A drystone wall leading up a hill in the Yorkshire Dales.
Mountain weather
Yellow warning

Yellow weather warning in force for Yorkshire Dales

Yorkshire Dales Mountain weather forecast table

Confidence

High for dry, cold and settled conditions on Tuesday then increasingly windy on Wednesday. Lower confidence in detail later in the week, especially the timings more unsettled and milder conditions from Friday.

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Mountain hazards

Mountain weather hazards

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

hazard Severe Chill Effect
Wind significantly lowers the ‘feels-like’ temperature relative to the actual temperature, with even moderate winds significantly adding to the chilling effect. Strong winds can result in a severe and debilitating wind chill many degrees below the actual temperature. This effect will be enhanced in rain or wet snow. Without protection, prolonged exposure could result in frost nip or frostbite on exposed parts of the body and/or hypothermia.

Mountain weather forecast

Dry with plenty of sunshine. Winds easing. Very cold.

Time 06:00 09:00 12:00 15:00 18:00 21:00
Weather
(at 600m)
Partly cloudy (night) Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy (night) Cloudy
Chance of precipitation
(at 600m)
<05% 00% 00% 10% 10% 20%

Wind direction and speed (mph)
Altitude above mean sea level
Time 06:00 09:00 12:00 15:00 18:00 21:00
600m NW
13
NW
13
N
11
NE
10
E
8
E
10
300m NW
7
NW
9
N
8
NE
6
NE
3
E
4
Valley NW
3
N
4
N
6
NE
6
NE
3
E
3
Wind gust (mph)
Altitude above mean sea level
Time 06:00 09:00 12:00 15:00 18:00 21:00
600m 22 19 15 13 12 17
300m 20 20 14 12 11 16
Valley 18 15 12 11 9 11

Altitude above mean sea level
Time 06:00 09:00 12:00 15:00 18:00 21:00
600m
-3°
-4°
-2°
-2°
-2°
-2°
300m
-1°
-1°
-1°
-2°
Valley
Freezing Level
0m
0m
0m
100m
0m
0m

Altitude above mean sea level
Time 06:00 09:00 12:00 15:00 18:00 21:00
600m
-9°
-10°
-8°
-6°
-7°
-7°
300m
-4°
-5°
-3°
-2°
-4°
-4°
Valley
-2°
-2°
-2°
-2°

Additional weather information

Meteorologist's view

A dry but very cold day. Cold conditions at all levels with frozen ground.

Weather

A dry but cold day with plenty of sunshine and winds easing but some high cloud will spread across from the southwest in the afternoon and evening. A few isolated light wintry showers possible in the east in the late afternoon and evening.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

95%.

Low cloud and visibility

Excellent visibility with little to no low cloud expected during the day, although the odd patch of summit cloud cannot be completely ruled out.

Recent rainfall

Location: Malham
Altitude: 375m
Last 24 hoursLast 48 hoursLast 72 hours
13mm25.3mm27.1mm
Measurement date:

Rainfall data provided by the Environment Agency. The Met Office is not responsible for content provided by third parties and may remove this data without warning.

Sunrise:
Sunset:

Mountain weather information

Weather

Dry and rather cloudy but the cloud should stay above the summits. Feeling very cold with summit gales giving a severe wind chill on the tops.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

90%.

Maximum wind speed expected

East or Southeast 25 to 35mph gusts 45-55mph.

Temperature

  • At 600m Minus 2C.
  • Valley Minus 2 becoming Plus 2C.
  • Freezing level 100 or 200m.

Low cloud and visibility

Mainly good visibility with cloud largely above the tops. Just the odd patch of summit cloud possible.

Mountain weather information

Thu 19 Feb

Sunrise:
Sunset:

Dry with bright or sunny spells and remaining cold. Strong southeasterly winds becoming light. Freezing level 200 to 400m.

Fri 20 Feb

Sunrise:
Sunset:

Turning increasing windy and unsettled with outbreaks of rain spreading in from the west, preceded by summit snow. Southwesterly summit gales developing. Freezing level rising above summits.

Sat 21 Feb

Sunrise:
Sunset:

Remaining unsettled with showers or longer spells of rain. Strong to gale force west or southwest winds. Freezing level above summits.

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Summit specific forecast

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