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
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Frequent or persistent rain
Steady rain fairly persistent, occasionally heavy, rather wet underfoot.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
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.
Frequent or persistent rain
Steady rain fairly persistent, occasionally heavy, rather wet underfoot.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
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 9th November 2025
Last updated
Sat 8th Nov 25 at
4:30PM
Summary for all mountain areas
A swathe of rain advances eastwards across all regions during the day, heaviest over south-facing hill groups, patchier northwards across the Highlands, breaking up with time in the west, leaving a few showers, rising cloud bases. Windy, up to gale force high tops, most sustained in Wales.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Wind strengthening, becoming wetter into middle of day.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 25-30mph. Rising during morning, reaching up to 40mph middle of day, some stronger gusts over high tops. Starting to lessen a little toward evening.
Effect of the wind on you?
Walking increasingly arduous with wind chill. Considerable buffeting will make stability challenging.
How Wet?
Patchy rain increasingly frequent, heavy west
A few spots of nuisance rain early morning in west, becoming more frequent into middle of day, setting in for periods with some heavy bursts western Yorks Dales. Patchier rain toward northeast Pennines.
Cloud on the hills?
Becoming extensive over high terrain
From dawn, banks of cloud drifting over high fells of Yorks Dales, more patchy over N Pennines; local breaks are likely. With time, banks become more frequent and bases will lower to middle slopes as rain arrives.
Chance of cloud free summits?
70% early morning, lowering to 20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Weak sun through high cloud at first in east, trending overcast Very good visibility in morning in east, becoming poor as rain arrives.
How Cold? (at 700m)
7 or 8C. Feeling like -3C directly in the wind.
And in the valleys
7C from dawn, rising to 11C.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Monday 10th November 2025
Last updated
Sat 8th Nov 25 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the summits)
South-southwesterly 10-15mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Small
How Wet?
Soon substantially dry
A broad area of showery rain from dawn soon clears, wet underfoot at first. Odd showers follow drifting onto western Yorks Dales fells from the Irish Sea.
Cloud on the hills?
Intermittent cloud banks over high tops
Fog fairly extensive on high terrain at and before dawn, soon breaking as rain clears. Cloud banks will drift over western Yorks Dales fells above 600m and may lower briefly where showers form - most N Pennines clear.
Chance of cloud free summits?
70%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Mostly sunny, locally more patchy in western Yorks Dales. Excellent visibility.
How Cold? (at 700m)
6C
And in the valleys
7C at dawn, rising to 9C. Southern Yorkshire Dales may reach up to 10C.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Tuesday 11th November 2025
Last updated
Sat 8th Nov 25 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southerly, strengthening rapidly from before dawn to 35 to 50mph in morning, reaching 60mph with stronger gusts.
Effect of the wind on you?
Soon arduous walking conditions, increasingly difficult mobility over higher terrain. Marked wind chill despite mild air.
How Wet?
Rain heaviest west
Rain widespread throughout the day, the most sustained heavy falls in western areas up to Kirkby Stephen. Streams in spate, renewed flooding in west.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive, lowest southwest
Shrouding the hills fairly widely, from 400m upward western Dales up to Tebay, 500-600m elsewhere, some higher breaks toward Teesdale.
Chance of cloud free summits?
10%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast and murky, better visibility locally toward northeast.
How Cold? (at 700m)
5C soon rising from dawn to 7C, reaching 9C from noon; only small fall with height. Feeling nearer -5C directly in the wind.
And in the valleys
7C at dawn, rising to 12C by late afternoon, staying mild into evening, little change into night.
Planning Outlook
A cloudy and wet week ahead as several low pressure cores draw frontal systems across the British Isles. Rain at times extensive and heavy, streams in spate with a risk of flooding, primarily western mountains. Winds start fairly light but soon increase with gales becoming widespread by Tuesday, which may persist for several days. Temperatures remain mild until later in the week when cold air begins pushing into northern Scotland - timing and extent of the arrival of cold air remains uncertain but high terrain of Scotland and possibly northern England may start to see more snow around or after next weekend.