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Barometric pressure in Guelph

1008hPa
Falling

Over the past day, pressure fell steadily. A drop of 4 hPa since this time yesterday. The fall is coming to an end: from here it climbs until Tuesday evening.

Sea level reading, as of 13:00 local time.

The past week and the days ahead

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

now25° / 17°25° / 12°24° / 14°24° / 11°25° / 10°23° / 15°18° / 12°17° / 12°22° / 14°23° / 13°24° / 17°24° / 15°24° / 13°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 +4 hPa

Rises steadily through the day.

Light drizzle18° / 12°2.7 mm

low 1006 · high 1011 hPa

MonAug 24 +4 hPa

Rises steadily through the day.

Light drizzle17° / 12°3.9 mm

low 1010 · high 1015 hPa

TueAug 25 +3 hPa

Rises steadily through the day.

Light drizzle22° / 14°

low 1015 · high 1019 hPa

WedAug 26 −6 hPa

Falls steadily through the day.

Overcast23° / 13°

low 1013 · high 1019 hPa

ThuAug 27 +1 hPa

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

Light drizzle24° / 17°2.1 mm

low 1010 · high 1014 hPa

FriAug 28 +5 hPa

Rises steadily through the day.

Overcast24° / 15°

low 1014 · high 1019 hPa

SatAug 29 0 hPa

Barely moves all day.

Overcast24° / 13°

low 1019 · high 1022 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 23
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Overcast16°1008
01:00Partly cloudy15°1007
02:00Partly cloudy14°1007
03:00Light drizzle14°0.11007
04:00Light drizzle14°0.11007
05:00Light drizzle15°0.11006
06:00Overcast15°1007
07:00Overcast15°1007
08:00Overcast15°1007
09:00Light drizzle16°0.31007
10:00Light drizzle16°0.31007
11:00Light drizzle17°0.31007
12:00Light drizzle17°0.41008
13:00Light drizzle18°0.41008
14:00Light drizzle18°0.41008
15:00Light drizzle18°0.11008
16:00Light drizzle18°0.11008
17:00Light drizzle18°0.11008
18:00Partly cloudy17°1009
19:00Mainly clear16°1009
20:00Clear sky15°1010
21:00Clear sky14°1010
22:00Clear sky13°1011
23:00Clear sky12°1011

Of the seven days, Wednesday moves most: down 6 hPa.

What happens next

The highest reading, about 1019 hPa, comes on Tuesday evening; it falls from there.

Your own barometer

Guelph sits 336 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 39 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 969 hPa as of 13:00.

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 Guelph.

Cities nearby

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

Is this weather normal for the season? See how these days compare with Guelph weather 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 Guelph, which stands 336 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 39 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.