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

Yorkshire Dales Mountain weather forecast table

Confidence

High for largely dry but cold weather on Sunday. Lower confidence for precipitation details on Monday and Tuesday but high for an eventual change to milder weather by Wednesday.

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This evening forecast

Patchy light sleet or snow. Extensive low cloud above 200 or 300m with difficult conditions for route finding. Light east or southeast winds. Feeling cold with freezing level 400m.

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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

Low cloud and fog in morning slowly lifting. Breezy. Cold.

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Weather
(at 600m)
Fog Fog Fog Fog Fog Cloudy Cloudy Partly cloudy (night)
Chance of precipitation
(at 600m)
30% 30% 30% 30% 20% <05% <05% <05%

Wind direction and speed (mph)
Altitude above mean sea level
00:00 03:00 06:00 09:00 12:00 15:00 18:00 21:00
600m E
10
E
10
E
12
E
16
SE
17
SE
15
SE
14
SE
15
300m E
8
E
9
E
10
SE
11
SE
13
SE
12
SE
11
SE
11
Valley E
6
E
8
E
10
E
12
SE
14
SE
12
E
12
SE
12
Wind gust (mph)
Altitude above mean sea level
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600m 16 17 20 25 27 23 25 26
300m 15 17 20 22 25 23 23 22
Valley 12 15 19 24 27 23 23 24

Altitude above mean sea level
00:00 03:00 06:00 09:00 12:00 15:00 18:00 21:00
600m
-1°
-2°
-2°
-2°
-1°
-1°
-2°
-3°
300m
Valley
Freezing Level
400m
400m
300m
300m
400m
400m
300m
100m

Altitude above mean sea level
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600m
-6°
-6°
-7°
-8°
-8°
-7°
-8°
-9°
300m
-3°
-4°
-4°
-4°
-4°
-3°
-4°
-5°
Valley
-1°
-2°
-2°
-1°
-2°
-4°

Additional weather information

Meteorologist's view

Low cloud in the morning will bring difficult conditions for route finding but improving through the afternoon. Bitterly cold at all levels.

Weather

Extensive mist and fog on the hills overnight and during the morning with patchy light sleet or snow. Remaining cloudy in the afternoon but dry with a little brightness possible later. Dry with clear spells in the evening.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

Nil chance overnight and in the morning becoming 70% in afternoon.

Low cloud and visibility

Areas of cloud and fog above 200 or 300m overnight and to start the morning. Cloud will slowly lift to around 400m during the morning then just the highest summits affected in the afternoon. Poor visibility in the morning, becoming good under the cloud base in the afternoon.

Recent rainfall

Location: Malham
Altitude: 375m
Last 24 hoursLast 48 hoursLast 72 hours
0.4mm0.6mm0.6mm
Measurement date:

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Mountain weather information

Weather

Mainly dry overnight but a chance of some light snow for a time. A dry and cold day with bright spells then cloudier in the evening with a chance of sleet or snow towards midnight. Feeling bitterly cold with strong winds on the tops.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

90%.

Maximum wind speed expected

Southeast 20 to 30mph gusts 40mph. Severe wind chill.

Temperature

  • At 600m Minus 2C.
  • Valley 0C rising to 4C.
  • Freezing level Valley level, rising to 300m in afternoon.

Low cloud and visibility

Mainly very good visibility but poor in any snow overnight and late evening.

Mountain weather information

Tue 18 Feb

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Cloudy with outbreaks of sleet or snow at first but soon dry with bright spells. Strong southerly winds giving a severe wind chill. Freezing level 300m.

Wed 19 Feb

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Mainly dry and cloudy with patchy light rain or drizzle. Freezing level rising above summits as milder conditions set in. Strong southerly winds on the tops.

Thu 20 Feb

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Sunset:

Mild with occasional rain or drizzle. Strong to gale force southwest winds.

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