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Barometric pressure in Etobicoke

1006hPa
Falling

Pressure fell steadily over the past day. A drop of 6 hPa since this time yesterday. That fall is ending: it turns and rises until Tuesday evening.

Sea level reading, as of 12:00 local time.

The past week and the days ahead

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

now26° / 19°29° / 16°26° / 18°25° / 14°25° / 14°25° / 18°21° / 15°20° / 13°24° / 16°24° / 14°26° / 19°26° / 16°24° / 14°16Mon 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

Edges up slowly through the day.

Drizzle21° / 15°3.0 mm

low 1006 · high 1010 hPa

MonAug 24 +4 hPa

Rises steadily through the day.

Light drizzle20° / 13°3.9 mm

low 1009 · high 1014 hPa

TueAug 25 +4 hPa

Rises steadily through the day.

Overcast24° / 16°

low 1014 · high 1018 hPa

WedAug 26 −6 hPa

Falls steadily through the day.

Overcast24° / 14°

low 1013 · high 1018 hPa

ThuAug 27 0 hPa

Barely moves all day.

Drizzle26° / 19°3.9 mm

low 1009 · high 1013 hPa

FriAug 28 +6 hPa

Rises steadily through the day.

Mainly clear26° / 16°

low 1013 · high 1019 hPa

SatAug 29 0 hPa

Barely moves all day.

Overcast24° / 14°

low 1019 · high 1022 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 23
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Light drizzle18°0.21007
01:00Light drizzle17°0.21007
02:00Light drizzle17°0.21006
03:00Partly cloudy17°1006
04:00Mainly clear16°1006
05:00Clear sky16°1006
06:00Mainly clear16°1006
07:00Mainly clear16°1006
08:00Mainly clear17°1006
09:00Mainly clear18°1006
10:00Mainly clear20°1006
11:00Mainly clear21°1006
12:00Drizzle20°0.51006
13:00Drizzle20°0.51006
14:00Drizzle19°0.51006
15:00Light drizzle20°0.31006
16:00Light drizzle20°0.31006
17:00Light drizzle20°0.31007
18:00Partly cloudy20°1007
19:00Mainly clear19°1008
20:00Clear sky17°1008
21:00Clear sky16°1009
22:00Mainly clear15°1009
23:00Mainly clear15°1010

Biggest change: Friday, up 6 hPa.

What happens next

The highest reading, about 1018 hPa, comes on Tuesday evening; it falls from there.

Your own barometer

Etobicoke sits 139 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 16 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 990 hPa as of 12:00.

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 Etobicoke.

Cities nearby

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

Wondering if this weather is normal? See what the weather in Etobicoke has done since 1940, on our sister site weatherjourney.com.

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 Etobicoke, which stands 139 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 16 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.