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.
Sunday's Forecast
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
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.
Cool to mild
Air temperature 5 to 10C on higher terrain. Comfortable temperatures on lower terrain, but feeling chilly if exposed to wind higher up, especially if stationary. Pack extra layers.
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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.
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.
Cool to mild
Air temperature 5 to 10C on higher terrain. Comfortable temperatures on lower terrain, but feeling chilly if exposed to wind higher up, especially if stationary. Pack extra layers.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Sunday 20th September 2026
Last updated
Sat 19th Sep 26 at
4:00PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Gale-force winds over Scottish mountains early in the day lessen, but staying blustery and feeling chilly, for northern areas in particular. Showery rain in the west in the morning fading. Cloud base rising with good breaks forming, sunny spells best toward east. Lightest winds for Wales.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Strongest wind in morning; largely dry, cloud lifts.
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 40mph in morning, stronger gusts for a few hours from dawn North Pennines; tending to lessen gradually to 25mph middle of day into afternoon, slightly less later in day.
Effect of the wind on you?
Challenging conditions moderating, but still blustery and affecting comfortable walking on exposed tops. Marked wind chill.
How Wet?
Little or no rain
Local drizzly showers possible over western side of Dales and Pennines early in day, but mostly dry.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting above the tops
Patchy cloud grazing higher slopes above 700-800m in the morning. Lifting and clearing above most or all hills.
Chance of cloud free summits?
80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Broken cloud and sunshine; thin high cloud may thicken later. Visibility very good, early slight haze west.
How Cold? (at 700m)
7 or 8C, little change all day, then tending to rise onward into night. Feeling sub-zero in the stronger wind.
And in the valleys
11C at dawn, rising to 15C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Monday 21st September 2026
Last updated
Sat 19th Sep 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 25 to 40mph, strongest North Pennines, very gusty in places; speeds may ease a little during the day.
Effect of the wind on you?
Blustery, affecting ease of walking and balance in places, some buffeting gusts in places downslope toward the east.
How Wet?
Drizzle
Drizzle and some light rain mostly over western side of Pennines, amounts fairly small, but feeling widely damp where in cloud.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive
Blanket cloud shrouding the fells, foggy from mid-elevations upward much of the day, lower in morning western Dales. With time, bases rising, some breaks may form, more substantial eastern areas.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Glimpses of sun mostly, but locally eastern dales may develop more with time. Misty poor visibility many hills, but locally good below cloud in east.
How Cold? (at 700m)
12 to 14C, little change into night; quite humid, but still feeling near 5C if directly in wind.
And in the valleys
10C at dawn, rising to 18C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Tuesday 22nd September 2026
Last updated
Sat 19th Sep 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 15 to 30mph, some gusty areas around some higher fells, including some downslopes east of N Pennines.
Effect of the wind on you?
Varied conditions, in places fairly small, but some more blustery areas and some local buffeting gusts, mainly in north.
How Wet?
Drizzle west
Patchy drizzle most common western areas up to Tebay, and feeling damp anywhere within cloud, but more often dry more eastern areas.
Cloud on the hills?
Lowest and most persistent west
Shrouding many hills in the morning, lowest and most persistent western Yorks Dales up to Kirkby Stephen, may linger over hills all day. Mostly above 600-700m further north. Some breaks develop, best in eastern areas.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20% west, to 50% east
Sunshine and air clarity?
Largely cloudy western areas, some glimpses of sun may develop, more often toward eastern dales, where visibility good below cloud.
How Cold? (at 700m)
12 to 14C all day, humid, warmest east; may then drop a little into night. Feeling like 5C directly in stronger wind.
And in the valleys
13C from dawn, up to 19C afternoon, locally 21C eastern dales.
Planning Outlook
Warm and humid air from the southwest extends across Britain early in the new week, cloaking many hills in fog and drizzle, to lower slopes near western coasts. A band of steadier rain is likely to be draped over northwest Scotland by Tuesday. Best of cloud breaks in areas further east and northeast. Rain then passes eastwards into Wednesday followed by a few showers, lower humidity and cloud bases lifting. Later in the week, areas of low pressure toward the northwest likely still bring periods of stronger winds to Scotland at least and a risk of rain at times mainly in the west, but a trend toward higher pressure and drier weather more often for the end of September into the start of October.