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.
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.
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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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.
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
Tuesday 16th June 2026
Last updated
Mon 15th Jun 26 at
4:28PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Damp southerly air will cloak many hills in low cloud, plus drizzle or a little rain. Highest cloud bases and best chance for breaks further northward. Moderate winds, more blustery near west coasts, strengthening for Wales where frequent rain arriving.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Increasing breeze. Low cloud, a little drizzle, then rain later.
How windy? (On the summits)
South trending southwesterly, 15mph in morning, gradually rising, reaching 20-25mph afternoon-evening, some stronger gusts high tops late in day.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small, but increasingly blustery, ease of walking widely impacted later with a chilly feeling.
How Wet?
Some drizzle, rain mainly evening
Overnight rain fading up to dawn, some local drizzle may linger, but often dry well into the afternoon. Later in day, patchy rain develops from southwest, some pulses of heavier rain extend northeast during evening over an hour or so.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive morning, some breaks for a time afternoon
Extensive to at least middle slopes from dawn, to the lower slopes near and south of Tebay. A rising tendency towards 700m, some local higher breaks form midday/afternoon, mainly north and east areas, but returning more extensively later from southwest.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Mostly cloudy, a few brighter moments afternoon, mainly toward east and north. Very good visibility where out of cloud.
How Cold? (at 700m)
10C rising to 12 or 13C; slightly cooler toward evening. Feeling like 5C in strongest direct wind.
And in the valleys
11C at dawn, rising to 18C, local 20C eastern Dales, quite humid.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Wednesday 17th June 2026
Last updated
Mon 15th Jun 26 at
4:28PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 25 to 30mph, some stronger gusts around high tops, more often over higher North Pennines.
Effect of the wind on you?
Blustery over the fells, strenuous walking in exposure on higher slopes, more frequent buffeting North Pennines.
How Wet?
Rain frequent west, then fading
A mix of rain, drizzle and some showery moments; the most frequent rain typically western Yorks Dales up to Tebay, risk persistently wet over several hours. Tending to fade through afternoon.
Cloud on the hills?
Lowest and most persistent west
Blanket cloud across the fells around rain, from low-mid slopes upward western Yorks Dales and Howgills. Tending to rise afternoon, but often capping western tops. Lifting above 600m north/east, some breaks.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20% west, rising to 50% north/east
Sunshine and air clarity?
Largely cloudy, some sun may break through afternoon. Hazy or misty around rain in west, then visibility improves later to be very good.
How Cold? (at 700m)
10 or 11C, little change all day. Feeling near to freezing directly in wind.
And in the valleys
12C at dawn, rising to 18C afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Thursday 18th June 2026
Last updated
Mon 15th Jun 26 at
4:28PM
How windy? (On the summits)
South-southwesterly 20 to 30mph, tending to strengthen, risk later 35-40mph, or stronger into night, at least N Pennines.
Effect of the wind on you?
Starting to affect comfortable walking over higher exposed tops, increasing buffeting may become more challenging later.
How Wet?
Rain and drizzle, most in west
Generally damp western Yorks Dales NP much of day, some steadier pulses of rain. Patchier smaller amounts north and eastward, but damp within cloud.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive, lowest west
Shrouding Three Peaks to Howgills most or all day, often to mid-slopes. Higher cloud base 600m or higher north from Kirkby Stephen, local breaks toward east.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Largely cloudy, dull west, brighter east. Misty western dales, better visibility below cloud toward north and east.
How Cold? (at 700m)
10 to 12C, locally rising to 14C out of cloud eastern areas. Feeling near 0C in stronger wind high tops.
And in the valleys
13C at dawn, rising to 17 to 20C, warmest eastern dales, rather humid.
Planning Outlook
Humid southwesterly winds continue to prevail later this week, likely reaching gale-force over hills for a period Thursday into Friday, soonest in Wales. Periods of rain, some heavy, mixed with drizzle and low cloud most persistent in the west. More uncertainty of day-to-day detail in the extended range, but in general a variable southwesterly pattern continues; rain and low cloud common in western Scotland into next week. Some warmer days, drier more often England and Wales.