Ridgeway

Britain's oldest trail. Open downland ridge walk and ancient hill forts in the west. The wooden Chilterns hills in the east.

Hiking weather forecast

Regional weather (Met Office)

Updated: Mon, 10-Mar at 14:38

South East England

Mainly fine but on the cloudy side. Markedly colder Tuesday.

  • Relatively warm but on the cloudy side, with the odd spot of rain possible at times, mainly in the south
  • Probaby driest and brightest with some hazy sunny spells in the east
  • Temperatures above average, but cooler than on Sunday
  • Maximum Temperature 15C

Tonight:

  • Starting mainly dry but rather cloudy, with limited clearer spells allowing a slight grass frost in prone spots
  • Becoming cloudier generally from the north later, with a little rain possible
  • Minimum Temperature 2C

Tuesday:

  • Early cloud and outbreaks of rain soon clearing southwards
  • Bright and breezy, with isolated showers, these mainly in the east
  • Markedly colder than of late, with temperatures widely below average
  • Maximum Temperature 10C

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

  • Remaining rather cold through this period, accentuated by the wind
  • A mixture of sunny spells and showers is expected, the showers most often affecting the east
  • Overnight frosts returning

UK Day 6-7 and week 2

  • The weekend will continue on a cool theme, but with the high pressure to the north becoming more dominant it should lead to a reduction in shower activity seen on previous days
  • So there should be a good deal of dry weather with plenty of sunshine by day, but still some noticeably chilly nights with frost fairly widespread
  • The odd fog patch is possible in the north, and a brisk breeze across the south will make it feel notably chilly here on Saturday
  • Next week is likely to see a gradual transition to less settled conditions as the high likely withdraws to the east
  • So rain or showers at times, mostly focussed across the south, the north perhaps staying largely dry and it is also likely to become much milder

UK Week 3 and 4

  • Confidence is low, but through the remainder of March changeable weather patterns are most likely
  • This means periods of unsettled, wet and windy weather interspersed with some drier and brighter spells
  • Into early April, there may be a transition to more-frequent drier and more settled spells
  • Temperatures will probably be above average overall

Weather data by Met Office

South East weather (Accuweather)

Now would be a good time for a cup of tea.