Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
The entire Yorkshire Dales National Park and North Pennines AONB, including the Three Peaks and Cross Fell, plus Howgills, also south to Forest of Bowland.
Monday'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
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Monday 31st August 2026
Last updated
Sun 30th Aug 26 at
4:31PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Showers scattered across most hills through morning, locally clustering for frequent falls with heavy bursts. Showers gradually clear eastward, spotty light rain fades out with time as sunny bursts break out (though weakened by high cloud). Cool-to-mild, but feeling chilly in a strengthening wind.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Showery rain, fading later; becoming windy
How windy? (On the summits)
Northwesterly 20-30mph, tending to strengthen, reaching sustained 35mph with gusts to 40mph during afternoon, likely strongest later in day.
Effect of the wind on you?
Blustery over fells, impeding walking on exposed high terrain, tending to worsen with strongest gusts affecting balance; feeling rather cool.
How Wet?
Rain on and off, improving later
Showery rain through morning, most frequent in western areas and becoming more widespread for a time with brief heavy falls. As afternoon goes, showers clear east, leaving behind spotty light rain, which will fade with time.
Cloud on the hills?
Lowest morning, rising to clear summits
Varied cloud banks perhaps fairly widely to low elevations in west early in day. Bases rise to rise to upper slopes through middle of day, breaks increasingly forming off the summits.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20% rising to 70%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Largely cloudy, glimpses of sun breaking out, then a brighter end to day in west. Visibility good away from showers.
How Cold? (at 700m)
10C rising to 12C, then cooling afternoon into evening to finish near 9C. Feeling near to freezing as wind increases.
And in the valleys
10C at dawn, rising to 17C afternoon, beginning to cool before evening.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Tuesday 1st September 2026
Last updated
Sun 30th Aug 26 at
4:31PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 25 to 35mph, some stronger gusts and perhaps trending generally stronger later in the day.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous walking conditions over the fells, more arduous moments too. Marked wind chill where exposed on high terrain.
How Wet?
Rain or drizzle most frequent west
Drizzle much of the day in western areas, some patchy rain comes and goes, heaviest steady falls in western areas. Rain may set in more persistently over N Pennines later in the day.
Cloud on the hills?
Most persistent western Dales
Covering higher slopes in western Three Peaks area and Howgills much of the day, occasional breaks above 700m. Higher base and better breaks north & eastward, though a rising chance of blanket cloud filling in over all high terrain late in the day.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30% west, to 50% north/east, later lowering
Sunshine and air clarity?
Largely cloudy, some brighter moments eastern dales. Visibility reduced in rain, better if drier, more often good east.
How Cold? (at 700m)
9 or 10C, rising a degree into afternoon. Feeling around 0C in the wind on tops.
And in the valleys
10C at dawn, rising to 18C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Wednesday 2nd September 2026
Last updated
Sun 30th Aug 26 at
4:31PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 25-35mph, gusty over tops, and strengthening for a time with tops speeds to 40-45mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Ease of walking impacted all day, more strenuous for a time with some buffeting gusts and a chilly feeling.
How Wet?
Frequent showery rain
Showery rain drifts across the fells much of the day, likely setting in for several hours, the most persistent falls on western slopes. More patchy early and later, and may scatter further into evening with lighter falls.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive
Blanket cloud from 700m up most or all day, any chance of higher breaks early and late in the day, best towards the east. Cloud will more widely lower during rain, lowest bases west with patches into valleys during heaviest rain.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast, mostly dull on high terrain with poor visibility.
How Cold? (at 700m)
10C rising to 14C. Feeling like 4 to 6C in direct wind.
And in the valleys
11C at dawn rising to 17C.
Planning Outlook
A generally unsettled outlook during the first two weeks of September with frequent rain and strong winds. Low pressure dominates and a series of frontal systems move in from the Atlantic. West to southwesterlies, often gale force over the mountains in the second half of this coming week. Heavy rain most prolonged in the west where increasingly wet underfoot, streams rising to be in spate. Low cloud often covering the hills, rarely clearing western summits. Temperatures varying, some notably cooler days for Scotland, at times more humid air mainly toward the south. A few brighter windows will break out, mostly south and eastern areas, but always brief and any detail on timing remains uncertain.