Southern Uplands
The Galloway hills eastward to the Lammermuir hills. The Cheviots (including higher hills within the adjacent Northumberland NP).
Today's Forecast
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
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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Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
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
Southern Uplands
Monday 21st September 2026
Last updated
Sun 20th Sep 26 at
4:29PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Warm and humid air across the country brings low cloud shrouding hills extensively, foggy to some lower elevations in the west. Some rain moves east across Scotland then generally damp air with fairly persistent drizzle over western hills. Strongest winds toward northern Scotland, gusty not just on highest tops.
Headline for Southern Uplands
Gusty wind; drizzle, low cloud most persistent southwest.
How windy? (On the summits)
West to southwesterly 25mph to in places gusty 35mph; tending to ease a little into afternoon, then rising again from dusk into night from west.
Effect of the wind on you?
Variable, sometimes fairly small, but blustery in places around higher terrain, affecting comfortable walking at times.
How Wet?
Drizzle mostly west
Drizzle and occasional light rain, most common Dumfries & Galloway. Patchy drizzle into the western Cheviots, but more often dry Borders to Lothians.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive much of the day
Blanket cloud shrouding the hills, foggy from some lower elevations upward in the west of Galloway and near Solway. Cloud base higher eastward toward 500-600m and a slow lift of base may occur widely, local breaks later.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Glimpses of sun mostly eastern valleys, locally may break through more. Misty poor visibility many hills, but locally good below cloud in east.
How Cold? (at 750m)
12 to 14C, little change into night; quite humid, but still feeling like 5C if directly in wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Tuesday 22nd September 2026
Last updated
Sun 20th Sep 26 at
4:29PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 20 to 30mph, some gusty areas around some higher tops.
Effect of the wind on you?
Varied conditions, in places fairly small, but some more blustery areas and some buffeting gusts.
How Wet?
Drizzle mostly west, some rain later
Often drizzly much of day Dumfries and Galloway up to the M74 corridor, generally damp where in cloud, patchier drizzle north and eastwards, locally more often dry. Some steadier rain likely reaches Galloway into afternoon.
Cloud on the hills?
Most persistent southwest
Shrouding many hills in the morning, from lower elevations upward in southwestern areas. The base tending to drift slowly higher, but likely to persist over hills much of day near and west of M74. Breaks develop north/east areas.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20% southwest, to 50% northeast.
Sunshine and air clarity?
Largely cloudy, misty over western hills. Some glimpses of sun toward valleys in north and east, visibility good below cloud.
How Cold? (at 750m)
12C much of day, locally 14C in east, humid; dropping into night in west to 7C. Feeling like 5C directly in wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Wednesday 23rd September 2026
Last updated
Sun 20th Sep 26 at
4:29PM
How windy? (On the summits)
A variable westerly, mostly 10-25mph in the morning, orienting northwesterly 20-25mph afternoon.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly fairly small, but speed will vary, with some blustery moments over the high tops.
How Wet?
Morning rain, dry afternoon
Rain fairly widely from dawn, heavy falls probable. Rain begins to clear from the west, little left by afternoon (perhaps earlier), raining longest over Cheviots. Few showers may affect Galloway afternoon, otherwise dry.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive to start, largely clearing
Extensive cloud around rain to at least middle slopes to start, and to lower slopes in many places with ragged patches to forest canopies. Beginning to break from the west; and will increasingly break through afternoon, little remaining late in the day.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20%, rising to 80% through afternoon
Sunshine and air clarity?
Cloudy to start, dull in many places with poor visibility to start. Breaking for bright sunshine afternoon with excellent visibility.
How Cold? (at 750m)
10C, lowering from the west, approaching 7C widely later. Feeling near 0C in strongest wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Planning Outlook
Rain affects western Scotland on Tuesday, patchier rain extending eastward. Then into Wednesday, a heavier swathe of rain moves east, more likely over England & Wales, clearing from the west leaving a few showers. South-southwesterly winds increase again on Thursday and rain may move into western Scotland, but elsewhere is likely dry. A variable outlook continues into next weekend and just beyond with high pressure building from the south at times with fairly warm and dry conditions, but some Atlantic systems still pass to the north bringing occasional rain and showers toward western Scotland at least. A trend toward drier conditions more widely around the change of month.