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Barometric pressure in Iguala de la Independencia

1011hPa
Rising

Taking each day as a whole, pressure has risen slowly. A rise of 1 hPa since this time yesterday. It has flattened out, and the week ahead keeps it near this level.

Sea level reading, as of 21:00 local time.

The past week and the days ahead

The shaded part shows the days already gone. The thicker line is the forecast. The thin dotted line is the average over a whole day, so you can see where pressure is heading under the daily up and down.

now37° / 22°35° / 23°33° / 22°28° / 21°31° / 23°32° / 22°33° / 23°34° / 24°29° / 22°31° / 22°31° / 22°30° / 21°29° / 21°Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 29Sun 30Mon 31Tue 1Wed 2100510101015
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 27 0 hPa

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

Overcast33° / 23°

low 1008 · high 1014 hPa

FriAug 28 +3 hPa

Falls first, then climbs in the evening.

Light drizzle34° / 24°4.3 mm

low 1008 · high 1016 hPa

SatAug 29 −1 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Overcast29° / 22°5.0 mm

low 1011 · high 1018 hPa

SunAug 30 −1 hPa

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

Light drizzle31° / 22°3.3 mm

low 1010 · high 1017 hPa

MonAug 31 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Light drizzle31° / 22°0.9 mm

low 1011 · high 1017 hPa

TueSep 1 +2 hPa

Falls first, then climbs in the evening.

Light drizzle30° / 21°7.5 mm

low 1011 · high 1017 hPa

WedSep 2 −2 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Light drizzle29° / 21°9.7 mm

low 1012 · high 1018 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 27
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Partly cloudy25°1013
01:00Partly cloudy25°1013
02:00Mainly clear24°1013
03:00Mainly clear23°1013
04:00Partly cloudy23°1013
05:00Partly cloudy23°1013
06:00Overcast23°1013
07:00Overcast24°1013
08:00Overcast26°1014
09:00Overcast27°1014
10:00Overcast29°1014
11:00Overcast30°1014
12:00Overcast30°1013
13:00Overcast31°1012
14:00Overcast32°1010
15:00Overcast33°1009
16:00Overcast32°1008
17:00Overcast31°1008
18:00Overcast30°1008
19:00Overcast29°1009
20:00Overcast27°1010
21:00Overcast26°1011
22:00Overcast25°1012
23:00Overcast25°1013

Biggest change: Friday, up 3 hPa.

What happens next

The forecast shows no big move in either direction this week.

The daily rhythm

In Iguala de la Independencia pressure moves on a daily clock: about 7 hPa between its regular low and high, at much the same hours every day. That daily swing is most of the shape you see on the graph, so the change since yesterday tells you more here than the change over the past few hours.

Your own barometer

Iguala de la Independencia sits 741 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 82 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 930 hPa as of 21:00.

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 Iguala de la Independencia.

Cities nearby

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

Wondering how clean the air is? See today's air quality in Iguala de la Independencia, on our sister site airindex.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 Iguala de la Independencia, which stands 741 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 82 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.