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Barometric pressure in Hohhot

1012hPa
Rising

Taking each day as a whole, pressure has risen slowly. It stands 1 hPa higher than it did at this time yesterday. The rise has eased: it holds near this level, then starts falling tomorrow morning.

Sea level reading, as of 00:00 local time. A barometer in Hohhot itself reads about 897 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.

now25° / 13°25° / 16°29° / 14°29° / 17°28° / 17°26° / 18°28° / 17°29° / 17°21° / 18°25° / 17°19° / 17°23° / 16°23° / 13°24° / 11°Mon 17Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 29Sun 30100510101015
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 24 −2 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Clear sky29° / 17°

low 1008 · high 1013 hPa

TueAug 25 +1 hPa

Edges up slowly through the day.

Light rain21° / 18°18.3 mm

low 1010 · high 1014 hPa

WedAug 26 −2 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Light drizzle25° / 17°7.2 mm

low 1008 · high 1012 hPa

ThuAug 27 −3 hPa

Falls steadily through the day.

Heavy rain19° / 17°94.8 mm

low 1005 · high 1010 hPa

FriAug 28 +2 hPa

Edges up slowly through the day.

Light drizzle23° / 16°

low 1007 · high 1010 hPa

SatAug 29 +2 hPa

Edges up slowly through the day.

Partly cloudy23° / 13°

low 1009 · high 1011 hPa

SunAug 30 0 hPa

Climbs in the morning, then settles back.

Clear sky24° / 11°

low 1010 · high 1014 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 24
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Overcast20°1012
01:00Overcast19°1012
02:00Overcast19°1012
03:00Partly cloudy18°1012
04:00Mainly clear17°1012
05:00Mainly clear17°1012
06:00Mainly clear18°1012
07:00Clear sky19°1013
08:00Clear sky20°1013
09:00Clear sky22°1013
10:00Clear sky23°1013
11:00Clear sky25°1012
12:00Clear sky26°1011
13:00Clear sky27°1010
14:00Clear sky28°1010
15:00Clear sky29°1009
16:00Clear sky29°1008
17:00Clear sky29°1008
18:00Mainly clear28°1008
19:00Mainly clear25°1009
20:00Mainly clear24°1009
21:00Mainly clear22°1010
22:00Mainly clear21°1010
23:00Mainly clear19°1011

Thursday has the week's biggest move: down 3 hPa.

What happens next

The high point comes tomorrow morning, near 1014 hPa; after that it falls.

The daily rhythm

Hohhot has a strong daily rhythm: pressure swings about 4 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.

Your own barometer

Hohhot sits 1051 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 116 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 897 hPa as of 00:00.

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 Hohhot.

Cities nearby

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

Watching the sun as well? See how strong the UV is in Hohhot right now, 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 Hohhot, which stands 1051 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 116 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.