, notably Pennines. Some hill-cloud lingers in Lakeland. Morning cloud and summit drizzle west/central Scotland, cloud moves east but an improving trend; wind strengthens northwest, cooler here too.
Headline for Peak District
Warm and sunny with little cloud, though hazy
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 5-15mph, trending towards the higher end of the range of speed late in the day, up to 20mph over tops around dusk.
Effect of the wind on you?
Small.
How Wet?
No rain expected
Cloud on the hills?
Little or none
Patchy mist in some valleys at dawn, possible fragments onto some hill slopes, but the hills soon all clear. Mist may reform into nighttime.
Chance of cloud free summits?
90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Variable cloud and sun. Visibility good, but hazy views.
Temperature (at 600m)
11C rising to 15C; starting several degrees cooler in the valleys.
And in the valleys
6 or 7C at dawn, rising to 18C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Thursday 9th April 2026
Last updated
Tue 7th Apr 26 at
4:09PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 20-30mph at dawn, shifting westerly and strengthening to 30-40mph, strong downslope gusts to east.
Effect of the wind on you?
Walking increasingly strenuous with a notable wind chill, arduous moments in exposure with considerable buffeting.
How Wet?
Afternoon rain, late day showers
Mostly dry into the morning, drizzly rain arriving and gradually setting in for several hours passing east and breaking into showers late in the day, snow to 500-600m.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive high terrain, breaking later
The tops likely in cloud through much of the morning, bases reaching as low as 400-500m during heaviest rain around midday, early afternoon. Cloud lifts and breaks later as rain ceases for clear hills.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30%, rising to 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Cloudy much of the morning, visibility poor during rain. Sunshine breaking out afternoon with very good visibility.
Temperature (at 600m)
7 or 8C, cooling to 3C. Feeling as cold as -10C in strongest wind.
And in the valleys
9C at dawn, cooling to 6C.
Viewing Forecast For
Peak District
Friday 10th April 2026
Last updated
Tue 7th Apr 26 at
4:09PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 15-20mph at dawn, shifting southerly and gradually strengthening, 35-40mph by dusk.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small at dawn, but walking increasingly impeded, strenuous conditions with significant wind chill by dusk.
How Wet?
Chance patchy rain afternoon
Some patchy rain may affect the hills in the afternoon, greatest chance in the north/Lancashire Pennines, but most hills substantially dry all day.
Cloud on the hills?
Little or none
At dawn, some patchy mist here and there, this soon lifting and dissipating after dawn for cloud-free moors.
Chance of cloud free summits?
90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Weak sunshine through high cloud, some brighter moments but trending cloudier. Good visibility.
Temperature (at 600m)
2C rising to 5C, staying lifted for several hours into night. Later, feeling like -8C in direct wind.
And in the valleys
3C at dawn, lifting to 10C.
Planning Outlook
Variable weather regimes in the extended forecast. Atlantic west-southwesterly winds will be dominant, with low pressure to the northwest of the country, brining cloud, rain, and mild temperatures, often followed by sun, showers, and cooler temperatures; rain will be increasingly common to the high Munros, but the snowfall level will lower too during periods of cooler weather, and perhaps to high Lakeland fells too, though any snow unlikely to accumulate here. In the longer term, indications of high pressure increasingly building from the southwest, brining drier, brighter, and milder conditions to England and Wales and occasionally Scotland too, though the risk of occasional rain and cooler temperatures remains.