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Barometric pressure in Concord

1014hPa
Falling

Day to day, pressure has been falling steadily. A drop of 4 hPa since this time yesterday. It continues to fall until this afternoon.

Sea level reading, as of 10:00 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.

now30/1829° / 15°31° / 14°30° / 15°27° / 15°28° / 15°31° / 15°34° / 16°27° / 16°32° / 15°32° / 16°32° / 18°30° / 16°25° / 14°16Mon 17Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 29101010151020
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 −2 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Overcast34° / 16°

low 1011 · high 1014 hPa

MonAug 24 +4 hPa

Rises steadily through the day.

Mainly clear27° / 16°

low 1012 · high 1016 hPa

TueAug 25 −1 hPa

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

Overcast32° / 15°

low 1014 · high 1018 hPa

WedAug 26 −2 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Clear sky32° / 16°

low 1013 · high 1016 hPa

ThuAug 27 0 hPa

Barely moves all day.

Overcast32° / 18°

low 1013 · high 1015 hPa

FriAug 28 0 hPa

Still barely moving.

Overcast30° / 16°

low 1013 · high 1016 hPa

SatAug 29 −1 hPa

Still barely moving.

Clear sky25° / 14°

low 1013 · high 1016 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 23
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Clear sky18°1014
01:00Mainly clear17°1014
02:00Partly cloudy17°1013
03:00Partly cloudy16°1013
04:00Partly cloudy16°1013
05:00Overcast16°1013
06:00Partly cloudy16°1013
07:00Mainly clear16°1014
08:00Mainly clear17°1014
09:00Mainly clear20°1014
10:00Mainly clear24°1014
11:00Mainly clear27°1014
12:00Partly cloudy30°1013
13:00Partly cloudy32°1013
14:00Overcast34°1012
15:00Overcast34°1011
16:00Overcast34°1011
17:00Overcast32°1011
18:00Overcast29°1011
19:00Overcast26°1011
20:00Overcast23°1011
21:00Overcast21°1012
22:00Overcast21°1012
23:00Overcast20°1012

Biggest change: Monday, up 4 hPa.

What happens next

The low point comes this afternoon, near 1011 hPa; after that it rises.

The daily rhythm

In Concord pressure moves on a daily clock: about 3 hPa between its regular low and high, at much the same hours every day. That daily swing is most of the shape you see on the graph, so the change since yesterday tells you more here than the change over the past few hours.

Your own barometer

Concord sits 25 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 3 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 1011 hPa as of 10:00.

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 Concord.

Cities nearby

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

Out in the sun today? Check the UV level in Concord, 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 Concord, which stands 25 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 3 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.