Barometric pressure in Dunhuang
Beneath its daily wave, pressure has fallen steadily. It stands 4 hPa lower than it did at this time yesterday. The fall is coming to an end: from here it climbs until Friday morning.
Sea level reading, as of 02:00 local time. A barometer in Dunhuang itself reads about 882 hPa.
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.
The week ahead
Each day at a glance: how far pressure moves, and the low and high it reaches.
Rises steadily through the day.
32° / 23°low 1001 · high 1008 hPa
Dips in the evening, and comes back by the end of the day.
33° / 21°low 1004 · high 1010 hPa
Climbs in the morning, then settles back.
32° / 21°low 1005 · high 1009 hPa
Edges up slowly through the day.
33° / 21°low 1006 · high 1011 hPa
Climbs in the morning, then settles back.
31° / 18°low 1008 · high 1014 hPa
Falls steadily through the day.
33° / 17°low 1007 · high 1013 hPa
Falls steadily through the day.
35° / 18°low 1002 · high 1010 hPa
Hour by hour
| Hour | Weather and temperature | Rain (mm) | Pressure (hPa) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 |  27° | 1001 | |
| 01:00 | 26° | 1002 | |
| 02:00 | 26° | 1002 | |
| 03:00 | 25° | 1003 | |
| 04:00 | 24° | 1003 | |
| 05:00 | 24° | 1004 | |
| 06:00 | 23° | 1005 | |
| 07:00 | 23° | 1006 | |
| 08:00 | 23° | 1007 | |
| 09:00 | 24° | 1008 | |
| 10:00 | 26° | 1008 | |
| 11:00 | 28° | 1008 | |
| 12:00 | 29° | 1008 | |
| 13:00 | 31° | 1007 | |
| 14:00 | 32° | 1007 | |
| 15:00 | 32° | 1007 | |
| 16:00 | 32° | 1006 | |
| 17:00 | 31° | 1006 | |
| 18:00 | 31° | 1006 | |
| 19:00 | 30° | 1006 | |
| 20:00 | 29° | 1006 | |
| 21:00 | 28° | 1006 | |
| 22:00 | 27° | 1006 | |
| 23:00 | 26° | 1007 |
Biggest change: today, up 6 hPa.
The high point comes on Friday morning, near 1014 hPa; after that it falls.
Dunhuang has a strong daily rhythm: pressure swings about 6 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.
Dunhuang sits 1128 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 120 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 882 hPa as of 02:00.
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 Dunhuang.
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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 Dunhuang, which stands 1128 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 120 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.
