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Barometric pressure in Karaman

1009hPa
Rising

Beneath its daily wave, 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 20:00 local time. A barometer in Karaman itself reads about 898 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.

now27° / 17°30° / 16°31° / 16°32° / 17°31° / 17°33° / 17°34° / 17°33° / 18°31° / 17°32° / 16°34° / 17°30° / 18°25° / 16°Mon 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 +1 hPa

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

Clear sky34° / 17°

low 1008 · high 1012 hPa

MonAug 24 +1 hPa

Climbs in the morning, then settles back.

Clear sky33° / 18°

low 1010 · high 1014 hPa

TueAug 25 +1 hPa

The same daily climb.

Clear sky31° / 17°

low 1010 · high 1015 hPa

WedAug 26 −2 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Clear sky32° / 16°

low 1009 · high 1015 hPa

ThuAug 27 −1 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Clear sky34° / 17°

low 1008 · high 1013 hPa

FriAug 28 +1 hPa

Climbs in the morning, then settles back.

Partly cloudy30° / 18°

low 1009 · high 1014 hPa

SatAug 29 +2 hPa

Edges up slowly through the day.

Clear sky25° / 16°

low 1012 · high 1015 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 23
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Clear sky21°1010
01:00Clear sky20°1010
02:00Clear sky19°1010
03:00Clear sky19°1010
04:00Clear sky18°1010
05:00Clear sky17°1011
06:00Clear sky18°1011
07:00Clear sky19°1012
08:00Clear sky21°1012
09:00Clear sky24°1012
10:00Clear sky26°1012
11:00Clear sky29°1011
12:00Clear sky31°1011
13:00Clear sky33°1010
14:00Clear sky34°1009
15:00Clear sky34°1008
16:00Clear sky34°1008
17:00Clear sky34°1008
18:00Clear sky33°1008
19:00Clear sky31°1008
20:00Clear sky29°1009
21:00Clear sky27°1010
22:00Clear sky25°1011
23:00Clear sky23°1011

A quiet week, with no day moving more than 6 hPa.

What happens next

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

The daily rhythm

In Karaman pressure moves on a daily clock: about 4 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

Karaman sits 1044 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 111 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 898 hPa as of 20:00.

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 Karaman.

Cities nearby

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

Out in the sun today? Check the UV level in Karaman, 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 Karaman, which stands 1044 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 111 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.