Wast Water Youth Hostel (Cumbria) weather

Headline:

Settled over the Christmas period, with cold winds.

This Evening and Tonight:

Remaining dry this evening and overnight, with variable, often large amounts of cloud. Still rather breezy, particularly over the Pennines. A chillier night than recent, with the odd pocket of grass frost possible in prone spots. Minimum temperature 2 °C.

Thursday:

Christmas Day will see a continuation of the dry and settled theme. The Pennines will hold onto areas of cloud, but elsewhere lengthy spells of sunshine developing. Cold and breezy. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Staying largely dry on Boxing Day and through the weekend with variable cloud cover. Some clear or sunny spells. Cold throughout with some night frost, and breezy for a while.

High pressure is likely to dominate across the UK at the start of this period and through to the end of the year. This means that weather conditions will be largely settled and for many places it will remain dry. It may often be rather cloudy, but any rainfall that does develop is expected to be light with overall accumulations small. Winds will mostly be light with temperatures close to or slightly below normal. Into 2026, little change is anticipated through the first week of January, with settled and mainly dry conditions continuing for many parts of the UK. However, there is a small chance that more unsettled, wetter and milder weather could develop at times, particularly in the north.

High pressure will probably lie close to the UK through much of this period and bring a large amount of dry and settled weather, especially in the south, with rainfall most likely in the north. Temperatures are expected to be close to or slightly below normal. Toward the end of this period there is potential for more changeable or unsettled conditions to develop more widely.