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Barometric pressure in Ann Town

1009hPa
Rising

Beneath its daily wave, pressure has been rising slowly. Up 2 hPa since this time yesterday. There is more to come: it climbs until this evening.

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

The past week and the days ahead

The shaded part shows the days already gone. The thicker line is the forecast. The thin grey line is the average over a whole day, so you can see where pressure is heading under the daily up and down.

now28° / 24°30° / 24°31° / 25°31° / 25°31° / 25°29° / 25°28° / 25°28° / 24°28° / 25°29° / 24°28° / 25°28° / 24°29° / 25°Mon 17Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 291000.01002.51005.01007.51010.0
The forecast runs 6 days ahead.

The week ahead

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

TodayAug 24 +1 hPa

Dips in the afternoon, and comes back by the end of the day.

Rain28° / 24°18.6 mm

low 1006 · high 1010 hPa

TueAug 25 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Light rain28° / 25°15.0 mm

low 1005 · high 1009 hPa

WedAug 26 −2 hPa

Falls steadily through the day.

Rain29° / 24°22.6 mm

low 1004 · high 1009 hPa

ThuAug 27 −1 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Light rain28° / 25°17.1 mm

low 1002 · high 1006 hPa

FriAug 28 +1 hPa

Dips in the afternoon, and comes back by the end of the day.

Light rain28° / 24°31.5 mm

low 1001 · high 1006 hPa

SatAug 29 0 hPa

Dips in the evening, and comes back by the end of the day.

Light drizzle29° / 25°23.3 mm

low 1003 · high 1006 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 24
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Light drizzle25°0.31009
01:00Drizzle25°0.61009
02:00Drizzle25°0.61008
03:00Drizzle24°0.61008
04:00Light drizzle24°0.31008
05:00Light drizzle24°0.31008
06:00Light drizzle25°0.31009
07:00Light drizzle25°0.11009
08:00Light drizzle26°0.11009
09:00Light drizzle26°0.11010
10:00Light drizzle27°0.11010
11:00Light drizzle27°0.11009
12:00Light drizzle28°0.11009
13:00Rain27°3.21008
14:00Rain27°3.21007
15:00Rain27°3.21006
16:00Light rain26°1.71006
17:00Light rain26°1.71007
18:00Light rain26°1.71007
19:00Light drizzle26°0.11008
20:00Light drizzle25°0.11009
21:00Light drizzle25°0.11010
22:00Overcast25°1010
23:00Overcast25°1010

Of the seven days, Wednesday moves most: down 2 hPa.

What happens next

The highest reading, about 1010 hPa, comes this evening; it falls from there.

The daily rhythm

Ann Town has a strong daily rhythm: pressure swings about 3 hPa between a regular low and high, at almost the same hours each day. Most of what the graph shows is that daily wave, which is why the change since yesterday says more here than the change over a few hours.

Your own barometer

Ann Town sits 44 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 5 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 1004 hPa as of 00:00.

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 Ann Town.

Cities nearby

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

Watching the sun as well? See how strong the UV is in Ann Town right now, on our sister site uvi.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 Ann Town, which stands 44 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 5 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.