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

Yorkshire Dales Mountain weather forecast table

Confidence

High for changeable weather to continue into early next week. Low confidence for Saturday.

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This evening forecast

Dry and partly cloudy, just the odd passing shower. Strong southwesterly summit winds.

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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 Gales
Gale force winds (gusts over 50mph) make walking difficult and strenuous with a potential to be blown over by gusts. There is often a marked increase in winds through cols or on exposed ridges and summits. Distances can take longer to cover and compass bearings become harder to follow accurately.

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.
hazard Poor Visibility
Poor visibility presents challenging route finding conditions. Visibility could be significantly less than 50 metres in all directions with few or no visual references, especially on featureless moors or plateaux. Distances become hard to judge and cliff or cornice edges can be difficult to recognise. These conditions require good navigational skills. There is a risk of white-out conditions when mist or fog is combined with extensive snow cover.

Mountain weather forecast

Windy with showers, some longer spells of rain after dark

Time 00:00 03:00 06:00 09:00 12:00 15:00 18:00 21:00
Weather
(at 600m)
Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Light rain Heavy shower (day) Cloudy Heavy rain Heavy rain
Chance of precipitation
(at 600m)
30% 30% 30% 40% 40% 30% 80% 40%

Wind direction and speed (mph)
Altitude above mean sea level
Time 00:00 03:00 06:00 09:00 12:00 15:00 18:00 21:00
600m SW
31
SW
30
SW
30
SW
29
SW
27
SW
27
SW
31
SW
32
300m SW
17
SW
17
SW
17
SW
17
SW
18
SW
17
SW
20
SW
21
Valley SW
15
SW
16
SW
16
SW
16
SW
17
SW
15
SW
18
SW
19
Wind gust (mph)
Altitude above mean sea level
Time 00:00 03:00 06:00 09:00 12:00 15:00 18:00 21:00
600m 44 44 43 42 40 39 45 48
300m 37 38 37 36 37 35 41 43
Valley 35 36 36 36 37 32 39 39

Altitude above mean sea level
Time 00:00 03:00 06:00 09:00 12:00 15:00 18:00 21:00
600m
300m
Valley
Freezing Level
1,200m
1,100m
1,100m
1,100m
1,100m
900m
1,000m
1,100m

Altitude above mean sea level
Time 00:00 03:00 06:00 09:00 12:00 15:00 18:00 21:00
600m
-2°
-2°
-2°
-2°
-3°
-4°
-5°
-4°
300m
Valley

Additional weather information

Meteorologist's view

Higher summit gales will make for slow progress and drenching conditions in rain, along with wind chill.

Weather

Variable amounts of cloud through the day and a few passing showers, these occasionally heavy. Some longer spells of rain spreading south during the evening.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

60%

Low cloud and visibility

Generally good visibility with patchy cloud above 800 metres, this becoming more prevalent down to 700 metres or so in evening rain. A few areas of cloud on lower slopes until mid-morning.

Recent rainfall

Location: Malham
Altitude: 375m
Last 24 hoursLast 48 hoursLast 72 hours
8.3mm8.4mm8.7mm
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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.

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Mountain weather information

Weather

Apart from a few wintry showers it will be dry with variable cloud cover. There's a chance that some longer spells of rain and summit snow may spread from the south for a time but very low confidence in this aspect of the forecast.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

70%

Maximum wind speed expected

Northerly 20 mph

Temperature

  • At 600m 0 falling to minus 2 Celsius
  • Valley 0 rising to 4 Celsius
  • Freezing level 800 metres, falling to 400 metres later

Low cloud and visibility

Generally very good visibility with only small amounts of summit cloud. Lowering to 600 metres in any prolonged precipitation.

Mountain weather information

Sun 30 Nov

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Mainly dry and cold. Strengthening southerly winds will bring rain and summit snow from the west during the evening.

Mon 1 Dec

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Unsettled with widespread rain, drier weather with a few showers spreading from the west later.

Tue 2 Dec

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Unsettled with showers, occasionally heavy.

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Summit specific forecast

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