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 Tuesday. High for colder weather for the rest of the week. Low for Saturday.

Sunrise:
Sunset:

This evening forecast

Dry, cold and partly cloudy.

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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 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.

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

Cold with showers or longer spells of rain or summit snow

Time 00:00 03:00 06:00 09:00 12:00 15:00 18:00 21:00
Weather
(at 600m)
Partly cloudy (night) Cloudy Light snow Heavy snow Cloudy Cloudy Light snow Heavy snow
Chance of precipitation
(at 600m)
00% 10% 50% 70% 40% 30% 30% 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 W
7
SW
8
SW
8
S
10
SW
12
S
10
SW
7
NW
8
300m NW
2
W
3
SW
2
S
5
SW
6
W
7
SW
4
SW
7
Valley NW
1
NE
1
NE
1
SE
4
S
6
W
5
W
5
NE
6
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 12 12 12 14 17 15 11 14
300m 10 9 8 10 12 13 9 13
Valley 4 3 5 9 12 12 10 12

Altitude above mean sea level
Time 00:00 03:00 06:00 09:00 12:00 15:00 18:00 21:00
600m
-1°
-2°
-2°
300m
-2°
-1°
-1°
Valley
Freezing Level
200m
200m
300m
400m
600m
700m
600m
600m

Altitude above mean sea level
Time 00:00 03:00 06:00 09:00 12:00 15:00 18:00 21:00
600m
-5°
-6°
-6°
-5°
-4°
-4°
-4°
-4°
300m
-4°
-3°
-3°
-1°
-1°
-2°
Valley
-2°
-1°

Additional weather information

Meteorologist's view

Nothing to add

Weather

A cold and cloudy day with showers or occasionally longer spells of rain, falling as snow above 700 metres although down to lower levels late evening. Showers may ease for a time in the afternoon.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

Little chance

Low cloud and visibility

Poor in extensive cloud down to 500 to 800 metres throughout the day

Recent rainfall

Location: Malham
Altitude: 375m
Last 24 hoursLast 48 hoursLast 72 hours
0mm0.2mm9.4mm
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

Snow for a time in the early hours. Otherwise dry with variable amounts of cloud for the rest of the day. Bitterly cold with strong northerly winds.

Maximum wind speed expected

Northerly 30 mph

Temperature

  • At 600m Minus 2 Celsius
  • Valley 0 rising to 3 Celsius
  • Freezing level 200 metres

Low cloud and visibility

Poor at times in cloud down to 700 to 900 metres, this likely to be varying in extent throughout the day.

Mountain weather information

Thu 20 Nov

Sunrise:
Sunset:

Dry and cold. Strong northerly winds.

Fri 21 Nov

Sunrise:
Sunset:

Dry and cold for most of the day. Rain, sleet and snow will spread from the west in the evening.

Sat 22 Nov

Sunrise:
Sunset:

Cloudy with rain, some snow briefly in the early hours. Drier weather with showers spreading from the west through the day.

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Summit specific forecast

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