Southern Uplands
The Galloway hills eastward to the Lammermuir hills. The Cheviots (including higher hills within the adjacent Northumberland NP).
Monday'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
Southern Uplands
Monday 1st June 2026
Last updated
Sun 31st May 26 at
4:00PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Rain affects all areas during the day, some heavy falls widely, most constant in Wales. Low cloud across the hills, blanketing to lower slopes in west coastal areas. South-southwest winds, varied in Scotland, but stronger England and particularly Wales, here gales over tops. Fairly mild air, but feeling cooler in wind.
Headline for Southern Uplands
Windy, rain on and off, some heavy; low cloud.
How windy? (On the summits)
South-southwesterly 20 to 30mph, strengthening during morning, reaching 35-40mph on high tops for a time, tending to transfer eastward and lessen a little from west afternoon.
Effect of the wind on you?
Becoming strenuous walking in morning with marked wind chill, moving east and improving somewhat from west later.
How Wet?
Rain frequent or persistent
Rain drifting from the southwest from dawn, frequently raining much of the day, heavy falls particularly M74 corridor westwards. Patchier further northeast toward the Lothians, may intermittently ease elsewhere.
Cloud on the hills?
Increasingly extensive, very low cloud southwest
Variable banks above 600-700m early morning north and east, but soon bases as low as 300m southwestern hills, and lowering widely across hills in morning, rarely above 500-600m all day, highest bases towards Central Belt.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Soon below 10%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast and dull, murky across hills in rain, local improvements below cloud mainly in east, but visibility often poor central-western areas.
How Cold? (at 750m)
9 or 10C, may briefly rise to 11C Cheviots. Feeling below freezing in strongest wind, near -5C highest tops.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Tuesday 2nd June 2026
Last updated
Sun 31st May 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 15 to 20mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small.
How Wet?
Showers, locally heavy, thundery
Scattered showers in morning developing more widely into afternoon, some heavier bursts drifting eastwards, risk of isolated thunder, mainly eastern hills later.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting above tops away from showers
Patchy cloud banks over hills in morning, becoming confined to upper slopes and lifting above hills for periods. Around showers, varied ragged patches.
Chance of cloud free summits?
60%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Glimpses of sun, becoming sunnier around western coasts then later inland in west. Visibility very good, reduced in showers.
How Cold? (at 750m)
9C up to 11C afternoon.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Wednesday 3rd June 2026
Last updated
Sun 31st May 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
South-southwesterly 25 to 40mph, risk of increasing further for a few hours at least, to 50mph on higher summits.
Effect of the wind on you?
Very blustery, strenuous walking in exposure, buffeting gusts around higher tops. Considerable wind chill.
How Wet?
Rain becomes persistent
Rain extends in from the southwest, becoming fairly persistent particularly Dumfries & Galloway, heavier at times, drizzly even when heavier rain fades; patchier toward Lothians.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive
Covering the hills all day in west, from lower slopes upward near Solway, rarely above 400-500m inland. Higher bases north and eastward, breaks to 600m.
Chance of cloud free summits?
10%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Glimpses of sun mostly Lothians to Borders where visibility good below cloud. Hazier west, misty toward Solway.
How Cold? (at 750m)
7 or 8C, slight rise afternoon if not in cloud. Wind chill feeling like -5C.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Planning Outlook
An unsettled spell through early June, possibly through the first two weeks, as low pressure over the north Atlantic and southwesterly winds dominate. Periods of rain mixed with showery days widely - the most constant rain over western mountains with low cloud often shrouding the hills. Wind speed will vary, but up to gale-force for periods over the hills, mostly in Scotland by later this week. Higher pressure to the south tends to expand across and just east of Britain later in the week, bringing some drier weather, but western hills even in England and Wales may remain often misty and drizzly. Temperatures near average, cooler at times. Mid June onward shows signs of drier and warmer weather.