Mountain weather

Mountain weather

Peak District

Confidence

High confidence for mainly dry weather over this period. Some uncertainty in the strength of the easterly winds from Tuesday onwards.

Sunrise: Sunset:
Sunrise: Sunset:
Mountain hazards

Mountain weather hazards

Hazards apply at or above 300m, reflecting the more severe conditions which can occur at altitude.

Mountain weather forecast

Mainly dry with bright spells. Cold and breezy on the tops.

Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
Weather
(at 600m)
Weather symbols Partly cloudy (night) Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy Partly cloudy (night) Light rain showers (night)
Chance of
precipitation
(at 600m)
Chance of precipitation
10%
10%
10%
10%
10%
30%

Wind direction and speed

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
600m
600m NE 16mph knots
NE
16mph
NE 17mph knots
NE
17mph
NE 17mph knots
NE
17mph
NE 17mph knots
NE
17mph
NE 16mph knots
NE
16mph
NE 15mph knots
NE
15mph
300m
300m NW 7mph knots
NW
7mph
N 10mph knots
N
10mph
NE 14mph knots
NE
14mph
NE 12mph knots
NE
12mph
NE 10mph knots
NE
10mph
NE 8mph knots
NE
8mph
Valley
Valley NW 2mph knots
NW
2mph
N 5mph knots
N
5mph
NE 9mph knots
NE
9mph
NE 7mph knots
NE
7mph
NE 6mph knots
NE
6mph
N 5mph knots
N
5mph

Wind gust

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
600m
600m 23mph 23mph 23mph 22mph 22mph 20mph
300m
300m 10mph 14mph 19mph 17mph 16mph 12mph
Valley
Valley 12mph 15mph 19mph 16mph 17mph 15mph

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
600m
600m -1 degrees Celsius -1 degrees Celsius 1 degrees Celsius 1 degrees Celsius 1 degrees Celsius 1 degrees Celsius
300m
300m 4 degrees Celsius 4 degrees Celsius 5 degrees Celsius 6 degrees Celsius 5 degrees Celsius 5 degrees Celsius
Valley
Valley 3 degrees Celsius 6 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius 7 degrees Celsius 7 degrees Celsius
Freezing Level Freezing Level
1200m
1200m
1300m
1300m
1400m
1500m

Additional weather information

Meteorologist's view

Feeling cold on the tops in the breeze so warm and windproof clothing will be required.

Weather

Largely dry during the day with bright spells and scattered light showers. Showers becoming more widespread in the evening.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

90% lowering to 50% later.

Low cloud and visibility

Excellent visibility with no cloud on the hills for most of the time. Some patchy fog on very highest tops above 600m, mainly as showers move through. Showers becoming more frequent through the evening as cloud around 600m increases.

Ground conditions

No recent ground conditions report available.

Summit specific forecast