Barometric pressure in Edmonton
Air pressure fell quickly over the last 24 hours. Down 8 hPa since this time yesterday. The fall is coming to an end: from here it climbs until Tuesday morning.
Sea level reading, as of 09:00 local time.
The past week and the days ahead
The shaded part shows the days already gone. The thicker line is the forecast.
The week ahead
Each day at a glance: how far pressure moves, and the low and high it reaches.
Edges up slowly through the day.
25° / 16°12.5 mmlow 1005 · high 1009 hPa
Rises quickly through the day.
23° / 15°10.6 mmlow 1009 · high 1019 hPa
Barely moves all day.
24° / 13°low 1018 · high 1022 hPa
Falls steadily through the day.
25° / 15°low 1012 · high 1019 hPa
Falls steadily through the day.
28° / 16°2.7 mmlow 1002 · high 1012 hPa
Rises steadily through the day.
21° / 14°1.8 mmlow 1005 · high 1009 hPa
Edges up slowly through the day.
16° / 11°low 1010 · high 1013 hPa
Hour by hour
| Hour | Weather and temperature | Rain (mm) | Pressure (hPa) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 18° | 1007 | |
| 01:00 | 18° | 1006 | |
| 02:00 | 17° | 1006 | |
| 03:00 | 17° | 1005 | |
| 04:00 | 16° | 1005 | |
| 05:00 | 16° | 1005 | |
| 06:00 | 16° | 1005 | |
| 07:00 | 16° | 1006 | |
| 08:00 |  17° | 1006 | |
| 09:00 | 18° | 1006 | |
| 10:00 | 20° | 1006 | |
| 11:00 | 21° | 1006 | |
| 12:00 | 23° | 1005 | |
| 13:00 | 24° | 1005 | |
| 14:00 | 25° | 1005 | |
| 15:00 | 24° | 1005 | |
| 16:00 | 23° | 2.0 | 1005 |
| 17:00 | 20° | 2.0 | 1006 |
| 18:00 | 18° | 2.0 | 1007 |
| 19:00 | 17° | 0.3 | 1007 |
| 20:00 | 17° | 0.3 | 1008 |
| 21:00 | 17° | 0.3 | 1008 |
| 22:00 |  17° | 2.8 | 1008 |
| 23:00 | 16° | 2.8 | 1009 |
Of the seven days, Monday moves most: up 10 hPa.
The high point comes on Tuesday morning, near 1022 hPa; after that it falls.
Edmonton sits 619 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 70 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 936 hPa as of 09:00.
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 Edmonton.
About Edmonton
Edmonton's pressure is on the move nearly year-round. There are about 88 big day-to-day changes in an average year. They peak from December to February, but no season is free of them. The pressure rarely stays flat for more than three days. Beneath the daily churn, the average pressure runs from a February high near 1020 hPa down to about 1011 in June. The city sits about 613 m up on the North Saskatchewan River. Its actual air pressure is therefore some 71 hPa lower than the sea-level figures published here.
Sources: WikipediaERA5 reanalysisElevation: Copernicus DEM via Open-Meteo
Cities nearby
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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 Edmonton, which stands 619 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 70 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.
