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Barometric pressure in Alchevs'k

1010hPa
Falling

Air pressure fell slowly over the last 24 hours. It is 3 hPa lower than this time yesterday. The low point is about now: from here it rises for the rest of the week.

Sea level reading, as of 20:00 local time.

The past week and the days ahead

The shaded part shows the days already gone. The thicker line is the forecast.

now29° / 16°31° / 17°30° / 18°27° / 14°31° / 18°33° / 17°32° / 18°26° / 18°26° / 15°27° / 14°24° / 17°23° / 14°25° / 13°Mon 17Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 291005101010151020
The forecast runs 7 days ahead.

The week ahead

Each day at a glance: how far pressure moves, and the low and high it reaches.

TodayAug 23 −3 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Clear sky32° / 18°

low 1009 · high 1013 hPa

MonAug 24 +7 hPa

Rises quickly through the day.

Clear sky26° / 18°

low 1010 · high 1018 hPa

TueAug 25 +1 hPa

Barely moves all day.

Clear sky26° / 15°

low 1018 · high 1019 hPa

WedAug 26 0 hPa

Still barely moving.

Overcast27° / 14°

low 1018 · high 1019 hPa

ThuAug 27 +1 hPa

Still barely moving.

Overcast24° / 17°1.2 mm

low 1019 · high 1020 hPa

FriAug 28 +2 hPa

Edges up slowly through the day.

Overcast23° / 14°

low 1020 · high 1022 hPa

SatAug 29 −1 hPa

Barely moves all day.

Clear sky25° / 13°

low 1021 · high 1023 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 23
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Clear sky23°1013
01:00Clear sky22°1013
02:00Clear sky20°1012
03:00Clear sky19°1012
04:00Clear sky19°1012
05:00Clear sky18°1012
06:00Clear sky19°1012
07:00Clear sky21°1012
08:00Clear sky24°1012
09:00Clear sky27°1012
10:00Clear sky28°1012
11:00Clear sky30°1011
12:00Clear sky30°1011
13:00Clear sky31°1010
14:00Clear sky32°1010
15:00Clear sky32°1010
16:00Clear sky32°1009
17:00Clear sky31°1009
18:00Clear sky30°1009
19:00Clear sky28°1010
20:00Clear sky26°1010
21:00Clear sky24°1010
22:00Clear sky23°1010
23:00Clear sky23°1010

Of the seven days, Monday moves most: up 7 hPa.

What happens next

No turn is in sight: pressure climbs for as far ahead as the forecast goes.

Your own barometer

Alchevs'k sits 212 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 24 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 986 hPa as of 20:00.

The hours already past are the model's record of each hour as it passed, anchored to real observations, though not a reading from an instrument in Alchevs'k.

Cities nearby

Open one to see its pressure, or search for your own city at the top of the page.

Wondering how clean the air is? See today's air quality in Alchevs'k, on our sister site airindex.today.

Common questions

What is a normal barometric pressure?

Near 1013 hPa at sea level; the exact standard figure, 1013.25 hPa, is the same as 760 mmHg, 29.92 inHg or 101.3 kPa. Anything between roughly 1000 and 1025 hPa is ordinary. Which way it is going matters far more than the number itself.

Why does my own barometer show a different number?

Usually altitude, and sometimes the instrument itself. Weather services correct readings to what they would be at sea level, so that cities can be compared. The figure for Alchevs'k, which stands 212 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 24 hPa below the sea-level reading. If your barometer is already set to sea level and still reads slightly differently, that is the setting on the instrument rather than the weather.

Is a millibar the same as a hectopascal?

Yes. One millibar and one hectopascal are exactly the same amount of pressure, so 1013 mbar and 1013 hPa mean the same thing. The name changed; the number did not.

Does falling pressure mean rain?

Not by itself. Away from the tropics, falling pressure usually means a low is approaching, and lows carry the fronts that bring cloud and rain, so the two often arrive together. But a shallow fall can pass with nothing more than cloud, and rain falls under steady pressure too. The graph tells you a system is on the way, not how wet it will be. The week ahead, just above, shows the rain forecast beside the pressure.